diff --git a/src/plugins/sqldrivers/mysql/qsql_mysql.cpp b/src/plugins/sqldrivers/mysql/qsql_mysql.cpp
index 7e04a20da5b..e87435b38c2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sqldrivers/mysql/qsql_mysql.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/sqldrivers/mysql/qsql_mysql.cpp
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ QString QMYSQLDriver::formatValue(const QSqlField &field, bool trimStrings) cons
             }
             Q_FALLTHROUGH();
         case QMetaType::QDateTime:
-            if (QDateTime dt = field.value().toDateTime(); dt.isValid()) {
+            if (QDateTime dt = field.value().toDateTime().toUTC(); dt.isValid()) {
                 // MySQL format doesn't like the "Z" at the end, but does allow
                 // "+00:00" starting in version 8.0.19. However, if we got here,
                 // it's because the MySQL server is too old for prepared queries
diff --git a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqldriver/tst_qsqldriver.cpp b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqldriver/tst_qsqldriver.cpp
index 8448dc4e474..bb108a31537 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqldriver/tst_qsqldriver.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqldriver/tst_qsqldriver.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ private slots:
     void record();
     void primaryIndex();
     void formatValue();
+#if QT_CONFIG(timezone)
+    void formatDateTimeValue();
+#endif
 };
 
 static bool driverSupportsDefaultValues(QSqlDriver::DbmsType dbType)
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ void tst_QSqlDriver::dropTables()
 {
     for (const QString &dbName : std::as_const(dbs.dbNames)) {
         QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database(dbName);
-        QStringList tables = {qTableName("relTEST1", __FILE__, db)};
+        QStringList tables = {qTableName("relTEST1", __FILE__, db), qTableName("formatDateTimeValue", __FILE__, db)};
         const QSqlDriver::DbmsType dbType = tst_Databases::getDatabaseType(db);
         if (dbType == QSqlDriver::Oracle)
             tables.push_back(qTableName("clobTable", __FILE__, db));
@@ -256,5 +259,44 @@ void tst_QSqlDriver::formatValue()
     QCOMPARE(db.driver()->formatValue(rec.field("more_data")), QString("1.234567"));
 }
 
+#if QT_CONFIG(timezone)
+void tst_QSqlDriver::formatDateTimeValue()
+{
+    QFETCH_GLOBAL(QString, dbName);
+    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database(dbName);
+    QSqlDriver *drv = db.driver();
+    CHECK_DATABASE(db);
+    QString tablename(qTableName("formatDateTimeValue", __FILE__, db));
+    QSqlQuery qry(db);
+    QString query = "CREATE TABLE " + tablename + " (id int, dt " + tst_Databases::dateTimeTypeName(db) + ")";
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec(query));
+    // some databases don't store milliseconds, so use a hard-coded date without milliseconds
+    const QDateTime dtUtc(QDate(2025, 03, 29), QTime(00, 33, 00), QTimeZone::utc());
+    const QDateTime dt1(dtUtc.toTimeZone(QTimeZone(3600)));
+    QCOMPARE(dtUtc.toMSecsSinceEpoch(), dt1.toMSecsSinceEpoch());
+
+    QSqlField fieldDt1("datetime", QMetaType(QMetaType::QDateTime), QString());
+    fieldDt1.setValue(dt1);
+    QSqlField fieldUtc("datetime", QMetaType(QMetaType::QDateTime), QString());
+    fieldUtc.setValue(dtUtc);
+
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, prepare("INSERT INTO " + tablename + " (id, dt) VALUES (:id, :dt)"));
+    qry.bindValue(":id", 1);
+    qry.bindValue(":dt", dtUtc);
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec());
+    qry.bindValue(":id", 2);
+    qry.bindValue(":dt", dt1);
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec());
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec("INSERT INTO " + tablename + " (id, dt) VALUES (3, " + drv->formatValue(fieldUtc) + ")"));
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec("INSERT INTO " + tablename + " (id, dt) VALUES (4, " + drv->formatValue(fieldDt1) + ")"));
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec("SELECT dt FROM " + tablename + " ORDER BY id ASC"));
+    for (int i = 1; i <= 4; ++i) {
+        QVERIFY(qry.next());
+        const auto dt = qry.value(0).toDateTime();
+        QCOMPARE(dt.toSecsSinceEpoch(), dtUtc.toSecsSinceEpoch());
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QSqlDriver)
 #include "tst_qsqldriver.moc"