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YearMonth parse(CharSequence) method in Java with Examples

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The parse(CharSequence) method of YearMonth class used to get an instance of YearMonth from a string such as ‘2018-12’ passed as parameter.The string must have a valid value that can be converted to a YearMonth object. The format of String must be uuuu-MM. YearMonths outside the range 0000 to 9999 must be prefixed by the plus or minus symbol. Syntax:
public static YearMonth parse(CharSequence text)
Parameters: This method accepts only one parameter text which represents the text to parse and format of this String must be like uuuu-MM. Return value: This method returns the parsed YearMonth. Exception: This method throws following Exceptions:
  • DateTimeException - if the text cannot be parsed.
Below programs illustrate the parse(CharSequence text) method: Program 1: Java
// Java program to demonstrate
// YearMonth.parse(CharSequence text) method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // create a YearMonth object
        // using parse(CharSequence text)
        YearMonth yearMonth = YearMonth.parse("2019-12");

        // print instance
        System.out.println("YearMonth Parsed:"
                           + yearMonth);
    }
}
Output:
YearMonth Parsed:2019-12
Program 2: Java
// Java program to demonstrate
// YearMonth.parse(CharSequence text) method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // create a YearMonth object
        // using parse(CharSequence text)
        YearMonth yearMonth = YearMonth.parse("2022-05");

        // print instance
        System.out.println("YearMonth Parsed:"
                           + yearMonth);
    }
}
Output:
YearMonth Parsed:2022-05
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/YearMonth.html#parse(java.lang.CharSequence)

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