diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6a4f51c..47fb7ae 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation 'junit:junit:4.13.1'
     testImplementation('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.6.0')
+
+    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java
+    implementation group: 'mysql', name: 'mysql-connector-java', version: '8.0.31'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/src/main/java/billgates/Connector.java b/src/main/java/billgates/Connector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8128f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/billgates/Connector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package billgates;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
+public class Connector {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/bill",
+                    "root",
+                    "");
+
+            Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
+
+            ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM bill1");
+
+            while (resultSet.next()) {
+                // Note that, aside from the general types that we have here
+                // All the rest objects will be parsed in a string format
+                int entryId = resultSet.getInt("entry_id");
+                double value = resultSet.getDouble("value");
+                Timestamp date = resultSet.getTimestamp("date");
+                String currency = resultSet.getString("currency");
+                String description = resultSet.getString("description");
+                String from = resultSet.getString("from");
+                String to = resultSet.getString("to");
+                String location = resultSet.getString("location");
+
+                Instant i = Instant.ofEpochMilli(date.getTime());
+
+                // We can pass in the different zones we want to convert in, and we can obtain the value we want
+                ZonedDateTime zonedDate = ZonedDateTime.ofInstant(i, ZoneId.of("US/Eastern"));
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/billgates/ConnectorTest.java b/src/test/java/billgates/ConnectorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7276e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/billgates/ConnectorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package billgates;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ConnectorTest {
+
+}
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