createLocalDateTime from string code example

Example 1: convert string to localdatetime

//convert String to LocalDateTime
String str = "2016-03-04 11:30";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(str, formatter);

Example 2: formatting specific date and time in localdatetime

String dateTime = "1995-07-25 15:03:45";
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
LocalDateTime date = LocalDateTime.parse(dateTime, dateTimeFormatter);