LocalDate Java Example

LocalDate Java Example

This class has been introduced in JDK 1.8 which can be used without time-zone in the ISO-8601 calendar system and it will fetch local date based on the location.

• LocalDateExample.java:

package com.javahonk.dateformatter;

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

public class LocalDateExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		String validPatterns = "yyyy-MM-dd";
				
		System.out.println("Please be carefull while using LocalDate as It can not format date except yyyyMMdd format\n");
		
		DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(validPatterns);
		System.out.println("yyyy-MM-dd:--> "+LocalDate.now().format(formatter));		
		
		System.out.println("BASIC_ISO_DATE:--> "+LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.BASIC_ISO_DATE));
		
		System.out.println("ISO_DATE:--> "+LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE));		

	}

}

• Output:

• For more informatoin about this API please visit Oracle documentation here