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Java LocalDate Class | toString() method with Example

LocalDate Class toString() method: Here, we are going to learn about the toString() method of LocalDate Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on June 01, 2020

LocalDate Class toString() method

• toString() method is available in java.time package.
• toString() method is used to represent this LocalDate as a String by using the standards ISO-8601 format.
• toString() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• toString() method does not throw an exception at the time of representing this object as a string.

Syntax:

    public String toString();

Parameter(s):

• None

Return value:

The return type of this method is String, it represents this LocalDate as a String by using ISO-8601 standards format.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of String toString() method of LocalDate

import java.time.*;

public class ToStringOfLocalDate {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates two LocalDate
        LocalDate l_da1 = LocalDate.parse("2007-04-04");
        LocalDate l_da2 = LocalDate.of(2008, Month.FEBRUARY, 06);

        // Display l_da1,l_da2 
        System.out.println("LocalDate l_da1,l_da2 : ");
        System.out.println("l_da1: " + l_da1);
        System.out.println("l_da2: " + l_da2);

        System.out.println();

        // Here, this method represents this 
        // date l_da1 as a String
        String to_string = l_da1.toString();

        // Display to_string
        System.out.println("l_da1.toString(): " + to_string);

        // Here, this method represents this
        // date l_da2 as a String
        to_string = l_da2.toString();

        // Display to_string
        System.out.println("l_da2.toString(): " + to_string);
    }
}

Output

LocalDate l_da1,l_da2 : 
l_da1: 2007-04-04
l_da2: 2008-02-06

l_da1.toString(): 2007-04-04
l_da2.toString(): 2008-02-06