java.time.LocalDate.parse() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter) method obtains an instance of LocalDate from a text string using a specific formatter.

Declaration

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

public static LocalDate parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter)

Parameters

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

• formatter − the formatter to use, 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, DateTimeFormatter formatter) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

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

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
	   
	   DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd MMM uuuu");
	   String date = "03 Feb 2017";
	   LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(date, dateTimeFormatter);
	   System.out.println(localDate);
   }
}

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

2017-02-03