diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/utiltosqldate/UtilToSqlDateUtils.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/utiltosqldate/UtilToSqlDateUtils.java
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+package com.baeldung.utiltosqldate;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+public class UtilToSqlDateUtils {
+
+    public static java.util.Date createAmericanDate(String date) throws ParseException {
+        SimpleDateFormat isoFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
+        isoFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles"));
+        return isoFormat.parse(date);
+    }
+
+    public static void switchTimezone(String timeZone) {
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZone));
+    }
+
+    public static LocalDate getLocalDate(java.util.Date date, String timeZone) {
+        return date.toInstant().atZone(ZoneId.of(timeZone)).toLocalDate();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/utiltosqldate/UtilToSqlDateUtilsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-date-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/utiltosqldate/UtilToSqlDateUtilsUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.utiltosqldate;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+public class UtilToSqlDateUtilsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUtilDate_whenCastingToSqlDate_thenThrowException() {
+        Assertions.assertThrows(ClassCastException.class, () -> {
+            java.sql.Date date = (java.sql.Date) new java.util.Date();
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUtilDate_whenStandardConversion_thenTimezoneLost() throws ParseException {
+        java.util.Date date = UtilToSqlDateUtils.createAmericanDate("2010-05-23T22:01:02");
+
+        UtilToSqlDateUtils.switchTimezone("America/Los_Angeles");
+
+        java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("2010-05-23", sqlDate.toString());
+
+        UtilToSqlDateUtils.switchTimezone("Rome");
+        sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("2010-05-24",sqlDate.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUtilDate_whenConversionToTimestamp_thenKeepTimeInfo() throws ParseException {
+        java.util.Date date = UtilToSqlDateUtils.createAmericanDate("2010-05-23T22:01:02");
+        UtilToSqlDateUtils.switchTimezone("America/Los_Angeles");
+        java.sql.Timestamp timestamp = new java.sql.Timestamp(date.getTime());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("2010-05-23 22:01:02.0",timestamp.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUtilDate_whenUsingJavaTimeConversion_thenTimezoneKept() throws ParseException {
+        java.util.Date date = UtilToSqlDateUtils.createAmericanDate("2010-05-23T22:01:02");
+
+        UtilToSqlDateUtils.switchTimezone("America/Los_Angeles");
+
+        java.time.LocalDate localDate = UtilToSqlDateUtils.getLocalDate(date,"America/Los_Angeles");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(localDate.toString(), "2010-05-23");
+
+        UtilToSqlDateUtils.switchTimezone("Rome");
+        localDate = UtilToSqlDateUtils.getLocalDate(date,"America/Los_Angeles");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(localDate.toString(), "2010-05-23");
+    }
+
+}