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

Don't use SimpleDateFormat, use joda-time's DateTimeFormatter instead. It is a bit stricter in the parsing side and so isn't quite a drop in replacement for SimpleDateFormat, but joda-time is much more concurrent friendly in terms of safety and performance.