In this tutorial, we will see the following LocalDate format examples:
- Java format LocalDate to yyyy/MM/dd
- Java format LocalDate to dd/MM/yyyy
- Java format LocalDate to yyyy-MM-dd
- Java format LocalDate to dd-MM-yyyy
Example 1: Java format LocalDate to yyyy/MM/dd
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Before JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
Date date = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat formatterD1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
String d1 = formatterD1.format(date);
System.out.println(d1);
// yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
SimpleDateFormat formatterD2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
String d2 = formatterD2.format(date);
System.out.println(d2);
// E MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ
SimpleDateFormat formatterD3 = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
String d3 = formatterD3.format(date);
System.out.println(d3);
System.out.println("\nStarting with JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatterLocalDate = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd");
String ld1 = formatterLocalDate.format(localDate);
// or shortly
String ld2 = LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd"));
System.out.println(ld1);
System.out.println(ld2);
}
}
Code snippet to format a LocalDate into YYYY/MM/DD format:
// yyyy-MM-dd
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatterLocalDate = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd");
String ld1 = formatterLocalDate.format(localDate);
Output:
Before JDK 8:
2021/11/10
2021/11/10 16:38:20
Wed Nov 2021 16:38:20.048+0530
Starting with JDK 8:
2021/11/10
2021/11/10
Example2: Java format LocalDate to yyyy-MM-dd
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Before JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
Date date = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat formatterD1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
String d1 = formatterD1.format(date);
System.out.println(d1);
// yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
SimpleDateFormat formatterD2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
String d2 = formatterD2.format(date);
System.out.println(d2);
// E MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ
SimpleDateFormat formatterD3 = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
String d3 = formatterD3.format(date);
System.out.println(d3);
System.out.println("\nStarting with JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatterLocalDate = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
String ld1 = formatterLocalDate.format(localDate);
// or shortly
String ld2 = LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd"));
System.out.println(ld1);
System.out.println(ld2);
}
}
Code snippet to format a LocalDate into YYYY-MM-DD format:
// yyyy-MM-dd
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatterLocalDate = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
String ld1 = formatterLocalDate.format(localDate);
Output:
Before JDK 8:
2021-11-10
2021-11-10 16:38:20
Wed Nov 2021 16:38:20.048+0530
Starting with JDK 8:
2021-11-10
2021-11-10
Example 3: Java format LocalDate to dd-MM-yyyy
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Before JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
Date date = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat formatterD1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
String d1 = formatterD1.format(date);
System.out.println(d1);
System.out.println("\nStarting with JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatterLocalDate = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy");
String ld1 = formatterLocalDate.format(localDate);
System.out.println(ld1);
// or shortly
String ld2 = LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy"));
System.out.println(ld2);
}
}
Output:
Before JDK 8:
10-11-2021
Starting with JDK 8:
10-11-2021
10-11-2021
Example 4: Java format LocalDate to dd/MM/yyyy
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Before JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
Date date = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat formatterD1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
String d1 = formatterD1.format(date);
System.out.println(d1);
System.out.println("\nStarting with JDK 8:");
// yyyy-MM-dd
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatterLocalDate = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
String ld1 = formatterLocalDate.format(localDate);
System.out.println(ld1);
// or shortly
String ld2 = LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy"));
System.out.println(ld2);
}
}
Output:
Before JDK 8:
10/11/2021
Starting with JDK 8:
10/11/2021
10/11/2021
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