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Frederik
Frederik

Reputation: 36

Correct pattern for parsing from String to LocalDateTime format

I'm trying to parse dates which come in format of "1 March 2019" or eg "15 March 2019" in LocalDateTime format but I'm struggling with finding the correct pattern for it.

I've tried the example with pattern "dd M/L yyyy" and simply "d M/L yyyy" but none seem to work.

String begda = "1 March 2019";

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd M/L yyyy");
LocalDateTime ldtBeg = LocalDateTime.parse(begda, formatter);

It will just throw an DateTimeParseException stating that it could not get parsed.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 638

Answers (3)

xingbin
xingbin

Reputation: 28289

Use MMMM for the complete month like March. And use d for day like 1.

It should like d MMMM yyyy.

And specify the Locale for the human language to use in reading the name of month.

LocalDate.parse( 
    "1 March 2019" , 
    DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern( 
        "d MMMM yyyy",
        Locale.UK
    )
)

Upvotes: 5

user4811324
user4811324

Reputation:

you are looking for converting String month MARCH. So, while parsing you need to mention of which Locale it is.

while formatting this locale is being used and respective month for that is returned.

If you are familiar with Calendar then you can use that as well. I guess this link can give you some hint

Convert Month String to Integer in Java

Upvotes: 0

Cybertronian
Cybertronian

Reputation: 483

It's because you're doing it wrong

the correct date format for java is ("dd MMMM yyyy")

and for more information visit this site

Upvotes: 0

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