Java: Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor

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I am trying to change the format of a String date from EEEE MMMM d to MM/d/yyyy by, first, converting it into a LocalDate and then applying a formatter of a different pattern to the LocalDate before parsing it into String again.

Here's my code:

private String convertDate(String stringDate) 
{
    //from EEEE MMMM d -> MM/dd/yyyy

    DateTimeFormatter formatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
            .parseCaseInsensitive()
            .append(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEEE MMMM d"))
            .toFormatter();

    LocalDate parsedDate = LocalDate.parse(stringDate, formatter);
    DateTimeFormatter formatter2 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM/d/yyyy");

    String formattedStringDate = parsedDate.format(formatter2);

    return formattedStringDate;
}

However, I get this exception message that I don't really understand:

Exception in thread "main" java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text 'TUESDAY JULY 25' could not be parsed: Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor: {DayOfWeek=2, MonthOfYear=7, DayOfMonth=25},ISO of type java.time.format.Parsed
    at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.createError(DateTimeFormatter.java:1920)
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