diff --git a/system/Database/BaseResult.php b/system/Database/BaseResult.php
index c5f603a28127..7c5378365caf 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseResult.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseResult.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace CodeIgniter\Database;
 
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;
 use stdClass;
 
@@ -101,17 +102,17 @@ public function __construct(&$connID, &$resultID)
      *
      * @param string $type The row type. Either 'array', 'object', or a class name to use
      */
-    public function getResult(string $type = 'object'): array
+    public function getResult(string $type = 'object', ?DataConverter $converter = null): array
     {
         if ($type === 'array') {
-            return $this->getResultArray();
+            return $this->getResultArray($converter);
         }
 
         if ($type === 'object') {
-            return $this->getResultObject();
+            return $this->getResultObject($converter);
         }
 
-        return $this->getCustomResultObject($type);
+        return $this->getCustomResultObject($type, $converter);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public function getResult(string $type = 'object'): array
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function getCustomResultObject(string $className)
+    public function getCustomResultObject(string $className, ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         if (isset($this->customResultObject[$className])) {
             return $this->customResultObject[$className];
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ public function getCustomResultObject(string $className)
         }
         $this->customResultObject[$className] = [];
 
-        while ($row = $this->fetchObject($className)) {
+        while ($row = $this->fetchObject($className, $converter)) {
             if (! is_subclass_of($row, Entity::class) && method_exists($row, 'syncOriginal')) {
                 $row->syncOriginal();
             }
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ public function getCustomResultObject(string $className)
      *
      * If no results, an empty array is returned.
      */
-    public function getResultArray(): array
+    public function getResultArray(?DataConverter $converter = null): array
     {
         if (! empty($this->resultArray)) {
             return $this->resultArray;
@@ -198,6 +199,10 @@ public function getResultArray(): array
         }
 
         while ($row = $this->fetchAssoc()) {
+            if ($converter !== null) {
+                $row = $converter->fromDatabase($row);
+            }
+
             $this->resultArray[] = $row;
         }
 
@@ -209,10 +214,9 @@ public function getResultArray(): array
      *
      * If no results, an empty array is returned.
      *
-     * @return array<int, stdClass>
-     * @phpstan-return list<stdClass>
+     * @return list<stdClass>
      */
-    public function getResultObject(): array
+    public function getResultObject(?DataConverter $converter = null): array
     {
         if (! empty($this->resultObject)) {
             return $this->resultObject;
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ public function getResultObject(): array
             $this->dataSeek();
         }
 
-        while ($row = $this->fetchObject()) {
+        while ($row = $this->fetchObject('stdClass', $converter)) {
             if (! is_subclass_of($row, Entity::class) && method_exists($row, 'syncOriginal')) {
                 $row->syncOriginal();
             }
@@ -260,12 +264,12 @@ public function getResultObject(): array
      * @return array|object|stdClass|null
      * @phpstan-return ($type is 'object' ? stdClass|null : ($type is 'array' ? array|null : object|null))
      */
-    public function getRow($n = 0, string $type = 'object')
+    public function getRow($n = 0, string $type = 'object', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         if (! is_numeric($n)) {
             // We cache the row data for subsequent uses
             if (! is_array($this->rowData)) {
-                $this->rowData = $this->getRowArray();
+                $this->rowData = $this->getRowArray(0, $converter);
             }
 
             // array_key_exists() instead of isset() to allow for NULL values
@@ -277,14 +281,14 @@ public function getRow($n = 0, string $type = 'object')
         }
 
         if ($type === 'object') {
-            return $this->getRowObject($n);
+            return $this->getRowObject($n, $converter);
         }
 
         if ($type === 'array') {
-            return $this->getRowArray($n);
+            return $this->getRowArray($n, $converter);
         }
 
