diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql b/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql
index 8cd120a8a3..4dd75c36d3 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/integrations/mysql/init.sql
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS main;
 USE main;
 CREATE TABLE Persons (
     PersonID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    CreatedAt datetime,
+    Age float,
     LastName varchar(255),
     FirstName varchar(255),
     Address varchar(255),
@@ -17,6 +19,6 @@ CREATE TABLE Tasks (
         FOREIGN KEY(PersonID)
 	    REFERENCES Persons(PersonID)
 );
-INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Address, City) VALUES ('Mike', 'Hughes', '123 Fake Street', 'Belfast');
+INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age, Address, City, CreatedAt) VALUES ('Mike', 'Hughes', 28.2, '123 Fake Street', 'Belfast', '2021-01-19 03:14:07');
 INSERT INTO Tasks (PersonID, TaskName) VALUES (1, 'assembling');
 INSERT INTO Tasks (PersonID, TaskName) VALUES (1, 'processing');
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
index e1c065dd26..66dd269412 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,24 @@ import {
   Operation,
   RelationshipsJson,
 } from "../../definitions/datasource"
+import { isIsoDateString } from "../utils"
 
 type KnexQuery = Knex.QueryBuilder | Knex
 
+function parseBody(body: any) {
+  for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(body)) {
+    if (typeof value !== "string") {
+      continue
+    }
+    if (isIsoDateString(value)) {
+      body[key] = new Date(value)
+    } else if (!isNaN(parseFloat(value))) {
+      body[key] = parseFloat(value)
+    }
+  }
+  return body
+}
+
 // right now we only do filters on the specific table being queried
 function addFilters(
   tableName: string,
@@ -119,11 +134,12 @@ function buildCreate(
 ): KnexQuery {
   const { endpoint, body } = json
   let query: KnexQuery = knex(endpoint.entityId)
+  const parsedBody = parseBody(body)
   // mysql can't use returning
   if (opts.disableReturning) {
-    return query.insert(body)
+    return query.insert(parsedBody)
   } else {
-    return query.insert(body).returning("*")
+    return query.insert(parsedBody).returning("*")
   }
 }
 
@@ -173,12 +189,13 @@ function buildUpdate(
 ): KnexQuery {
   const { endpoint, body, filters } = json
   let query: KnexQuery = knex(endpoint.entityId)
+  const parsedBody = parseBody(body)
   query = addFilters(endpoint.entityId, query, filters)
   // mysql can't use returning
   if (opts.disableReturning) {
-    return query.update(body)
+    return query.update(parsedBody)
   } else {
-    return query.update(body).returning("*")
+    return query.update(parsedBody).returning("*")
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
index 9567fa7054..fab151fc0d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module MySQLModule {
     blob: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
     enum: FieldTypes.STRING,
     varchar: FieldTypes.STRING,
+    float: FieldTypes.NUMBER,
     int: FieldTypes.NUMBER,
     numeric: FieldTypes.NUMBER,
     bigint: FieldTypes.NUMBER,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts
index d0af0e99a9..03751bb467 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts
@@ -68,3 +68,11 @@ export function isSQL(datasource: Datasource): boolean {
   const SQL = [SourceNames.POSTGRES, SourceNames.SQL_SERVER, SourceNames.MYSQL]
   return SQL.indexOf(datasource.source) !== -1
 }
+
+export function isIsoDateString(str: string) {
+  if (!/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}Z/.test(str)) {
+    return false
+  }
+  let d = new Date(str)
+  return d.toISOString() === str
+}