Java 8 Time API: how to parse string of format “MM.yyyy” to LocalDate

Question

I\'m a bit discouraged with parsing dates in Java 8 Time API.

Previously I could easily write:

String date = \"04.2013\";
DateFormat df = ne         


        

Answer 1

Following alternative is probably not so nice but at least a successfully tested solution, too, so I mention it here for completeness and as supplement to the right answer of @assylias:

DateTimeFormatterBuilder builder = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder();
builder.parseDefaulting(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
builder.append(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM.yyyy"));
DateTimeFormatter dtf = builder.toFormatter();

String ym = "04.2013";
LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(ym, dtf);
System.out.println(date); // output: 2013-04-01