-        return $this->getCustomRowObject($n, $type);
+        return $this->getCustomRowObject($n, $type, $converter);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -294,10 +298,10 @@ public function getRow($n = 0, string $type = 'object')
      *
      * @return array|null
      */
-    public function getCustomRowObject(int $n, string $className)
+    public function getCustomRowObject(int $n, string $className, ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         if (! isset($this->customResultObject[$className])) {
-            $this->getCustomResultObject($className);
+            $this->getCustomResultObject($className, $converter);
         }
 
         if (empty($this->customResultObject[$className])) {
@@ -318,9 +322,9 @@ public function getCustomRowObject(int $n, string $className)
      *
      * @return array|null
      */
-    public function getRowArray(int $n = 0)
+    public function getRowArray(int $n = 0, ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
-        $result = $this->getResultArray();
+        $result = $this->getResultArray($converter);
         if (empty($result)) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -339,9 +343,10 @@ public function getRowArray(int $n = 0)
      *
      * @return object|stdClass|null
      */
-    public function getRowObject(int $n = 0)
+    public function getRowObject(int $n = 0, ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
-        $result = $this->getResultObject();
+        $result = $this->getResultObject($converter);
+
         if (empty($result)) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -529,5 +534,5 @@ abstract protected function fetchAssoc();
      *
      * @return Entity|false|object|stdClass
      */
-    abstract protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass');
+    abstract protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null);
 }
diff --git a/system/Database/DataConverter/DataConverter.php b/system/Database/DataConverter/DataConverter.php
index 1f998052622f..36b1bc20f7a5 100644
--- a/system/Database/DataConverter/DataConverter.php
+++ b/system/Database/DataConverter/DataConverter.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 /**
  * PHP data <==> DB data converter
+ *
+ * @see \CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverterTest
  */
 class DataConverter
 {
diff --git a/system/Database/MySQLi/Result.php b/system/Database/MySQLi/Result.php
index 578169deb757..2bb5fc38481d 100644
--- a/system/Database/MySQLi/Result.php
+++ b/system/Database/MySQLi/Result.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Database\MySQLi;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseResult;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;
 use mysqli;
 use mysqli_result;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ protected function fetchAssoc()
      *
      * @return Entity|false|object|stdClass
      */
-    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass')
+    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         if (is_subclass_of($className, Entity::class)) {
             return empty($data = $this->fetchAssoc()) ? false : (new $className())->injectRawData($data);
diff --git a/system/Database/OCI8/Result.php b/system/Database/OCI8/Result.php
index 01025763d423..62b26c625640 100644
--- a/system/Database/OCI8/Result.php
+++ b/system/Database/OCI8/Result.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Database\OCI8;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseResult;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;
 use stdClass;
 
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ protected function fetchAssoc()
      *
      * @return Entity|false|object|stdClass
      */
-    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass')
+    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         $row = oci_fetch_object($this->resultID);
 
diff --git a/system/Database/Postgre/Result.php b/system/Database/Postgre/Result.php
index 0a828757632e..ce54853e5e07 100644
--- a/system/Database/Postgre/Result.php
+++ b/system/Database/Postgre/Result.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Database\Postgre;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseResult;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;
 use PgSql\Connection as PgSqlConnection;
 use PgSql\Result as PgSqlResult;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ protected function fetchAssoc()
      *
      * @return Entity|false|object|stdClass
      */
-    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass')
+    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         if (is_subclass_of($className, Entity::class)) {
             return empty($data = $this->fetchAssoc()) ? false : (new $className())->injectRawData($data);
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Result.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Result.php
index f245a01669c6..ac186c995c7f 100755
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Result.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Result.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Database\SQLSRV;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseResult;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;
 use stdClass;
 
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ protected function fetchAssoc()
      *
      * @return Entity|false|object|stdClass
      */
-    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass')
+    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         if (is_subclass_of($className, Entity::class)) {
             return empty($data = $this->fetchAssoc()) ? false : (new $className())->injectRawData($data);
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLite3/Result.php b/system/Database/SQLite3/Result.php
index f3887b044b49..e3faa3cca0fc 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLite3/Result.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLite3/Result.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseResult;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Database\Exceptions\DatabaseException;
 use CodeIgniter\Entity\Entity;
 use SQLite3;
@@ -128,13 +129,17 @@ protected function fetchAssoc()
      *
      * @return Entity|false|object|stdClass
      */
-    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass')
+    protected function fetchObject(string $className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         // No native support for fetching rows as objects
         if (($row = $this->fetchAssoc()) === false) {
             return false;
         }
 
