Convert java.util.Date to java.time.LocalDate Example

In this example, we show you different ways to convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate.

This is a common task to convert java .util.Date into java.time.LocalDate in Java programming.

Convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate Example

import java.time.Instant;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Class which shows a way to convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate.
 * 
 * @author sourcecodeexamples.net
 *
 */
public class DateToLocalDateConverter {

    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaInstant(Date dateToConvert) {
        return dateToConvert.toInstant()
            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
            .toLocalDate();
    }

    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(Date dateToConvert) {
        return new java.sql.Date(dateToConvert.getTime()).toLocalDate();
    }

    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(Date dateToConvert) {
        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(dateToConvert.getTime())
            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
            .toLocalDate();
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
  System.out.println(convertToLocalDateViaInstant(new Date()));
  System.out.println(convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(new Date()));
  System.out.println(convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(new Date()));
 }
}

Output:

2019-06-17
2019-06-17
2019-06-17

Reference

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Date.html

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html