FastDateFormat is a fast and thread-safe version of SimpleDateFormat.To obtain an instance of FastDateFormat, use one of the static factory methods: getInstance(String, TimeZone, Locale), getDateInstance(int, TimeZone, Locale),getTimeInstance(int, TimeZone, Locale), or getDateTimeInstance(int, int, TimeZone, Locale)

Since FastDateFormat is thread safe, you can use a static member […]