+        if ($converter !== null) {
+            $row = $converter->fromDatabase($row);
+        }
+
         if ($className === 'stdClass') {
             return (object) $row;
         }
diff --git a/system/Test/Mock/MockResult.php b/system/Test/Mock/MockResult.php
index 87654b1dd779..57eb392f0662 100644
--- a/system/Test/Mock/MockResult.php
+++ b/system/Test/Mock/MockResult.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Test\Mock;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseResult;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use stdClass;
 
 /**
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ protected function fetchAssoc()
      *
      * @return object|stdClass
      */
-    protected function fetchObject($className = 'stdClass')
+    protected function fetchObject($className = 'stdClass', ?DataConverter $converter = null)
     {
         return new $className();
     }
diff --git a/tests/system/Database/Live/DataConverterTest.php b/tests/system/Database/Live/DataConverterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d6660428c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/Database/Live/DataConverterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of CodeIgniter 4 framework.
+ *
+ * (c) CodeIgniter Foundation <admin@codeigniter.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace CodeIgniter\Database\Live;
+
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
+use CodeIgniter\I18n\Time;
+use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
+use CodeIgniter\Test\DatabaseTestTrait;
+use stdClass;
+use Tests\Support\Database\Seeds\CITestSeeder;
+
+/**
+ * @group DatabaseLive
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class DataConverterTest extends CIUnitTestCase
+{
+    use DatabaseTestTrait;
+
+    protected $refresh = true;
+    protected $seed    = CITestSeeder::class;
+
+    public function testGetRowArrayDatetime()
+    {
+        $converter = new DataConverter([
+            'type_datetime' => 'datetime',
+        ]);
+
+        $data = $this->db->table('type_test')
+            ->get()
+            ->getRow(0, 'array', $converter);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Time::class, $data['type_datetime']);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetRowObjectDatetime()
+    {
+        $converter = new DataConverter([
+            'type_datetime' => 'datetime',
+        ]);
+
+        $data = $this->db->table('type_test')
+            ->get()
+            ->getRow(0, 'object', $converter);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Time::class, $data->type_datetime);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetRowCustomObjectDatetime()
+    {
+        $converter = new DataConverter([
+            'type_datetime' => 'datetime',
+        ]);
+
+        $data = $this->db->table('type_test')
+            ->get()
+            ->getRow(0, CustomStdClass::class, $converter);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Time::class, $data->type_datetime);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetResultArrayDatetime()
+    {
+        $converter = new DataConverter([
+            'type_datetime' => 'datetime',
+        ]);
+
+        $data = $this->db->table('type_test')
+            ->get()
+            ->getResult('array', $converter);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Time::class, $data[0]['type_datetime']);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetResulObjectDatetime()
+    {
+        $converter = new DataConverter([
+            'type_datetime' => 'datetime',
+        ]);
+
+        $data = $this->db->table('type_test')
+            ->get()
+            ->getResult('object', $converter);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Time::class, $data[0]->type_datetime);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetResultCustomObjectDatetime()
+    {
+        $converter = new DataConverter([
+            'type_datetime' => 'datetime',
+        ]);
+
+        $data = $this->db->table('type_test')
+            ->get()
+            ->getResult(CustomStdClass::class, $converter);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Time::class, $data[0]->type_datetime);
+    }
+}
+
+class CustomStdClass extends stdClass
+{
+}
diff --git a/tests/system/View/TableTest.php b/tests/system/View/TableTest.php
index f4d7f4056f2d..3829239b4e34 100644
--- a/tests/system/View/TableTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/View/TableTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace CodeIgniter\View;
 
+use CodeIgniter\Database\DataConverter\DataConverter;
 use CodeIgniter\Database\MySQLi\Result;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
 use CodeIgniter\Test\Mock\MockTable;
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ public function getFieldNames(): array
         ];
     }
 
-    public function getResultArray(): array
+    public function getResultArray(?DataConverter $converter = null): array
     {
         return [
             [