Java Convert String to LocalDate

Learn to convert string to LocalDate object in Java. java.time.LocalDate instances are immutable and thread-safe, which makes it very useful for robust application design. Also see some useful date pattern strings, which will help you in building your own custom date pattern.

DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
String dateString = "14/07/2018";

LocalDate localDateObj = LocalDate.parse(dateString, dateTimeFormatter);	//String to LocalDate

String dateStr = localDateObj.format(dateTimeFormatter);		//LocalDate to String

java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter

Quick example to parse date strings to LocalDate objects and vice-versa, using DateTimeFormatter class.

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.time.format.FormatStyle;

public class Main 
{
	public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException 
	{
		DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
		
		String dateString = "14/07/2018";
		
		//string to date
		LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, dateTimeFormatter);
				
		//date to string
		String dateStr = localDate.format(dateTimeFormatter);
		
		System.out.println(localDate);		// 2018-07-14
		System.out.println(dateStr);		// 14/07/2018
	}
}	

Default pattern used in LocalDate

Default LocalDate.parse(dateString) method, uses the ISO_LOCAL_DATE formatter.

String dateString = "2018-07-14";		//ISO date
		
//string to date
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse( dateString );		//2018-07-14

//date to string
String dateStr = localDate.format( DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE );		//14/07/2018

Useful Date Patterns

Checkout DateTimeFormatter to build your own custom patterns using date and time formatting symbols.

Happy Learning !!