How to store a java.util.Date into a MySQL timestamp field in the UTC/GMT timezone?

Question

I used a new Date() object to fill a field in a MySQL DB, but the actual value stored in that field is in my local timezone.

How can I configure MySQL to store it in

Answer 1

A java Date is timezone agnostic. It ALWAYS represents a date in GMD(UTC) in milliseconds from the Epoch.

The ONLY time that a timezone is relevant is when you are emitting a date as a string or parsing a data string into a date object.