HibernateSaveTest.java

Configuration configuration = new Configuration().configure();
SessionFactory factory = configuration.buildSessionFactory();
Session session = factory.openSession();
Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();

//prepare date
String createdAtUtcStr = "2016-04-24 9:54:23";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date date = format.parse(createdAtUtcStr);

//prepare test user to save into DB
String name = "Montrose";
User user = new User(1, name, date);

//save using Hibernate
session.save(user);

//save using native SQL
String sql = "INSERT INTO users (id, name, created_at_utc) VALUES ('2', '"
             + name + "', '" + createdAtUtcStr + "')";
Query query = session.createSQLQuery(sql);
query.executeUpdate();

session.flush();
transaction.commit();
session.close();
factory.close();