Java tutorial
import java.time.LocalDate; import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) { String goodFriday = "Apr 18 2014"; DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM dd yyyy"); LocalDate holiday = LocalDate.parse(goodFriday, formatter); System.out.printf("Successfully parsed String %s, date is %s%n", goodFriday, holiday); } }