java.time · java.base · since Java 1.8

LocalDate

declaration

public final class LocalDate
        implements Temporal, TemporalAdjuster, ChronoLocalDate, Serializable

A calendar date without time or zone (2026-07-07): birthdays, due dates, calendar math. Immutable; every "mutation" returns a new date.

Key methods

`static LocalDate now() / of(int y, int m, int d) / parse(CharSequence)`	Creation (parse expects ISO yyyy-MM-dd).
`LocalDate plusDays/plusMonths/plusYears(long)`	Calendar arithmetic (end-of-month aware).
`LocalDate with(TemporalAdjuster adj)`	e.g. TemporalAdjusters.next(MONDAY), lastDayOfMonth().
`DayOfWeek getDayOfWeek() / int lengthOfMonth()`	Calendar queries.
`boolean isBefore/isAfter(ChronoLocalDate)`	Comparisons.
`LocalDateTime atTime(LocalTime) / atStartOfDay()`	Combine with a time.