java - How to format LocalDate object to MM/dd/yyyy and have format persist

Question

I am reading text and storing the dates as LocalDate variables.

Is there any way for me to preserve the formatting from DateTimeFormatter so that when I call the LocalDate variable it will still be in this format.

EDIT:I want the parsedDate to be stored in the correct format of 25/09/2016 rather than printing as a string

My code:

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.now();
    DateTimeFormatter formatters = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d/MM/uuuu");
    String text = date.format(formatters);
    LocalDate parsedDate = LocalDate.parse(text, formatters);

    System.out.println("date: " + date); // date: 2016-09-25
    System.out.println("Text format " + text); // Text format 25/09/2016
    System.out.println("parsedDate: " + parsedDate); // parsedDate: 2016-09-25

    // I want the LocalDate parsedDate to be stored as 25/09/2016
}

Answer 1

EDIT: Considering your edit, just set parsedDate equal to your formatted text string, like so:

parsedDate = text;

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A LocalDate object can only ever be printed in ISO8601 format (yyyy-MM-dd). In order to print the object in some other format, you need to format it and save the LocalDate as a string like you've demonstrated in your own example

DateTimeFormatter formatters = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d/MM/uuuu");
String text = date.format(formatters);