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

Question

I am reading text and storing the dates as LocalDate variables.

Is there any way for me to preserve the formatting from DateTimeFormatter so that when I call the Lo

Answer 1

Just format the date while printing it out:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.now();
    DateTimeFormatter formatters = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d/MM/uuuu");
    String text = date.format(formatters);
    LocalDate parsedDate = LocalDate.parse(text, formatters);

    System.out.println("date: " + date);
    System.out.println("Text format " + text);
    System.out.println("parsedDate: " + parsedDate.format(formatters));
}