Convert LocalDate to Timestamp in Java [2 ways]

In this post, I will be sharing how to convert LocalDate to Timestamp in Java with examples. There are two ways to achieve our goal of converting LocalDate to Timestamp in Java:

1. Using LocalDate class atTime() method [Recommended]

2. Using LocalDateTime class of() method

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Convert LocalDate to Timestamp in Java

1. Using LocalDate class atTime() method

We can easily convert LocalDate to Timestamp using the LocalDate class atTime() method as shown below in the example:

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalTime;

public class LocalDateToTimestamp {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      // Get Current LocalDate     
      LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
      // Printing LocalDate
      System.out.println("Current date is: " + localDate);
      // Convert LocalDate to Timestamp
      Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(localDate.atTime(LocalTime.MIDNIGHT));
      // Printing Timestamp
      System.out.println("Timestamp is: " + timestamp);
    }
}

Output:
Current date is: 2024-03-15
Timestamp is: 2024-03-15 00:00:00.0

2. Using LocalDateTime class of() method

There is another way to convert LocalDate to Timestamp using the LocalDateTime class of() method as shown below in the example:

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalTime;

public class LocalDateToTimestamp2 {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      // Fetch Current LocalDate     
      LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
      // Displaying LocalDate
      System.out.println("Current date is: " + localDate);
      // Converting LocalDate to Timestamp
      Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.valueOf(LocalDateTime.of(localDate, LocalTime.MIDNIGHT));
      // Displaying Timestamp
      System.out.println("Timestamp is: " + timestamp);
    }
}

Output:
Current date is: 2024-03-15
Timestamp is: 2024-03-15 00:00:00.0

That's all for today. Please mention in the comments if you know any other way of converting LocalDate to Timestamp in Java.