Joda time : How to convert String to LocalDate?

Question

How to specify the format string to convert the date alone from string. In my case, only the date part is relevant

Constructing it as DateTime fails:

Answer 1

You can use LocalDate.of with the year, month and day passed as separate arguments:

LocalDate date1 = LocalDate.of(2009, 4, 17);
LocalDate date2 = LocalDate.of(2009, Month.APRIL, 17);