Java – thread safe date parser

I am looking for a thread safe alternative to simpledateformat Parseobject is not implemented in the old fastdateformat, but an error is thrown Any ideas? I don't need any fancy, thread safe and the ability to handle this mode: "yyyy MM DD"

Solution

If possible, use joda time Its date / time parser is thread safe, and it usually has a better API than date / calendar

You can use its parser and then convert the return value to date, but I personally recommend using the entire library