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Java LocalDate Class | from() Method with Example

LocalDate Class from() method: Here, we are going to learn about the from() method of LocalDate Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 29, 2020

LocalDate Class from() method

• from() method is available in java.time package.
• from() method is used to create an instance of LocalDate from the given TemporalAccessor object.
• from() method is a static method, it is accessible with the class name and if we try to access the method with the class object then we will not get an error.
• from() method may throw an exception at the time of returning LocalDate from the given temp_acc.
  DateTimeException: This exception may throw when the given temp_acc couldn’t convert into LocalDate.

Syntax:

    public static LocalDate from(TemporalAccessor temp_acc);

Parameter(s):

• TemporalAccessor temp_acc – represents the temporal accessor to convert to LocalDate.

Return value:

The return type of this method is LocalDate, it returns the LocalDate that holds the value converted from the given object.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of from(TemporalAccessor temp_acc)
// method of LocalDate

import java.time.*;

public class FromOfLocalDate {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates a OffsetDateTime 
        // and a ZonedDateTime object
        OffsetDateTime off_da_time = OffsetDateTime.now();
        ZonedDateTime zo_da_time = ZonedDateTime.parse("2008-07-06T20:25:30.213+03:00[Africa/Asmara]");

        System.out.println();

        // Display off_da_time
        // and zo_da_time
        System.out.println("OffsetDateTime off_da_time: ");
        System.out.println("off_da_time: " + off_da_time);
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("ZonedDateTime zo_da_time: ");
        System.out.println("zo_da_time: " + zo_da_time);

        System.out.println();

        // Here, this method creates an instance of
        // LocalDate from the given temporal
        // object OffsetDateTime
        LocalDate l_date = LocalDate.from(off_da_time);

        //Display l_date
        System.out.println("LocalDate.from(off_da_time): " + l_date);

        // Here, this method creates an instance of
        // LocalDate from the given temporal
        // object ZonedDateTime
        l_date = LocalDate.from(zo_da_time);

        //Display l_date
        System.out.println("LocalDate.from(zo_da_time): " + l_date);
    }
}

Output

OffsetDateTime off_da_time: 
off_da_time: 2020-05-29T11:41:31.638302Z

ZonedDateTime zo_da_time: 
zo_da_time: 2008-07-06T20:25:30.213+03:00[Africa/Asmara]

LocalDate.from(off_da_time): 2020-05-29
LocalDate.from(zo_da_time): 2008-07-06