java cast string to localdate code example

Example 1: java 8 string to localdate

package com.mkyong.date;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class JavaDateExample1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String date = "2016-08-16";

        //default, ISO_LOCAL_DATE
        LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(date);

        System.out.println(localDate);

    }
}
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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);

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