Java 8 LocalDateTime

Question

I have a simple Java LocalDateTime like below:

    DateTimeFormatter theDtFrmtr = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("M/d/yy h:mm a");
    String strDate = "3/23/21 1:17 PM";
    LocalDateTime localDate = LocalDateTime.parse(strDate, theDtFrmtr);
    System.out.println("localDate - "+ localDate);

It results in: localDate - 2021-03-23T13:17

I am expecting it to be is - localDate - 2021-03-23 1:17 pm

What am I missing here?

When you print a date, its `toString()` is called, and that prints hours in 24h format. The only way to get the output in the format you want is to use that formatter. So print with `System.out.println("localDate - "+ theDtFrmtr.format(localDate));`. A `LocalDateTime` object does not carry intrinsic formats. — ernest_k, Jul 07 '21 at 18:08
Does this answer your question? [Can’t rid of 'T' in LocalDateTime](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52311884/can-t-rid-of-t-in-localdatetime). [This](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54941872/parsing-timestamp-as-localdatetime) or [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61203388/cannot-parse-threeten-datetime-to-a-specific-format)? — Ole V.V., Jul 08 '21 at 18:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 08 '21 at 06:42

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From the JAVA Oracle docs,

static LocalDateTime parse(CharSequence text) Obtains an instance of LocalDateTime from a text string such as 2007-12-03T10:15:30.
static LocalDateTime parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter) Obtains an instance of LocalDateTime from a text string using a specific formatter.

DateTimeFormatter object needs to be formatted.

edited Jul 08 '21 at 06:42

Jean-Baptiste Yunès

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answered Jul 07 '21 at 18:12

Vamsavardhana Vijay

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Java 8 LocalDateTime

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