Call to method of static java.text.DateFormat not advisable?

Question

I am receiving a Find Bugs error - call to method of static java.text.DateFormat and I don\'t know the reason why it\'s not good / advisable to be

Answer 1

You can get this to go away by wrapping all the references to the DateFormat in a synchronize block - just make sure all calls are wrapped in the same synchronize object!

Answer 2

It's not thread-safe, for one thing.