diff --git a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index d8e4df969413..dafce60ba407 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -1615,10 +1615,12 @@ bool QgsOgrProvider::addFeaturePrivate( QgsFeature &f, Flags flags, QgsFeatureId
         }
         case OFTDateTime:
         {
-          const QDateTime dt =  attrVal.toDateTime();
+          QDateTime dt =  attrVal.toDateTime();
           if ( dt.isValid() )
           {
             ok = true;
+            if ( mConvertLocalTimeToUTC && dt.timeSpec() == Qt::LocalTime )
+              dt = dt.toUTC();
             const QDate date = dt.date();
             const QTime time = dt.time();
             OGR_F_SetFieldDateTimeEx( feature.get(), ogrAttributeId,
@@ -2577,10 +2579,12 @@ bool QgsOgrProvider::changeAttributeValues( const QgsChangedAttributesMap &attr_
           }
           case OFTDateTime:
           {
-            const QDateTime dt = it2->toDateTime();
+            QDateTime dt = it2->toDateTime();
             if ( dt.isValid() )
             {
               ok = true;
+              if ( mConvertLocalTimeToUTC && dt.timeSpec() == Qt::LocalTime )
+                dt = dt.toUTC();
               const QDate date = dt.date();
               const QTime time = dt.time();
               OGR_F_SetFieldDateTimeEx( of.get(), f,
@@ -4013,6 +4017,11 @@ void QgsOgrProvider::open( OpenMode mode )
     mGDALDriverName = mOgrOrigLayer->driverName();
     mShareSameDatasetAmongLayers = QgsOgrProviderUtils::canDriverShareSameDatasetAmongLayers( mGDALDriverName );
 
+    // Should we set it to true unconditionally? as OGR doesn't do any time
+    // zone conversion for local time. For now, only do that for GeoPackage
+    // since it requires UTC.
+    mConvertLocalTimeToUTC = ( mGDALDriverName == QLatin1String( "GPKG" ) );
+
     QgsDebugMsgLevel( "OGR opened using Driver " + mGDALDriverName, 2 );
 
     mOgrLayer = mOgrOrigLayer.get();
diff --git a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h
index 3d880ea1e407..21756f72171f 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h
+++ b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ class QgsOgrProvider final: public QgsVectorDataProvider
     void invalidateNetworkCache();
 
     bool mShapefileHadSpatialIndex = false;
+
+    //! Whether to convert Qt DateTime with local time to UTC
+    bool mConvertLocalTimeToUTC = false;
 };
 
 ///@endcond
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_ogr_gpkg.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_ogr_gpkg.py
index 14fdb0c96ad7..30af4c59111c 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_ogr_gpkg.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_ogr_gpkg.py
@@ -2715,6 +2715,34 @@ def testDateTimeTimeZoneMilliseconds(self):
         got = [feat for feat in vl.getFeatures()]
         self.assertEqual(got[0]["dt"], new_dt)
 
+    def testWriteDateTimeFromLocalTime(self):
+
+        tmpfile = os.path.join(self.basetestpath, 'testWriteDateTimeFromLocalTime.gpkg')
+        ds = ogr.GetDriverByName('GPKG').CreateDataSource(tmpfile)
+        lyr = ds.CreateLayer('test', geom_type=ogr.wkbNone)
+        lyr.CreateField(ogr.FieldDefn('dt', ogr.OFTDateTime))
+        ds = None
+
+        vl = QgsVectorLayer(tmpfile, 'test', 'ogr')
+
+        f = QgsFeature(vl.fields())
+        dt = QDateTime(QDate(2023, 1, 28), QTime(12, 34, 56, 789), Qt.TimeSpec.LocalTime)
+        f.setAttribute(1, dt)
+        self.assertTrue(vl.startEditing())
+        self.assertTrue(vl.addFeatures([f]))
+        self.assertTrue(vl.commitChanges())
+
+        got = [feat for feat in vl.getFeatures()]
+        self.assertEqual(got[0]["dt"], dt.toUTC())
+
+        self.assertTrue(vl.startEditing())
+        dt = QDateTime(QDate(2024, 1, 1), QTime(12, 34, 56, 789), Qt.TimeSpec.LocalTime)
+        self.assertTrue(vl.changeAttributeValue(1, 1, dt))
+        self.assertTrue(vl.commitChanges())
+
+        got = [feat for feat in vl.getFeatures()]
+        self.assertEqual(got[0]["dt"], dt.toUTC())
+
     def testTransactionModeAutoWithFilter(self):
 
         temp_dir = QTemporaryDir()