take input time from user in java in local date code example

Example 1: taking date as input in java

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class StringToDateExample1 {
public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
String sDate1="31/12/1998";
Date date1=new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(sDate1);
System.out.println(sDate1+"\t"+date1);
}

Example 2: 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 ;
}