How to convert Joda LocalDate to String in Java?

Question

I got the answer: It's very simple.

DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy"); String formattedDate = jodeLocalDateObj.toString( fmt ); 

Answer 1

LocalDate's toString can take a format string directly, so you can skip creating the DateTimeFormatter:

String formattedDate = myLocalDate.toString("MM/dd/yyyy"); 

https://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/LocalDate.html#toString-java.lang.String-

Answer 2

While the answer you've found will work, I prefer to look at it the other way round, in terms of which object is "active" (in terms of formatting) and which is just providing data:

LocalDate localDate = new LocalDate(2010, 9, 14); DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy"); String formattedDate = formatter.print(localDate);