title: String to joda LocalDate in format of "dd-MMM-yy"
body: <p>I am using JAXB and joda time 2.2. to backup the data from Mysql to XML and restore it back. in my Table I have a Date attribute in format of "16-Mar-05". I successfully store this in XML. but when I want to read it from XML and put it back in Mysql table, I cant get the right format.</p>
  
  <p>this is my XMLAdapter class, here in unmarshal method the input String is "16-Mar-05", but I cant get the localDate variable in the format of "16-Mar-05", although I am setting pattern to "dd-MMM-yy". I posted all the options I tried, how can I get my localDate in "dd-MMM-yy" like 16-Mar-05format?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!!</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class DateAdapter extends XmlAdapter&lt;String, LocalDate&gt; {
  
  // the desired format
  private String pattern = "dd-MMM-yy";
  
  @Override
  public String marshal(LocalDate date) throws Exception {
      //return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).format(date);
      return date.toString("dd-MMM-yy");
  }
  
  @Override
  public LocalDate unmarshal(String date) throws Exception {
      if (date == null) {
          return null;
      } else {
          //first way
          final DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd-MMM-yy");
          final LocalDate localDate2 = dtf.parseLocalDate(date);
  
          //second way
          LocalDate localDate3 = LocalDate.parse(date,DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd-MMM-yy"));
  
          //third way
          DateTimeFormatter FORMATTER = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd-MMM-yy");
          DateTime dateTime = FORMATTER.parseDateTime(date);
          LocalDate localDate4 = dateTime.toLocalDate();
          return localDate4;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>