Joda time : How to convert String to LocalDate?

Question

How to specify the format string to convert the date alone from string. In my case, only the date part is relevant

Constructing it as DateTime fails:

String dateString = "2009-04-17"; DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd"); DateTime dateTime = formatter.parseDateTime(dateString); 

with error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "2011-04-17" is too short

Probably because I should use LocalDate instead. But, I do not see any formatter for LocalDate . What is the best way to convert String dateString = "2009-04-17"; into LocalDate (or something else if that is not the right representation)

thanks...

Answer 1

You're probably looking for LocalDate(Object). It's a bit confusing since it takes a generic Object, but the docs indicate that it will use a ConverterManager that knows how to handle a String if you pass a String to the constructor, e.g.

LocalDate myDate = new LocalDate("2010-04-28"); 

Answer 2

Use the parse(String) method.

LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2009-04-17");