The LocalDate class has an overloaded parse() method. In addition to the String Date, it accepts a DateTimeFormatter instance that specifies the format of the input date. So, this can be used in case the String date is not in the yyyy-MM-dd format. The following code demonstrates this:

The following code demonstrates this:

In this case, the String date is in the dd/MM/YYYY format.  A DateTimeFormatter instance is created with this pattern. The parse() method is then invoked with the String date and the DateTimeFormatter instance. So, this code prints the following output:

2015-06-12

You can check out the API documentation for DateTimeFormatter in order to understand the patterns that need to be specified for various date formats.

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The LocalDate class has a parse method. You can use this to convert a String to a LocalDate. So, this code simply invokes the parse method with the String date object. It prints the following output: 2015-06-12.

The following code demonstrates this:

The LocalDate.parse() method requires the String date to be in the yyyy-MM-dd format. If the String date is in some other format, this method throws an Exception. There is an overloaded version of the parse method that can be used for such scenarios as explained in the next section.

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