local date 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: get LocalDate in specified format

Format LocalDate in Java to required string

Example 3: java localtime format

LocalTime time = LocalTime.parse("23:59:59"); 
  
 DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_TIME; 

 String value = time.format(formatter);

Example 4: how to get input of local date type java

public static LocalDate dateInput(String userInput) {

    DateTimeFormatter dateFormat = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("M/d/yyyy");
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(userInput, dateFormat);


    System.out.println(date);
    return date ;
}