public String printShortLocaleTime(){
  _date.setTime(_localTimeOfEpoch);
  if (_shortTimeFormat == null)   _shortTimeFormat=DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
  return _shortTimeFormat.format(_date);
}

public String printShortLocaleTime ( ) { _date . setTime ( _localTimeOfEpoch ) ; if ( _shortTimeFormat == null ) _shortTimeFormat = DateFormat . getTimeInstance ( DateFormat . SHORT ) ; return _shortTimeFormat . format ( _date ) ; }
returns a date in h : mm : ss pm format .
