Is SimpleDateFormat thread safe?

Java’s SimpleDateFormat is not thread safe. It can easily be made thread safe by enclosing it within a ThreadLocal construct.

For example:

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class ThreadLocalExample {

    public static ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> formatter = 
    ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd"));
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        System.out.println(formatter.get().parse("2020-11-04").getTime());
    }
}