No copy-pasta.

Author: garydgregory

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/cli/Converter.java

@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ public interface Converter<T, E extends Exception> {
      * Converts a String to a {@link Date} using the format string Form "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy".
      */
     Converter<Date, java.text.ParseException> DATE = s -> {
+        final String pattern = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy";
         try {
-            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy").parse(s);
+            return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).parse(s);
         } catch (final java.text.ParseException e) {
             // Date.toString() always emits English month/day names, so fall back to Locale.ENGLISH
             // when the default locale rejects the documented format.
-            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(s);
+            return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH).parse(s);
         }
     };