How to use FastDateFormat to create Date object using String

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I used SimpleDataFormat and it seems to be not a very thread safe thing to use. Then I found that FastDateFormat is the alternative to this problem. But I'm trying to figure out how to use it in order to parse String with Date and Time.

Here is a explanation on why wrong use of SimpleDateFormat is bad : Why is Java's SimpleDateFormat not thread-safe?

Problem in code : I have following string

String date = "2014-04-27'T'13:45:31";

I need to convert that into Date. But in a thread safe way. I would like to use something related to FastDateFormat. Not the SimpleDateFormat

SimpleDateFormat is threadsafe if a new instance is created each time a conversion needs to be done. — sp00m, Aug 27 '14 at 12:14
What is your concrete problem? The basic recipe: - Create a FastDateFormat instance using the static method suiting your specific needs. - Use this to parse the string and obtain a Java Date object. That's it. Where are you running into issues? — Ray, Aug 27 '14 at 12:21
From the JavaDoc you linked: `Only formatting is supported ...` so there is no way to parse a String into a Date object. — Thomas, Aug 27 '14 at 12:22
Another alternative is to use Joda Time instead, which has thread-safe formatters... and is a cleaner date/time API to start with. — Jon Skeet, Aug 27 '14 at 12:24
Thank you @Ray. I was using 3.0. When i changed it to 3.2 it can be used similar to the SimpleDateFormat. If you answer that I'll accept it. Thank you all for help — dinesh707, Aug 27 '14 at 12:27

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 21 '15 at 00:56

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Parsing is supported since commons-lang 3.2.

The basic recipe:

Create a FastDateFormat instance using the static method suiting your specific needs.
Use this to parse the string and obtain a Java Date object.

That's it.

edited May 21 '15 at 00:56

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answered Aug 27 '14 at 13:04

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How to use FastDateFormat to create Date object using String

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