The parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter) method of the MonthDay class in Java is used to get an instance of MonthDay from a text string using a specific formatter.
Syntax:
public static MonthDay parse( CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter)
Parameters: This method accepts
- text as a parameter to parse and
- formatter as a parameter to use.
Return value: This method returns the parsed month-day.
Exceptions: This method throws DateTimeParseException if the text cannot be parsed.
Below programs illustrate the parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter) method of MonthDay in Java:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate // MonthDay.parse(CharSequence text, // DateTimeFormatter formatter) method import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;
import java.time.format.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// apply ofpattern() method
// of DateTimeFormatter class
DateTimeFormatter datetimeformatter
= DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern( "--MM-dd" );
// apply parse(CharSequence text,
// DateTimeFormatter formatter) method
// of MonthDay class
MonthDay monthday = MonthDay.parse(
"--05-09" , datetimeformatter);
// print monthday
// in mm-dd format
System.out.println( "MonthDay: "
+ monthday);
}
} |
Output:
MonthDay: --05-09
Program 2:
// Java program to demonstrate // MonthDay.parse(CharSequence text, // DateTimeFormatter formatter) method import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;
import java.time.format.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// apply ofpattern() method
// of DateTimeFormatter class
DateTimeFormatter datetimeformatter
= DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern( "--dd-MM" );
// apply parse(CharSequence text,
// DateTimeFormatter formatter) method
// of MonthDay class
MonthDay monthday = MonthDay.parse(
"--05-09" , datetimeformatter);
// print monthday
// in dd-mm format
System.out.println( "MonthDay: "
+ monthday);
}
} |
Output:
MonthDay: --09-05