Java LocalDate Formatting

Question

Looking for some help with LocalDate, I have so far come up with this:

public static String getDate(int days) {    
  LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2017, 03, 04).plusDays(days);    
  return localDate.toString():
}

I need to return it as a string, but in this format: dd/mm/yyyy = 29/04/1991.

How can I achieve this?

Use a [`DateTimeFormatter`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html) to format your date as a string — Ferrybig, Apr 25 '17 at 08:47
What did your research turn up? In what way was it insufficient? Tip: You may sometimes get faster answers from your search engine than from waiting for someone to type an answer here on Stack Overflow. — Ole V.V., Apr 25 '17 at 08:51
@Tom, it’s not an exact duplicate, but there’s certainly a wealth of good inspiration to be found in the question you are linking to. — Ole V.V., Apr 25 '17 at 09:07
Could be, @Tom. Where do you suggest I start reading? Asking after having done a superficial search myself and not finding much interesting. Mostly [Why are some questions marked as duplicate?](http://stackoverflow.com/help/duplicates). — Ole V.V., Apr 25 '17 at 09:26
Also a dup of [How to format LocalDate to string?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/28177370/642706) — Basil Bourque, Apr 25 '17 at 14:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '17 at 08:48

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use DateTimeFormatter:

DateTimeFormatter formatter =
                  DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy" );
return LocalDate.of(2017, 03, 04).plusDays(days).format(formatter);

answered Apr 25 '17 at 08:48

Jens

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or return LocalDate.of(2017, 03, 04).plusDays(days).format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy")); – Woodchuck Dec 16 '20 at 21:09

Java LocalDate Formatting

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