[LANG-849] FastDateFormat and FastDatePrinter generates Date objects wastefully

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.2
• Component/s: lang.time.*

Environment

Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500)
Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\..
Java version: 1.6.0_35, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_35\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 06/Nov/12 01:49
• Updated: 15/Oct/13 02:32
• Resolved: 06/Nov/12 02:00

Description

The code:

@Override
public String format(long millis)

{ return format(new Date(millis)); }

should be:

@Override
public String format(long millis)

{ return printer.format(millis); }

There is no need to create the extra Date object.