DateTime dateTimePlus2 = DateTime.parse("2015-07-09T05:10:00+02:00"); System.out.println(dateTimePlus2); DateTime dateTimeUTC = dateTimePlus2.withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC); System.out.println(dateTimeUTC); LocalDateTime localDateTimeUTC = dateTimeUTC.toLocalDateTime(); System.out.println(localDateTimeUTC);
References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27381626/convert-joda-time-datetime-with-timezone-to-datetime-without-timezone
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23939576/how-to-specify-a-timezone-for-a-joda-datetime-object