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A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : The API docs for DateTimeFormatter explains: "The main date-time classes provide two methods - one for formatting, format(DateTimeFormatter formatter), and one for parsing, parse(CharSequence text, DateTimeFormatter formatter)." Then there is an example: String text = date.toString(formatter); LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(text, formatter); Error: date.toString(formatter); should be: date.format(formatter); As explained in the text above there is a "format" method, there is no "toString" method that takes a DateTimeFormatter. EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR : EXPECTED - String text = date.format(formatter); ACTUAL - String text = date.toString(formatter); URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html