Hi there If this line: `val birthDate = LocalDate.parse("2000-3-10")` throws the following exceptio...

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[Patrício]

Hi there

If this line: val birthDate = LocalDate.parse("2000-3-10") throws the following exception: Exception in thread "main" kotlinx.datetime.DateTimeFormatException: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '2000-3-10' could not be parsed at index 5 , why I can't do that:

package org.example

import kotlinx.datetime.LocalDate
import kotlinx.datetime.DateTimeFormatException

fun main() {
    try {
        val birthDate = LocalDate.parse("2000-3-10")
    } catch (e: DateTimeFormatException) {
        // ...
    }
}

?

It raises the following error: Cannot access 'DateTimeFormatException': it is internal in 'kotlinx.datetime'

What am I missing?

Thank you

[Patrício]

Also, importing this import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException instead, does not work

[Adrijan Rogan]

You can catch IllegalArgumentException instead. https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime/issues/153