Year parse(CharSequence) method in Java with Examples

The parse(CharSequence) method of Year class is used to get an instance of Year from a string such as ‘2018’ passed as parameter. The string must have a valid value that can be converted to a Year. Years outside the range 0000 to 9999 must be prefixed by the plus or minus symbol. Syntax:

public static Year parse(CharSequence text)

Parameters: This method accepts only one parameter text which represents the text to parse such as "2021". Return Value: This method returns the parsed year. Exception: This method throws following Exceptions:

• DateTimeException: If the text cannot be parsed.

Below programs illustrate the parse(CharSequence text) method: Program 1: Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// Year.parse(CharSequence text) method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // create a Year object
        // using parse(CharSequence text)
        Year year = Year.parse("2019");

        // print instance
        System.out.println("Year Parsed:"
                           + year);
    }
}

Program 2: Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// Year.parse(CharSequence text) method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // create a Year object
        // using parse(CharSequence text)
        Year year = Year.parse("2018");

        // print instance
        System.out.println("Year Parsed:"
                           + year);
    }
}

References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/Year.html#parse(java.lang.CharSequence)