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Java Date Time - LocalDateTime.parse() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Java Date Time Java Java API 

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Class:

java.time.LocalDateTime

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.time.LocalDateTimejava.time.LocalDateTimejava.time.temporal.TemporalTemporaljava.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusterTemporalAdjusterjava.time.chrono.ChronoLocalDateTimeChronoLocalDateTimejava.io.SerializableSerializableLogicBig

Methods:

public static LocalDateTime parse(CharSequence text)

Returns the LocalDatetime instance. The provided text must be valid per DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME.


public static LocalDateTime parse(CharSequence text,

                                  DateTimeFormatter formatter)

Returns the local date time instance. The provided text must be valid per DateTimeFormatter instance.



Examples


package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class ParseExample {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.parse("1960-01-01T10:30:20");
        System.out.println(dt);
    }
}

Output

1960-01-01T10:30:20




package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class ParseExample2 {
//public static LocalDateTime parse(CharSequence text,
//                                  DateTimeFormatter formatter)

    public static void main (String... args) {
        String str = "1960-01-01T20:30:10";
        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.parse(
                  str, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME);
        System.out.println(dt);
    }
}

Output

1960-01-01T20:30:10




package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class ParseExample3 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        String str = "1960-01-01T20:30:10";
        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.parse(
                  str, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME);
        System.out.println(dt);
    }
}

Output

1960-01-01T20:30:10




package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class ParseExample4 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        String str = "1999_01_01 20_30_10";
        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.parse(
                  str, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy_MM_dd HH_mm_ss"));
        System.out.println(dt);
    }
}

Output

1999-01-01T20:30:10

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