can any body tell me how can i store Java Date to Mysql datetime...? when i am trying to do so...only date is stored and time remain 00:00:00 in mysql date stores like this... 2009-09-22 00:00:00 i want not only date but also time...like 2009-09-22 08:08:11 please help me.... EDIT---- i am using JPA(Hibernate) with spring mydomain classes uses java.util.Date but i have created tables using handwritten queries... this is my create statement CREATE TABLE ContactUs (id BIGINT auto_increment, userName VARCHAR(30), email VARCHAR(50), subject VARCHAR(100), message VARCHAR(1024), messageType VARCHAR(15), contactUsTime datetime, primary key(id))TYPE=InnoDB;