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");