2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/juick/json/JSONSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/juick/json/JSONSerializer.java
index 8ac72cb0a..142cacf04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/juick/json/JSONSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/juick/json/JSONSerializer.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package com.juick.json;
 
+import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public abstract class JSONSerializer<T> {
      * @param json
      * @return
      */
-    public abstract T deserialize(JSONObject json);
+    public abstract T deserialize(JSONObject json) throws ParseException;
     
     /**
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/juick/json/MessageSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/juick/json/MessageSerializer.java
index da87d4be4..4818722fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/juick/json/MessageSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/juick/json/MessageSerializer.java
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ public class MessageSerializer extends JSONSerializer<Message> {
     UserSerializer userSerializer = new UserSerializer();
     PlaceSerializer placeSerializer = new PlaceSerializer();
 
-    SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+    final SimpleDateFormat df;
+
+    public MessageSerializer() {
+        df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+        df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+    }
 
     @Override
-    public Message deserialize(JSONObject json) throws JSONException {
+    public Message deserialize(JSONObject json) throws JSONException, ParseException {
         com.juick.Message jmsg = new com.juick.Message();
         jmsg.setMID(json.getInt("mid"));
         if (json.has("rid")) {
@@ -59,12 +64,7 @@ public class MessageSerializer extends JSONSerializer<Message> {
         jmsg.setText(json.getString("body").replace("&quot;", "\""));
         jmsg.setUser(userSerializer.deserialize(json.getJSONObject("user")));
 
-        try {
-            DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
-            df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
-            jmsg.setDate(df.parse(json.getString("timestamp")));
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-        }
+        jmsg.setDate(df.parse(json.getString("timestamp")));
 
         if (json.has("tags")) {
             JSONArray tags = json.getJSONArray("tags");