JAVA EE: How to create a YearMonth object using parse methods of YearMonth Class

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YearMonthDemo1.java

import java.time.YearMonth;

public class YearMonthDemo1

{

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        /*

         * Parameters:

         * 

         * text - the text to parse such as "2007-12", not null

         * 

         * Returns:

         * 

         * the parsed year-month, not null

         */

        YearMonth yearMonth = YearMonth.parse("2017-03");

        System.out.println(yearMonth);

    }

}

Output

2017-03

YearMonthDemo2.java

import java.time.YearMonth;

import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class YearMonthDemo2

{

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter

                .ofPattern("yyyy-MM");

        /*

         * Parameters:

         * 

         * text - the text to parse, not null formatter - the

         * formatter to use, not null

         * 

         * Returns:

         * 

         * the parsed year-month, not null

         */

        YearMonth yearMonth = YearMonth.parse("2017-09", dateTimeFormatter);

        System.out.println(yearMonth);

    }

}