Thread safe SimpleDateFormat wrapper

gistfile1.java

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class SimpleDateFormatThreadSafe {

    private final ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> localSimpleDateFormat;

    public SimpleDateFormatThreadSafe(final String pattern, final Locale locale, final TimeZone timeZone) {
        localSimpleDateFormat = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>() {
            protected SimpleDateFormat initialValue() {
                SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale);
                dateFormat.setTimeZone(timeZone);
                return dateFormat;
            }
        };
    }

    public String toString() {
        return localSimpleDateFormat.get().toString();
    }

    public Date parse(String source) throws ParseException {
        return localSimpleDateFormat.get().parse(source);
    }

    public Object clone() {
        return localSimpleDateFormat.get().clone();
    }

    public int hashCode() {
        return localSimpleDateFormat.get().hashCode();
    }

    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        return localSimpleDateFormat.get().equals(obj);
    }

    public String format(Date time) {
        return localSimpleDateFormat.get().format(time);
    }

}