java.time.YearMonth.parse() Method Example

Description

The java.time.YearMonth.parse(CharSequence text) method obtains an instance of YearMonth from a text string such as 2017-12.

Declaration

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

public static YearMonth parse(CharSequence text)

Parameters

text − the text to parse such as "2017-12", not null.

Return Value

the year-month, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeParseException − if the text cannot be parsed.

Example

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

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.YearMonth;

public class YearMonthDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      YearMonth date = YearMonth.parse("2017-12");
      System.out.println(date);  
   }
}

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

2017-12