Convert DateTime for MySQL using C#
Keep in mind that you can hard-code ISO format string formatForMySql = dateValue.ToString(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”); or use next: // just to shorten the code var isoDateTimeFormat = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat; // “1976-04-12T22:10:00” dateValue.ToString(isoDateTimeFormat.SortableDateTimePattern); // “1976-04-12 22:10:00Z” dateValue.ToString(isoDateTimeFormat.UniversalSortableDateTimePattern) and so on