See: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
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Synchronization
Date formats are not synchronized. It is recommended to create
separate format instances for each thread. If multiple threads access
a format concurrently, it must be synchronized
The whole Date class in Java is not thread safe. We considered swapping to
JodaTime and I know DCB was working on it, but im not sure from the top of my
head if he ever committed / merged what he was working on...
Cheers, Tim
On 11 Jan 2010, at 20:10, aw wrote:
See:
Timothy Perrett timo...@getintheloop.eu writes:
The whole Date class in Java is not thread safe. We considered swapping to
JodaTime and I know DCB was working on it, but im not sure from the top of my
head if he ever committed / merged what he was working on...
Cheers, Tim
On 11 Jan
Is it a problem if two threads *read* it at the same time? Is anything being
modified?
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Jeppe Nejsum Madsenje...@ingolfs.dk wrote:
Timothy Perrett timo...@getintheloop.eu writes:
The whole Date class in Java is not thread safe. We considered swapping to
The call to DateFormat.format mutates internal state of the DateFormat object
and will cause two concurrent format calls to mix up dates that are being
formatted. We've had this happen at work. I think Jeppe is probably right that
it should be a def (and therefore manufacture a new format each
