Java DateTimeFormatter parse string to its best match

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    DateTimeFormatter parser = DateTimeFormatter
        .ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd['T'HH:mm:ss[Z]]");
    parseStr(parser, "2018-05-31T16:30:12-0500");
  }//from ww w .ja  va  2  s. c  o  m

  public static void parseStr(DateTimeFormatter formatter, String text) {
    try {
      TemporalAccessor ta = formatter.parseBest(text, OffsetDateTime::from,
          LocalDateTime::from, LocalDate::from);
      if (ta instanceof OffsetDateTime) {
        OffsetDateTime odt = OffsetDateTime.from(ta);
        System.out.println("OffsetDateTime: " + odt);
      } else if (ta instanceof LocalDateTime) {
        LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.from(ta);
        System.out.println("LocalDateTime: " + ldt);
      } else if (ta instanceof LocalDate) {
        LocalDate ld = LocalDate.from(ta);
        System.out.println("LocalDate: " + ld);
      } else {
        System.out.println("Parsing returned: " + ta);
      }
    } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}