java.time.LocalDateTime Class in Java

java.time.LocalDateTime class, introduced in Java 8, represents a local date-time object without timezone information. The LocalDateTime class in Java is an immutable date-time object that represents a date in the yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss.zzz format. It implements the ChronoLocalDateTime interface and inherits the object class.

Wherever we need to represent time without a timezone reference, we can use the LocalDateTime instances. LocalDateTime, for example, can be used to start batch jobs in any application. Jobs will be run at a fixed time in the timezone in which the server is located. Note LocalDateTime instances are immutable and thread. 

Syntax: Class declaration

public final class LocalDateTime 

extends Object 

implements Temporal, TemporalAdjuster, ChronoLocalDateTime<LocalDate>, Serializable

Methods of this class are as follows:

Method	Description
format()	It is used to format this date-time using the specified formatter.
get()	It is used to get the value of the specified field from this date-time as an int.
minusMinutes()	Returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified number of minutes subtracted.
minusYears()	Returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified number of years subtracted.
minusDays()	Returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified number of days subtracted.
now()	It is used to obtain the current date-time from the system clock in the default time zone.
plusHours()	Returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified number of hours added.
plusYears()	Returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified number of years added.
plusDays()	Returns a copy of this LocalDateTime with the specified number of days added.

Some more methods to modify local time are as follows  in LocalDateTime can be used to get to a new localdatetime instance relative to an existing localdatetime instance. They are namely as follows:

plusYears(), plusMonths(), plusDays(), plusHours(), plusMinutes(), plusSeconds(), plusNanos(), minusYears(), minusMonths(), minusDays(), minusHours(), minusMinutes(), minusSeconds(), minusNanos()

Examples 1:

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Example 2: Creating a specified time

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Example 3: Format LocalDateTime to string

To format a local time to the desired string representation, use the LocalDateTime.format(DateTimeFormatter) method.

Output:

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Note: In order to parse a string to LocalDateTime, convert time in a string to a local time instance, the LocalDateTime class has two overloaded parse() methods.

• parse(CharSequence text)
• parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter)