java.time.LocalDate.format() Method Example



Description

The java.time.LocalDate.format(DateTimeFormatter formatter) method formats this date using the specified formatter.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.format(DateTimeFormatter formatter) method.

public String format(DateTimeFormatter formatter)

Parameters

formatter − the formatter to use, not null.

Return Value

the formatted date string, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if an error occurs during printing.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.format(DateTimeFormatter formatter) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2017-02-03");
      System.out.println(date);  
      DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/YYYY");
      System.out.println(formatter.format(date));  
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

2017-02-03
03/02/2017
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