// connect to the database
    Database.connect("jdbc:<mysql://localhost/database?useUnicode=true&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC&nullNamePatternMatchesAll=true>", driver = "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver", user = "usert", password = "password")

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven { url "<https://kotlin.bintray.com/exposed>" }
}

dependencies {
    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:$kotlin_version"

    // exposed
    compile 'org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed:0.8.5'

    // <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java>
    compile group: 'mysql', name: 'mysql-connector-java', version: '6.0.6'
}