diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localdatetoiso/LocalDateToISO.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localdatetoiso/LocalDateToISO.java
index 7ef5c9bf56..969006a720 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localdatetoiso/LocalDateToISO.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-8-datetime-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localdatetoiso/LocalDateToISO.java
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import java.util.Date;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateFormatUtils;
 
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
+import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
+
 public class LocalDateToISO {
     public String formatUsingDateTimeFormatter(LocalDate localDate) {
         DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX");
@@ -22,4 +26,11 @@ public class LocalDateToISO {
         String formattedDate = dateFormat.format(utilDate);
         return formattedDate;
     }
+
+    public String formatUsingJodaTime(org.joda.time.LocalDate localDate) {
+        DateTime dateTime = localDate.toDateTimeAtStartOfDay(DateTimeZone.UTC);
+        org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
+        String formattedDate = formatter.print(localDate);
+        return formattedDate;
+    }
 }