Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor

Question

I have following code

final String pattern = "MM/dd/YYYY";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern);
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(date, formatter);

and while trying to parse String date = "05/29/2003" I receive an exception:

Caused by: java.time.DateTimeException: Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor: {WeekBasedYear[WeekFields[SUNDAY,1]]=2023, DayOfMonth=29, MonthOfYear=5},ISO of type java.time.format.Parsed

What is the reason ?

`Y` is *week-based-year*, use `u` (*year*) or `y` (*year-of-era*)… — deHaar, May 24 '23 at 12:02

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 25 '23 at 00:03

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Your pattern is not correct instead, try this:

final String pattern = "MM/dd/uuuu"; // or "MM/dd/yyyy"

Formatting patterns are case-sensitive. The "yyyy" represents the year, while "YYYY" represents the week-based year. So you need to use yyyy or much better uuuu to solve your issue.

edited May 25 '23 at 00:03

Basil Bourque

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answered May 24 '23 at 11:58

Youcef LAIDANI

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Given your rep score, I’m surprised your answer includes neither an explanation nor a link to the relevant javadoc. – VGR May 24 '23 at 12:05
@VGR sometimes the answer explains itself :) – Youcef LAIDANI May 24 '23 at 12:22
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That Answer definitely needs the explanation. I added a bit more. – Basil Bourque May 25 '23 at 00:03

Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor

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