java.time.LocalDate.withYear() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.withYear(int year) method returns a copy of this LocalDate with the year altered.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.withYear(int year) method.

public LocalDate withYear(int year)

Parameters

year − the year to set in the result, from MIN_YEAR to MAX_YEAR.

Return Value

a LocalDate based on this date with the requested year, not null.

Exceptions

DateTimeException − if the year value is invalid.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.withYear(int year) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      
      LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse("2017-01-03");
      LocalDate result = date.withYear(2016);
      System.out.println(result);  
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

2016-01-03