Java string to LocalDate

/**
 * @author lautturi.com
 * Java example: How to parse date string to LocalDate in Java
 */

import java.util.*;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class Lautturi {
	public static void main(String[] args) {

		DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMdd");

		String dateStr = "20190123";
		LocalDate parsedDate = LocalDate.parse(dateStr, formatter);
		System.out.println(parsedDate);
		
	}
}

output:

2019-01-23