how to create a thread local variable in java

public class MyDateFormatter {

    private ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> simpleDateFormatThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<>();

    public String format(Date date) {
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = getThreadLocalSimpleDateFormat();
        return simpleDateFormat.format(date);
    }
    
    
    private SimpleDateFormat getThreadLocalSimpleDateFormat() {
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = simpleDateFormatThreadLocal.get();
        if(simpleDateFormat == null) {
            simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
            simpleDateFormatThreadLocal.set(simpleDateFormat);
        }
        return simpleDateFormat;
    }
}