[BAEL-8456] - Moved Java Date articles into a new module - 'java-dates'

java-dates/src/main/java/com/baeldung/java9/datetime/DateToLocalDateConverter.java

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+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package com.baeldung.java9.datetime;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Class which shows a way to convert java.util.Date into java.time.LocalDate.
+ * 
+ * @author abialas
+ *
+ */
+public class DateToLocalDateConverter {
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaInstant(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return dateToConvert.toInstant()
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaSqlDate(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return new java.sql.Date(dateToConvert.getTime()).toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDateViaMilisecond(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(dateToConvert.getTime())
+            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+            .toLocalDate();
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate convertToLocalDate(Date dateToConvert) {
+        return LocalDate.ofInstant(dateToConvert.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
+    }
+
+}