package cgeo.geocaching.utils; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class SynchronizedDateFormat { private final SimpleDateFormat format; public SynchronizedDateFormat(final String pattern, final Locale locale) { format = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale); } public synchronized Date parse(final String input) throws ParseException { return format.parse(input); } }