How do I convert a Joda Time DateTime object into a String in SQL Server format?

Question

I am using the Joda-Time library in Java, and have a date and time stored as an org.joda.time.DateTime object.

How can I reliably convert this DateTime object into a

Answer 1

Simply Function

I use this simple function to get a SQL-friendly date format from a JodaTime DateTime object:

// Converts a DateTime object into a SQL-format friendly string.
//
// Return format looks like this: 2014-01-22 10:05:34.546
//
public static String toSql(DateTime dateTime) {
    return new Timestamp( dateTime.getMillis() ).toString();
}