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

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