date to localestring java code example

Example 1: 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);

Example 2: java date to localdate

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse( new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(date) );