Reputation: 505
I got the answer: It's very simple.
DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy");
String formattedDate = jodeLocalDateObj.toString( fmt );
Upvotes: 28
Views: 76530
Reputation: 9624
LocalDate's toString
can take a format string directly, so you can skip creating the DateTimeFormatter:
String formattedDate = myLocalDate.toString("MM/dd/yyyy");
https://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/LocalDate.html#toString-java.lang.String-
Upvotes: 96
Reputation: 1503180
While the answer you've found will work, I prefer to look at it the other way round, in terms of which object is "active" (in terms of formatting) and which is just providing data:
LocalDate localDate = new LocalDate(2010, 9, 14);
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy");
String formattedDate = formatter.print(localDate);
Upvotes: 42
Reputation: 505
DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy");
String formattedDate = jodeLocalDateObj.toString( fmt );
Upvotes: 6