There should be null-returning variants for creating LocalDate(Time) instances. It shouldn't be necessary to catch an exception. This is especially useful when creating instances from user input.

val date = runCatching { LocalDate(userInput.year, userInput.month, userInput.day) }.getOrNull()

Also:

• Instant.parse(…)
• TimeZone.of(…)
• etc.

Just like all similar stdlib functions have …OrNull variants.

https://elizarov.medium.com/kotlin-and-exceptions-8062f589d07