how to change localdate format in java code example

Example 1: format localdate java

LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
 
String formattedDate = today.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-yy"));
 
System.out.println(formattedDate);

Example 2: 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 3: java date to localdate

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