diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/.gitignore b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/.gitignore
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index 0000000000..96136ab255
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+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/target/
+.settings/
+.classpath
+.project
+.mvn/
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..6be58332aa
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+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-mysql</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0</version>
+    <name>spring-boot-mysql</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>spring-boot-mysql-timezone</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+        <plugins>
+
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.12</mysql-connector-java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/Application.java b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d69f66fc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.boot;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Application {
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    void started() {
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/Controller.java b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/Controller.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48864269fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/Controller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.boot;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@RestController
+public class Controller {
+
+    @Autowired
+    UserRepository userRepository;
+
+    @GetMapping
+    public User get() {
+        User user = new User();
+        userRepository.save(user);
+        return user;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/find")
+    public List<User> find() {
+        List<User> users = userRepository.findAll();
+        return users;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/User.java b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55cb97dec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.boot;
+
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.CreatedDate;
+
+import javax.persistence.*;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+@Entity
+public class User {
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private Integer id;
+
+    @Column
+    private String name;
+
+    @CreatedDate
+    private Date createdDate = new Date();
+
+    public Date getCreatedDate() {
+        return createdDate;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Integer id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/UserRepository.java b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/UserRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c50c30cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/java/com/baeldung/boot/UserRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.boot;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+@Repository
+public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, Serializable> {
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5404555d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+spring:
+  datasource:
+    url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?useLegacyDatetimeCode=false
+    username: root
+    password:
+
+  jpa:
+    hibernate:
+      ddl-auto: update
+    properties:
+      hibernate:
+        dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
+        jdbc:
+          time_zone: UTC
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