Synchronizing access to SimpleDateFormat

Question

The javadoc for SimpleDateFormat states that SimpleDateFormat is not synchronized.

\"Date formats are not synchronized. It is recommended to create

Answer 1

The other option is Commons Lang FastDateFormat but you can only use it for date formatting and not parsing.

Unlike Joda, it can function as a drop-in replacement for formatting. (Update: Since v3.3.2, FastDateFormat can produce a FastDateParser, which is a drop-in thread-safe replacement for SimpleDateFormat)