diff --git a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
index a5506d8740a92641ab1526955d15dfdd67736225..846906951d48825990664c10a60347d0c885192e 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
@@ -1432,6 +1432,10 @@ char * os::local_time_string(char *buf, size_t buflen) {
   return buf;
 }
 
+struct tm* os::localtime_pd(const time_t* clock, struct tm*  res) {
+  return localtime_r(clock, res);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // runtime exit support
 
diff --git a/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp b/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
index f74967ab07956ddb655450a84922e6bea15e5be2..c5c83883f486e469283d3fe5e4383e570deb3fe6 100644
--- a/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
+++ b/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ size_t os::current_stack_size() {
   return (size_t)(base - bottom);
 }
 
+struct tm* os::localtime_pd(const time_t* clock, struct tm*  res) {
+  return localtime_r(clock, res);
+}
+
 // interruptible infrastructure
 
 // setup_interruptible saves the thread state before going into an
diff --git a/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp b/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
index d674d434b906dcdf981f6bd8a7d137cec23edda7..dce602e8ecb5fc13d45fbf7ce0b0e506f542d989 100644
--- a/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
@@ -327,6 +327,14 @@ size_t os::current_stack_size() {
   return sz;
 }
 
+struct tm* os::localtime_pd(const time_t* clock, struct tm* res) {
+  const struct tm* time_struct_ptr = localtime(clock);
+  if (time_struct_ptr != NULL) {
+    *res = *time_struct_ptr;
+    return res;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
 
 LONG WINAPI topLevelExceptionFilter(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS* exceptionInfo);
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
index da6d719edc031db577f2329b134359e719fa66e4..8c81d42734a74a5add3c69ed017ad0b38393c2ee 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ char* os::iso8601_time(char* buffer, size_t buffer_length) {
   const int milliseconds_after_second =
     milliseconds_since_19700101 % milliseconds_per_microsecond;
   // Convert the time value to a tm and timezone variable
-  const struct tm *time_struct_temp = localtime(&seconds_since_19700101);
-  if (time_struct_temp == NULL) {
-    assert(false, "Failed localtime");
+  struct tm time_struct;
+  if (localtime_pd(&seconds_since_19700101, &time_struct) == NULL) {
+    assert(false, "Failed localtime_pd");
     return NULL;
   }
-  // Save the results of localtime
-  const struct tm time_struct = *time_struct_temp;
   const time_t zone = timezone;
 
   // If daylight savings time is in effect,
@@ -93,10 +91,10 @@ char* os::iso8601_time(char* buffer, size_t buffer_length) {
     UTC_to_local = UTC_to_local - seconds_per_hour;
   }
   // Compute the time zone offset.
-  //    localtime(3C) sets timezone to the difference (in seconds)
+  //    localtime_pd() sets timezone to the difference (in seconds)
   //    between UTC and and local time.
   //    ISO 8601 says we need the difference between local time and UTC,
-  //    we change the sign of the localtime(3C) result.
+  //    we change the sign of the localtime_pd() result.
   const time_t local_to_UTC = -(UTC_to_local);
   // Then we have to figure out if if we are ahead (+) or behind (-) UTC.
   char sign_local_to_UTC = '+';
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp
index 0856d23a03bba5362e1e9429a63e2ad1598e5e7e..ce653c5f6f28521bb5b44c9cd35d6a8fd8c0e71d 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ class os: AllStatic {
   // Return current local time in a string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
   // It is MT safe, but not async-safe, as reading time zone
   // information may require a lock on some platforms.
-  static char* local_time_string(char *buf, size_t buflen);
+  static char*      local_time_string(char *buf, size_t buflen);
+  static struct tm* localtime_pd     (const time_t* clock, struct tm*  res);
   // Fill in buffer with current local time as an ISO-8601 string.
   // E.g., YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.mmm+zzzz.
   // Returns buffer, or NULL if it failed.