IllegalArgumentException when using joda-time to convert string to date

Question

I have a code as below to convert a string to date:

DateTimeFormatter formatter = org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MM/dd/yyyy");
LocalDate checkInDate = LocalDate.parse("08/25/2015");

But when i run the code there is an error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "08/25/2015" is malformed at "/25/2015"

Anyone can help me resolve this problem.

Answer 1

Try using the formatter:

LocalDate checkInDate = formatter.parseLocalDate("08/25/2015");