How to format LocalDate object to MM/dd/yyyy and have format persist

EDIT: Considering your edit, just set parsedDate equal to your formatted text string, like so: parsedDate = text; A LocalDate object can only ever be printed in ISO8601 format (yyyy-MM-dd). In order to print the object in some other format, you need to format it and save the LocalDate as a string like you’ve demonstrated … Read more

How can I return LocalDate.now() in milliseconds?

Calling toInstant().toEpochMilli(), as suggested by @JB Nizet’s comment, is the right answer, but there’s a little and tricky detail about using local dates that you must be aware of. But before that, some other minor details: Instead of ZoneId.of(“GMT”) you can use the built-in constant ZoneOffset.UTC. They’re equivalent, but there’s no need to create extra … Read more

How to fix “Call requires API level 26 (current min is 25) ” error in Android

The best way to use LocalDateTime on a lower versions of Android is by desugaring (you must have Android Gradle plugin version 4.0 or higher). Just add the below lines to your app module gradle file: Finally, add the ff. dependency to your dependencies block: coreLibraryDesugaring ‘com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:1.0.10’

Java 8 – Create Instant from LocalDateTime with TimeZone [duplicate]

You can first create a ZonedDateTime with that time zone, and then call toInstant: LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.of(2017, Month.JUNE, 15, 13, 39); Instant instant = dateTime.atZone(ZoneId.of(“Europe/Paris”)).toInstant(); System.out.println(instant); // 2017-06-15T11:39:00Z I also switched to using the full time zone name (per Basil’s advice), since it is less ambiguous.

How to convert from Instant to LocalDate

Java 9+ LocalDate.ofInstant(…) arrived in Java 9. Instant instant = Instant.parse(“2020-01-23T00:00:00Z”); ZoneId zone = ZoneId.of(“America/Edmonton”); LocalDate date = LocalDate.ofInstant(instant, zone); See code run live at IdeOne.com. Notice the date is 22nd rather than 23rd as that time zone uses an offset several hours before UTC. 2020-01-22 Java 8 If you are using Java 8, then … Read more

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