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MonthDay parse(CharSequence) method in Java with Examples

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The parse(CharSequence text) method of the MonthDay class in Java is used to get an instance of MonthDay from a text string.
Syntax:

public static MonthDay parse(
    CharSequence text)

Parameters: This method accepts text as parameter to parse.

Return value: This method returns the parsed month-day.

Exceptions: This method throws DateTimeParseException if the text cannot be parsed.

Below programs illustrate the parse(CharSequence text) method of MonthDay in Java:

Program 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// MonthDay.parse(CharSequence text) method
  
import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // apply parse(CharSequence text) method
        // of MonthDay class
        MonthDay monthday = MonthDay.parse(
            "--05-09");
  
        // print both month and day
        System.out.println("MonthDay: "
                           + monthday);
    }
}


Output:

MonthDay: --05-09

Program 2:




// Java program to demonstrate
// MonthDay.parse(CharSequence text) method
  
import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // apply parse(CharSequence text) method
        // of MonthDay class
        MonthDay monthday = MonthDay.parse(
            "--05-09");
  
        // print only month
        System.out.println("Month: "
                           + monthday.getMonth());
    }
}


Output:

Month: MAY

References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/MonthDay.html#parse(java.lang.CharSequence)



Last Updated : 12 May, 2020
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