how to convert string to date in java 8

1import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;  
2import java.util.Date;  
3public class StringToDateExample1 {  
4public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {  
5    String sDate1="31/12/1998";  
6    Date date1=new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(sDate1);  
7    System.out.println(sDate1+"\t"+date1);  
8}  
9}  

1// How to convert string to date in Java 8
2import java.time.LocalDate;
3import java.time.LocalDateTime;
4public class Java8StringToDate
5{
6   public static void main(String[] args)
7   {
8      DateTimeFormatter dtf1 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d/MM/yyyy");
9      String strDate1 = "14/05/2005";
10      LocalDate ld1 = LocalDate.parse(strDate1, dtf1); 
11      System.out.println(ld1);
12      DateTimeFormatter dtf2 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM d yyyy");
13      String strDate2 = "May 14 2005";
14      LocalDate ld2 = LocalDate.parse(strDate2, dtf2); 
15      System.out.println(ld2);
16   }
17}