How to convert LocalDate to a specific date time format in Java

In Java 8, you can convert a LocalDate object to a specific date-time format by first converting it to a LocalDateTime object and then using a DateTimeFormatter object to format it to the desired format.

Here’s an example:

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class LocalDateToDateTimeFormatExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // create a LocalDate object
        LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();

        // convert LocalDate to LocalDateTime by adding midnight as time
        LocalDateTime localDateTime = localDate.atStartOfDay();

        // create a DateTimeFormatter object with the desired format
        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");

        // format the LocalDateTime object with the formatter
        String formattedDateTime = localDateTime.format(formatter);

        // print the formatted datetime string
        System.out.println(formattedDateTime);
    }
}

In this example, we’re first creating a LocalDate object with the now() method. Then we’re converting it to a LocalDateTime object by adding midnight as the time using the atStartOfDay() method. We’re then creating a DateTimeFormatter object with the pattern "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss", which represents the format we want to convert the LocalDateTime object to. Finally, we’re using the format() method to convert the LocalDateTime object to the desired format and printing the formatted datetime string.

You can change the pattern to match the desired format you want to convert the LocalDate object to.