diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateFormatter.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateFormatter.scala
index b4c99674fc1c..db9255281488 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateFormatter.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateFormatter.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Iso8601DateFormatter(
     locale: Locale) extends DateFormatter with DateTimeFormatterHelper {
 
   @transient
-  private lazy val formatter = buildFormatter(pattern, locale)
+  private lazy val formatter = getOrCreateFormatter(pattern, locale)
   private val UTC = ZoneId.of("UTC")
 
   private def toInstant(s: String): Instant = {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala
index 91cc57e0bb01..81ad6ad8ca40 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/DateTimeFormatterHelper.scala
@@ -23,9 +23,46 @@ import java.time.format.{DateTimeFormatter, DateTimeFormatterBuilder, ResolverSt
 import java.time.temporal.{ChronoField, TemporalAccessor, TemporalQueries}
 import java.util.Locale
 
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeFormatterHelper._
+
 trait DateTimeFormatterHelper {
+  protected def toInstantWithZoneId(temporalAccessor: TemporalAccessor, zoneId: ZoneId): Instant = {
+    val localTime = if (temporalAccessor.query(TemporalQueries.localTime) == null) {
+      LocalTime.ofNanoOfDay(0)
+    } else {
+      LocalTime.from(temporalAccessor)
+    }
+    val localDate = LocalDate.from(temporalAccessor)
+    val localDateTime = LocalDateTime.of(localDate, localTime)
+    val zonedDateTime = ZonedDateTime.of(localDateTime, zoneId)
+    Instant.from(zonedDateTime)
+  }
+
+  // Gets a formatter from the cache or creates new one. The buildFormatter method can be called
+  // a few times with the same parameters in parallel if the cache does not contain values
+  // associated to those parameters. Since the formatter is immutable, it does not matter.
+  // In this way, synchronised is intentionally omitted in this method to make parallel calls
+  // less synchronised.
+  // The Cache.get method is not used here to avoid creation of additional instances of Callable.
+  protected def getOrCreateFormatter(pattern: String, locale: Locale): DateTimeFormatter = {
+    val key = (pattern, locale)
+    var formatter = cache.getIfPresent(key)
+    if (formatter == null) {
+      formatter = buildFormatter(pattern, locale)
+      cache.put(key, formatter)
+    }
+    formatter
+  }
+}
 
-  protected def buildFormatter(pattern: String, locale: Locale): DateTimeFormatter = {
+private object DateTimeFormatterHelper {
+  val cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+    .maximumSize(128)
+    .build[(String, Locale), DateTimeFormatter]()
+
+  def buildFormatter(pattern: String, locale: Locale): DateTimeFormatter = {
     new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
       .parseCaseInsensitive()
       .appendPattern(pattern)
@@ -38,16 +75,4 @@ trait DateTimeFormatterHelper {
       .withChronology(IsoChronology.INSTANCE)
       .withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.STRICT)
   }
-
-  protected def toInstantWithZoneId(temporalAccessor: TemporalAccessor, zoneId: ZoneId): Instant = {
-    val localTime = if (temporalAccessor.query(TemporalQueries.localTime) == null) {
-      LocalTime.ofNanoOfDay(0)
-    } else {
-      LocalTime.from(temporalAccessor)
-    }
-    val localDate = LocalDate.from(temporalAccessor)
-    val localDateTime = LocalDateTime.of(localDate, localTime)
-    val zonedDateTime = ZonedDateTime.of(localDateTime, zoneId)
-    Instant.from(zonedDateTime)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala
index b67b2d7cc3c5..8042099e5a92 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/TimestampFormatter.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Iso8601TimestampFormatter(
     timeZone: TimeZone,
     locale: Locale) extends TimestampFormatter with DateTimeFormatterHelper {
   @transient
-  private lazy val formatter = buildFormatter(pattern, locale)
+  private lazy val formatter = getOrCreateFormatter(pattern, locale)
 
   private def toInstant(s: String): Instant = {
     val temporalAccessor = formatter.parse(s)