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By jaredstehler
via abstractbits.blogspot.com
Published: Feb 10 2008 / 02:32

Be wary of SimpleDateFormat
An article highlighting some the important gotchas associated with using Java's SimpleDateFormat object. Not knowing about these issues can lead to your app producing invalid data!
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dzonelurker replied ago:

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Important hint. SimpleDateFormat also is not thread-safe (i.e. don't create a static SimpleDateFormat object).

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Illya Kysil replied ago:

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A much shorter version: RTFM

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dzonelurker replied ago:

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RTFM - The ultimate lame excuse for bad design.

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