diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceWeekYearWithYear.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceWeekYearWithYear.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.staticanalysis;
+
+import org.openrewrite.*;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.MethodMatcher;
+import org.openrewrite.java.search.UsesType;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.*;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class ReplaceWeekYearWithYear extends Recipe {
+    private static final MethodMatcher SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_CONSTRUCTOR_MATCHER = new MethodMatcher("java.text.SimpleDateFormat <constructor>(..)");
+    private static final MethodMatcher OF_PATTERN_MATCHER = new MethodMatcher("java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter ofPattern(..)");
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return "Week Year (YYYY) should not be used for date formatting";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return "For most dates Week Year (YYYY) and Year (yyyy) yield the same results. However, on the last week of" +
+               " December and first week of January Week Year could produce unexpected results.";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<String> getTags() {
+        return Collections.singleton("RSPEC-3986");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
+        return Preconditions.check(
+                Preconditions.or(
+                        new UsesType<>("java.util.Date", false),
+                        new UsesType<>("java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter", false),
+                        new UsesType<>("java.text.SimpleDateFormat", false)
+                ),
+                new ReplaceWeekYearVisitor()
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static class ReplaceWeekYearVisitor extends JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext> {
+        @Override
+        public J.MethodInvocation visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation mi, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+            if (OF_PATTERN_MATCHER.matches(mi)) {
+                getCursor().putMessage("KEY", mi);
+            }
+
+            return super.visitMethodInvocation(mi, ctx);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public J.NewClass visitNewClass(J.NewClass nc, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+            if (SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_CONSTRUCTOR_MATCHER.matches(nc)) {
+                getCursor().putMessage("KEY", nc);
+            }
+
+            return super.visitNewClass(nc, ctx);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public J.Literal visitLiteral(J.Literal li, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+            if (li.getValue() instanceof String) {
+                Cursor c = getCursor().dropParentWhile(is -> is instanceof J.Parentheses || !(is instanceof Tree));
+                if (c.getMessage("KEY") != null) {
+                    Object value = li.getValue();
+
+                    if (value == null) {
+                        return li;
+                    }
+
+                    String newValue = replaceY(value.toString());
+
+                    if (newValue.equals(value.toString())) {
+                        return li;
+                    }
+
+                    return li.withValueSource("\""+newValue+"\"").withValue(newValue);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return li;
+        }
+
+        public static String replaceY(String input) {
+            StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
+            boolean insideQuotes = false;
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+                char currentChar = input.charAt(i);
+                char nextChar = (i < input.length() - 1) ? input.charAt(i + 1) : '\0';
+
+                if (currentChar == '\'') {
+                    insideQuotes = !insideQuotes;
+                    output.append(currentChar);
+                } else if (currentChar == 'Y' && !insideQuotes) {
+                    output.append('y');
+                } else if (currentChar == 'Y' && nextChar == '\'') {
+                    output.append(currentChar);
+                } else {
+                    output.append(currentChar);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return output.toString();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceWeekYearWithYearTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceWeekYearWithYearTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.staticanalysis;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.Issue;
+import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("SuspiciousDateFormat")
+class ReplaceWeekYearWithYearTest implements RewriteTest {
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec
+          .recipe(new ReplaceWeekYearWithYear());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DocumentExample
+    @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite-static-analysis/issues/58")
+    void changeSimpleDateFormat() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").parse("2015/12/31");
+                  String result = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY/MM/dd").format(date);
+                }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").parse("2015/12/31");
+                  String result = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").format(date);
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void worksWithOfPatternFormatter() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").parse("2015/12/31");
+                  String result = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("YYYY/MM/dd").format(date.toInstant());
+                }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd").parse("2015/12/31");
+                  String result = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd").format(date.toInstant());
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void worksWithYYUses() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yy/MM/dd").parse("2015/12/31");
+                  String result = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("YY/MM/dd").format(date.toInstant());
+                }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yy/MM/dd").parse("2015/12/31");
+                  String result = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yy/MM/dd").format(date.toInstant());
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void onlyRunsWhenFormatAndDateTypesAreUsed() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              class Test {
+                public static void main(String[] args) {
+                  String pattern = "YYYY/MM/dd";
+                  System.out.println(pattern);
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void standaloneNewClassCall() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+    @Test
+    void patternUsesSingleQuotes() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("'Your date is:' YYYY-MM-dd");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("'Your date is:' yyyy-MM-dd");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void patternUsesMultipleSingleQuotes() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("'Your date is:' YYYY-MM-dd, 'yy'");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("'Your date is:' yyyy-MM-dd, 'yy'");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotChangeWhyInSingleQuotes() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+              import java.util.Date;
+              
+              class Test {
+                public void formatDate() {
+                  SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("'Y' dd-MM");
+                  Date date = format.parse("2015/12/31");
+                }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}
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