diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/TemporalAdapter.java b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/TemporalAdapter.java
index 47c19e585..7a13d81ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/TemporalAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/TemporalAdapter.java
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ public class TemporalAdapter<T extends Temporal> implements Serializable {
     /**
      * A formatter capable of parsing to multiple temporal types based on the input string.
      */
-    private static CalendarDateFormat PARSE_FORMAT = new CalendarDateFormat(
+    private static final CalendarDateFormat PARSE_FORMAT = new CalendarDateFormat(
             "yyyyMMdd['T'HHmmss[X]]", Instant::from, LocalDateTime::from, LocalDate::from);
 
     private final String valueString;
 
     private final TzId tzId;
 
-    private transient TimeZoneRegistry timeZoneRegistry;
+    private transient final TimeZoneRegistry timeZoneRegistry;
 
     private transient T temporal;
 
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ private TemporalAdapter(String value, TzId tzId, TimeZoneRegistry timeZoneRegist
         this.timeZoneRegistry = timeZoneRegistry;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public T getTemporal() {
         if (temporal == null) {
             synchronized (valueString) {
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ public ZonedDateTime toLocalTime(ZoneId zoneId) {
      * @return an adapter containing the parsed temporal value and format type
      * @throws DateTimeParseException if the string cannot be parsed
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static <T extends Temporal> TemporalAdapter<T> parse(String value) throws DateTimeParseException {
         return new TemporalAdapter<>((T) PARSE_FORMAT.parse(value));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/DateProperty.java b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/DateProperty.java
index df86838e0..17e7d6a86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/DateProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/DateProperty.java
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ public abstract class DateProperty<T extends Temporal> extends Property {
      * @param name       the property name
      * @param parameters a list of initial parameters
      */
-    public DateProperty(final String name, final List<Parameter> parameters, PropertyFactory factory) {
+    public DateProperty(final String name, final List<Parameter> parameters, PropertyFactory<? extends DateProperty<T>> factory) {
         super(name, parameters, factory);
     }
 
     /**
      * @param name the property name
      */
-    public DateProperty(final String name, PropertyFactory factory) {
+    public DateProperty(final String name, PropertyFactory<? extends DateProperty<T>> factory) {
         super(name, factory);
     }
 
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public DateProperty(final String name, PropertyFactory factory) {
      *
      * @return Returns the date.
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public T getDate() {
         if (date != null) {
             Optional<TzId> tzId = getParameter(Parameter.TZID);
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ public void setDate(T date) {
      *
      * @param value a string representation of a DATE or DATE-TIME value
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void setValue(final String value) throws DateTimeParseException {
         // value can be either a date-time or a date..
         if (value != null && !value.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/RecurrenceId.java b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/RecurrenceId.java
index 15271314a..40c265ef5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/RecurrenceId.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/property/RecurrenceId.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 import net.fortuna.ical4j.validate.ParameterValidator;
 import net.fortuna.ical4j.validate.ValidationException;
 
-import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -133,13 +131,17 @@ public class RecurrenceId<T extends Temporal> extends DateProperty<T> {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 4456883817126011006L;
 
+    public RecurrenceId() {
+        super(RECURRENCE_ID, new Factory<T>());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new instance initialised with the parsed value.
      *
      * @param value the RECURRENCE_ID value string to parse
      */
     public RecurrenceId(final String value) {
-        super(RECURRENCE_ID, new Factory());
+        super(RECURRENCE_ID, new Factory<T>());
         setValue(value);
     }
 
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ public RecurrenceId(final String value) {
      * @param aValue a value string for this component
      */
     public RecurrenceId(final List<Parameter> aList, final String aValue) {
-        super(RECURRENCE_ID, aList, new Factory());
+        super(RECURRENCE_ID, aList, new Factory<T>());
         setValue(aValue);
     }
 
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ public RecurrenceId(final List<Parameter> aList, final String aValue) {
      * @param aDate a date representation of a date or date-time
      */
     public RecurrenceId(final T aDate) {
-        super(RECURRENCE_ID, new Factory());
+        super(RECURRENCE_ID, new Factory<T>());
         setDate(aDate);
     }
 
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ public RecurrenceId(final T aDate) {
      * @param aDate a date representation of a date or date-time
      */
     public RecurrenceId(final List<Parameter> aList, final T aDate) {
-        super(RECURRENCE_ID, aList, new Factory());
+        super(RECURRENCE_ID, aList, new Factory<T>());
         setDate(aDate);
     }
 
@@ -194,22 +196,22 @@ public final void validate() throws ValidationException {
 
     @Override
     public Property copy() {
-        return new Factory().createProperty(getParameters(), getValue());
+        return new Factory<T>().createProperty(getParameters(), getValue());
     }
 
-    public static class Factory extends Content.Factory implements PropertyFactory<RecurrenceId> {
+    public static class Factory<T extends Temporal> extends Content.Factory implements PropertyFactory<RecurrenceId<T>> {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         public Factory() {
             super(RECURRENCE_ID);
         }
 
-        public RecurrenceId createProperty(final List<Parameter> parameters, final String value) {
-            return new RecurrenceId(parameters, value);
+        public RecurrenceId<T> createProperty(final List<Parameter> parameters, final String value) {
+            return new RecurrenceId<>(parameters, value);
         }
 
-        public RecurrenceId createProperty() {
-            return new RecurrenceId<>(LocalDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC));
+        public RecurrenceId<T> createProperty() {
+            return new RecurrenceId<>();
         }
     }