java - Parsing a string to a LocalDate

Question

I have:

String date = "05051990";

I need to parse it to a java.time.LocalDate in a format "dd. MM yyy."

I cant seem to make it work, please help!!

Answer 1

Try this:

    String date="05051990";
    LocalDate localDate =  LocalDate.parse(date,  DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("ddMMyyyy"));
    date = localDate.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd. MM yyyy"));
    System.out.println(date);