how to use localdate in java code example

Example 1: localdate to date java

// Localdate to Date
Date.from(localdate.atStartOfDay(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant())

Example 2: localdatetime java example

LocalDateTime current=LocalDateTime.now();//gets current LocalDateTime
LocalDateTime dateTime=LocalDateTime.of(year,month,day,hour,minute,second);//gets specific LocalDateTime
dateTime.getHour();//get the hour of a DateTime
dateTime.getDayOfWeek();//get number of current day in week
dateTime.isBefore(someOtherDateTime);//checks if it is before another LocalDateTime
dateTime.toLocalDate();//converts it to a LocalDate
dateTime.toLocalTime();//converts it to a LocalTime

Example 3: string to localdate in java

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d/MM/yyyy");
  String date = "16/08/2016";

  //convert String to LocalDate
  LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(date, formatter);