diff --git a/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp b/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp
index bcaafd45a580..8937c3976421 100644
--- a/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp
+++ b/apps/ogr2ogr_lib.cpp
@@ -4048,6 +4048,12 @@ static void DoFieldTypeConversion(GDALDataset *poDstDS,
             }
             oFieldDefn.SetType(OFTReal);
         }
+        else if (oFieldDefn.GetType() == OFTDateTime && poDstDriver &&
+                 EQUAL(poDstDriver->GetDescription(), "ESRI Shapefile"))
+        {
+            // Just be silent. The shapefile driver will itself emit a
+            // warning mentionning it converts DateTime to String.
+        }
         else if (!bQuiet)
         {
             CPLError(
@@ -6518,7 +6524,10 @@ bool LayerTranslator::Translate(
                 }
 
                 poDstFeature->Reset();
-                if (poDstFeature->SetFrom(poFeature.get(), panMap, TRUE) !=
+
+                if (poDstFeature->SetFrom(
+                        poFeature.get(), panMap, /* bForgiving = */ TRUE,
+                        /* bUseISO8601ForDateTimeAsString = */ true) !=
                     OGRERR_NONE)
                 {
                     if (psOptions->nGroupTransactions)
diff --git a/autotest/utilities/test_ogr2ogr_lib.py b/autotest/utilities/test_ogr2ogr_lib.py
index bb7fcd43cfc0..d26a52a41e7c 100755
--- a/autotest/utilities/test_ogr2ogr_lib.py
+++ b/autotest/utilities/test_ogr2ogr_lib.py
@@ -3169,3 +3169,46 @@ def test_ogr2ogr_lib_transfer_filegdb_relationships(tmp_vsimem):
         assert relationship.GetLeftTableName() == "table6"
         assert relationship.GetRightTableName() == "table7"
         assert relationship.GetMappingTableName() == "composite_many_to_many"
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
+@gdaltest.enable_exceptions()
+@pytest.mark.require_driver("GPKG")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("OGR2OGR_USE_ARROW_API", ["YES", "NO"])
+def test_ogr2ogr_lib_datetime_in_shapefile(tmp_vsimem, OGR2OGR_USE_ARROW_API):
+
+    src_filename = str(tmp_vsimem / "src.gpkg")
+    with ogr.GetDriverByName("GPKG").CreateDataSource(src_filename) as src_ds:
+        src_lyr = src_ds.CreateLayer("test", geom_type=ogr.wkbNone)
+
+        field = ogr.FieldDefn("dt", ogr.OFTDateTime)
+        src_lyr.CreateField(field)
+        f = ogr.Feature(src_lyr.GetLayerDefn())
+        f.SetField("dt", "2022-05-31T12:34:56.789+05:30")
+        src_lyr.CreateFeature(f)
+
+    got_msg = []
+
+    def my_handler(errorClass, errno, msg):
+        got_msg.append(msg)
+        return
+
+    out_filename = str(tmp_vsimem / "out.dbf")
+    with gdaltest.error_handler(my_handler), gdaltest.config_options(
+        {"CPL_DEBUG": "ON", "OGR2OGR_USE_ARROW_API": OGR2OGR_USE_ARROW_API}
+    ):
+        gdal.VectorTranslate(out_filename, src_filename)
+
+    if OGR2OGR_USE_ARROW_API == "YES":
+        assert "OGR2OGR: Using WriteArrowBatch()" in got_msg
+    else:
+        assert "OGR2OGR: Using WriteArrowBatch()" not in got_msg
+
+    print(got_msg)
+    assert "Field dt created as String field, though DateTime requested." in got_msg
+
+    with ogr.Open(out_filename) as dst_ds:
+        dst_lyr = dst_ds.GetLayer(0)
+        assert [f.GetField("dt") for f in dst_lyr] == ["2022-05-31T12:34:56.789+05:30"]
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/shape/ogrshapelayer.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/shape/ogrshapelayer.cpp
index 6681dd599618..00f5c812395e 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/shape/ogrshapelayer.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/shape/ogrshapelayer.cpp
@@ -2086,11 +2086,11 @@ OGRErr OGRShapeLayer::CreateField(const OGRFieldDefn *poFieldDefn,
         case OFTDateTime:
             CPLError(
                 CE_Warning, CPLE_NotSupported,
-                "Field %s create as date field, though DateTime requested.",
+                "Field %s created as String field, though DateTime requested.",
                 szNewFieldName);
-            chType = 'D';
-            nWidth = 8;
-            oModFieldDefn.SetType(OFTDate);
+            chType = 'C';
+            nWidth = static_cast<int>(strlen("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sss+HH:MM"));
+            oModFieldDefn.SetType(OFTString);
             break;
 
         default: