How to format LocalDate to string?

SimpleDateFormat will not work if he is starting with LocalDate which is new in Java 8. From what I can see, you will have to use DateTimeFormatter, http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html.

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();//For reference
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd LLLL yyyy");
String formattedString = localDate.format(formatter);

That should print 05 May 1988. To get the period after the day and before the month, you might have to use "dd'.LLLL yyyy"

Could be short as:

LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy"));