Use LocalDate to create a localDate and then you can add the timepart if you need it:

    DateTimeFormatter DATEFORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
    LocalDate ld = LocalDate.parse("2017-03-13", DATEFORMATTER);
    LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.of(ld, LocalDateTime.now().toLocalTime());
    System.out.println(ldt);

or LocalDateTime

ldt = LocalDateTime.of(ld, LocalDateTime.MIN.toLocalTime());

if you just need an empty timepart

EDIT:

Look at this solution with this you can build your dynamic parser:

    DateTimeFormatter DATEFORMATTER1 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");

    DateTimeFormatter DATEFORMATTER = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().append(DATEFORMATTER1)
    .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0)
    .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR, 0)
    .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.SECOND_OF_MINUTE, 0)
    .toFormatter();

    //DateTimeFormatter DATEFORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
    LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.parse("2017-03-13", DATEFORMATTER);