Java tutorial
import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH; import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR; import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.YEAR; import java.time.Instant; import java.time.LocalDate; import java.time.Year; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Instant instant = Instant.parse("2014-07-16T10:15:30.00Z"); LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse("2014-07-16", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd")); LocalDate localDate2 = LocalDate.parse("2014-07-16", DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE); DateTimeFormatter strangeFormat = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().appendValue(MONTH_OF_YEAR, 2) .appendLiteral("==").appendValue(YEAR, 4).appendLiteral("--").appendValue(DAY_OF_MONTH, 2) .toFormatter(); LocalDate localDate3 = LocalDate.parse("07==2014--16", strangeFormat); System.out.println(instant); System.out.println(localDate); System.out.println(localDate2); System.out.println(localDate3); LocalDate date = Year.of(2014).atMonth(7).atDay(16); String strangeDateFormat = date.format(strangeFormat); System.out.println(strangeDateFormat); } }