diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php
index 8a49c4a624f0..99456f8bfce7 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ protected function asDateTime($value)
         // the database connection and use that format to create the Carbon object
         // that is returned back out to the developers after we convert it here.
         return Carbon::createFromFormat(
-            $this->getDateFormat(), $value
+            str_replace('.v', '.u', $this->getDateFormat()), $value
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php
index 858fd4655f80..ec98f935587f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public function compileSavepointRollBack($name)
      */
     public function getDateFormat()
     {
-        return 'Y-m-d H:i:s.000';
+        return 'Y-m-d H:i:s.v';
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php
index 0ee23bede75a..c5a588000d51 100644
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Database;
 
 use Exception;
+use ReflectionObject;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
@@ -1138,6 +1139,76 @@ public function testFreshMethodOnCollection()
         $this->assertEquals($users->map->fresh(), $users->fresh());
     }
 
+    public function testTimestampsUsingDefaultDateFormat()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentTestUser;
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Default MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite date format
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'created_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000000', $this->getRawDateTimeString($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19', $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+    }
+
+    public function testimestampsUsingDefaultSqlServerDateFormat()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentTestUser;
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s.v'); // Default SQL Server date format
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'created_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19.000',
+            'updated_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19.734',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000000', $this->getRawDateTimeString($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.734000', $this->getRawDateTimeString($model->getAttribute('updated_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000', $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.734', $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('updated_at')));
+    }
+
+    public function testTimestampsUsingCustomDateFormat()
+    {
+        // Simulating using custom precisions with timestamps(4)
+        $model = new EloquentTestUser;
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s.u'); // Custom date format
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'created_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19.0000',
+            'updated_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19.7348',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000000', $this->getRawDateTimeString($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.734800', $this->getRawDateTimeString($model->getAttribute('updated_at')));
+        // Note: when storing databases would truncate the value to the given precision
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000000', $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.734800', $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('updated_at')));
+    }
+
+    public function testTimestampsUsingOldSqlServerDateFormat()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentTestUser;
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s.000'); // Old SQL Server date format
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'created_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19.000',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000000', $this->getRawDateTimeString($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+        $this->assertEquals('2017-11-14 08:23:19.000', $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('created_at')));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testTimestampsUsingOldSqlServerDateFormatFailInEdgeCases()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentTestUser;
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s.000'); // Old SQL Server date format
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'updated_at' => '2017-11-14 08:23:19.734',
+        ]);
+
+        $attribute = $model->fromDateTime($model->getAttribute('updated_at'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helpers...
      */
@@ -1161,6 +1232,11 @@ protected function schema($connection = 'default')
     {
         return $this->connection($connection)->getSchemaBuilder();
     }
+
+    protected function getRawDateTimeString($object)
+    {
+        return (new ReflectionObject($object))->getProperty('date')->getValue($object);
+    }
 }
 
 /**