java.time.LocalDate.parse() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.parse(CharSequence text) method obtains an instance of LocalDate from a text string such as 2017-02-03.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.parse(CharSequence text) method.

public static LocalDate parse(CharSequence text)

Parameters

text − the text to parse such as "2017-02-03", not null.

Return Value

the local date, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeParseException − if the text cannot be parsed.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.parse(CharSequence text) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
	  
      LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2017-02-03");
      System.out.println(date);  
   }
}

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

2017-02-03