Converting a String into a LocalDate – Java 8

This tutorial shows how to convert a java.lang.String into a java.time.LocalDate. We can convert a String into a Date using the parse() method of the LocalDate and DateTimeFormatter classes.

// from java.lang.String into java.time.LocalDate
String dateString = "06-Dec-1989";
LocalDate parsed = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-yyyy").parse(dateString);

// from java.time.LocalDate into java.lang.String
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
String formatted = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-yyyy").format(localDate)

Convert String = 2016-10-27 to LocalDate

String dateString = "2016-10-27";
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString);
System.out.println(localDate);

Output:

2016-10-27

Convert String = 27/10/2016 to LocalDate

String dateString = "27/10/2016";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, formatter);
System.out.println(localDate);  // print ISO_LOCAL_DATE by default
System.out.println(formatter.format(localDate));

Output:

2016-10-27
27/10/2016

Convert String = 27 Oct, 2016 to LocalDate

String dateString = "27 Oct, 2016";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d MMM, yyyy");
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, formatter);
System.out.println(localDate);  // print ISO_LOCAL_DATE by default
System.out.println(formatter.format(localDate));

Output:

2016-10-27
27 Oct, 2016

Convert String = Thu, Oct 27 2016 to LocalDate

String dateString = "Thu, Oct 27 2016";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("E, MMM dd yyyy");
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, formatter);
System.out.println(localDate);  // print ISO_LOCAL_DATE by default
System.out.println(formatter.format(localDate));

Output:

2016-10-27
Thu, Oct 27 2016

Convert String = Thursday, Oct 27, 2016 12:45:13 PM to LocalDateTime

String dateString = "Thursday, Oct 27, 2016 12:45:13 PM";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEEE, MMM d, yyyy HH:mm:ss a");
LocalDateTime localDate = LocalDateTime.parse(dateString, formatter);
System.out.println(localDate);  // print ISO_LOCAL_DATE by default
System.out.println(formatter.format(localDate));

Output:

2016-10-27T12:45:13
Thursday, Oct 27, 2016 12:45:13 PM

References

• DateTimeFormatter JavaDoc
• LocalDate JavaDoc
• LocalDateTime JavaDoc