LocalDate format() method in Java Last Updated : 28 Nov, 2018 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report The format() method of LocalDate class in Java method formats this date using the specified formatter. Syntax: public String format(DateTimeFormatter formatter) Parameter: This method accepts a parameter obj which specifies the formatter to be used and it is not null. Exceptions: The function throws only DateTimeException which occurs during an error in printing. Return Value: It returns the formatted date string and not null. Below programs illustrate the format() method of LocalDate in Java: Program 1: Java // Program to illustrate the format() method import java.util.*; import java.time.*; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { // Parses the date LocalDate dt = LocalDate.parse("2018-11-01"); System.out.println(dt); // Function call DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/YYYY"); System.out.println(formatter.format(dt)); } } Output: 2018-11-01 01/11/2018 Program 2: To illustrate the exception. Java // Program to illustrate the format() method // Exception Program import java.util.*; import java.time.*; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class GfG { public static void main(String[] args) { try { // Parses the date LocalDate dt = LocalDate.parse("2018-01-32"); System.out.println(dt); // Function call DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/YYYY"); System.out.println(formatter.format(dt)); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); } } } Output: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '2018-01-32' could not be parsed: Invalid value for DayOfMonth (valid values 1 - 28/31): 32 Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html#format(java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter) Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article Company Preparation G gopaldave Follow Improve Article Tags : Java Java-Functions Java-time package Java-LocalDate Practice Tags : Java Similar Reads Interview PreparationInterview Preparation For Software DevelopersMust Coding Questions - Company-wise Must Do Coding Questions - Topic-wiseCompany-wise Practice ProblemsCompany PreparationCompetitive ProgrammingSoftware Design-PatternsCompany-wise Interview ExperienceExperienced - Interview ExperiencesInternship - Interview ExperiencesPractice @GeeksforgeeksProblem of the DayTopic-wise PracticeDifficulty Level - SchoolDifficulty Level - BasicDifficulty Level - EasyDifficulty Level - MediumDifficulty Level - HardLeaderboard !!Explore More...Data StructuresArraysLinked ListStackQueueBinary TreeBinary Search TreeHeapHashingGraphAdvance Data StructuresMatrixStringAll Data StructuresAlgorithmsAnalysis of AlgorithmsSearching AlgorithmsSorting AlgorithmsPattern SearchingGeometric AlgorithmsMathematical AlgorithmsRandomized AlgorithmsGreedy AlgorithmsDynamic ProgrammingDivide & ConquerBacktrackingBranch & BoundAll AlgorithmsProgramming LanguagesCC++JavaPythonC#Go LangSQLPHPScalaPerlKotlinWeb TechnologiesHTMLCSSJavaScriptBootstrapTailwind CSSAngularJSReactJSjQueryNodeJSPHPWeb DesignWeb BrowserFile FormatsComputer Science SubjectsOperating SystemsDBMSComputer NetworkComputer Organization & ArchitectureTOCCompiler DesignDigital Elec. & Logic DesignSoftware EngineeringEngineering MathematicsData Science & MLComplete Data Science CourseData Science TutorialMachine Learning TutorialDeep Learning TutorialNLP TutorialMachine Learning ProjectsData Analysis TutorialTutorial LibraryPython TutorialDjango TutorialPandas TutorialKivy TutorialTkinter TutorialOpenCV TutorialSelenium TutorialGATE CSGATE CS NotesGate CornerPrevious Year GATE PapersLast Minute Notes (LMNs)Important Topic For GATE CSGATE CoursePrevious Year Paper: CS exams Like