diff --git a/plugins/mongodb/README.md b/plugins/mongodb/README.md
index 9458fd06510..596dd6ac91f 100755
--- a/plugins/mongodb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/mongodb/README.md
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ Not every ECL or MongoDB datatype translates seemlessly to the other side.
 | MongoDB datatypes | ECL equivalent |
 | ----------------- | -------------- |
 | b_date | STRING, INTEGER |
-| b_regex |  Unsupported |
-| b_timestamp | Unsupported |
+| b_regex |  {String, String} |
+| b_timestamp | {Unsigned, Unsigned} |
 
 The MongoDB date datatype can be converted to an integer in MongoDB or it will automatically be converted to a STRING by the plugin. Typically Dates before 1970 get returned by MongoDB as INTEGERS. Also, Unsigned Integers are unsupported in MongoDB. This means that in order to insert UINTEGERs into the database the plugin converts them to b_int64 which is a 64 bit signed integer.
 
diff --git a/plugins/mongodb/examples/mongodb-test.ecl b/plugins/mongodb/examples/mongodb-test.ecl
index 63df23a3c77..5b175fb3352 100644
--- a/plugins/mongodb/examples/mongodb-test.ecl
+++ b/plugins/mongodb/examples/mongodb-test.ecl
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ layoutDates := {STRING bucket_start_date, STRING bucket_end_date};
 layoutEmployee := {INTEGER1 id, STRING25 first, STRING25 last, REAL salary};
 layoutperson := {String username, String address, String email};
 
+layoutRegexTimestamp := RECORD
+    STRING name;
+    INTEGER uniqueID;
+    mongodb.regexType regex;
+    mongodb.timestampType timestamp;
+END;
+
 // Example/Test functions
 
 // Returns the unique _id and name every document in the listingsAndReviews collection
@@ -161,6 +168,10 @@ dataset(layoutEmployee) findInfo(BOOLEAN mybool) := EMBED(mongodb : user(user),
     );
 ENDEMBED;
 
+dataset(layoutRegexTimestamp) getRegexandTimestamp() := EMBED(mongodb : user(user), password(pwd), server(server), database('mydb'),  collection('regexTest'))
+    find({});
+ENDEMBED;
+
 // $or is not allowed in the M0 tier of MongoDB atlas
 INTEGER ppl := 8;
 // Matches all the documents that match either expression. Then it groups them by the number of beds they have and counts the number of documents in each group.
@@ -193,6 +204,7 @@ SEQUENTIAL
     OUTPUT(insertMany(employeeDS), NAMED('InsertMany'));
     createIndex(1);
     OUTPUT(findInfo(mybool), NAMED('RemoveOnQuery'));
+    OUTPUT(getRegexandTimestamp(), NAMED('TestRegexSupport'));
     OUTPUT(findCountOR(nights,ppl), NAMED('OrCountAggregate'));
     OUTPUT('Done', Named('Status'));
 );
diff --git a/plugins/mongodb/mongodb.ecllib b/plugins/mongodb/mongodb.ecllib
index 576dabe89a2..96f7f5f87cd 100644
--- a/plugins/mongodb/mongodb.ecllib
+++ b/plugins/mongodb/mongodb.ecllib
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ EXPORT boolean supportsScript := true;
 EXPORT updateResultRecord := {INTEGER matched_count, INTEGER modified_count};
 EXPORT insertManyResultRecord := {INTEGER inserted_count};
 EXPORT deleteResultRecord := {INTEGER deleted_count};
+
+EXPORT regexType := {STRING pattern, STRING options};
+EXPORT timestampType := {UNSIGNED t, UNSIGNED i};
diff --git a/plugins/mongodb/mongodbembed.cpp b/plugins/mongodb/mongodbembed.cpp
index 7b99f0247c4..e252706dadf 100755
--- a/plugins/mongodb/mongodbembed.cpp
+++ b/plugins/mongodb/mongodbembed.cpp
@@ -149,18 +149,17 @@ namespace mongodbembed
         std::string key = std::string(start, end - start); // Get datatype
         result += std::string(row, lastBrkt - row); // Add everything before we went into nested document
         // Some data types are unsupported as they are not straightforward to deserialize
-        if (key == "$regularExpression") 
+        // Regex and timestamp both get deserialized to their child objects
+        if (key == "$regularExpression" || key == "$timestamp") 
         {
-            UNSUPPORTED("Regular Expressions"); // TO DO handle unsupported types by not throwing an exception.
-        } 
-        else if (key == "$timestamp") 
-        {
-            while (*end && *end != '}') 
-                end++; // Skip over timestamp
-            row = ++end;
+            // remove type identifier and create a nested object for the regex or timestamp values
+            while (*end && *end != '{')
+                end++;
             start = end;
-            result += "\"\"";
-        } 
+            while (*end && *end != '}')
+                end++;
+            result += std::string(start, ++end - start);
+        }
         // Both of these get deserialized to strings and are surround by quotation marks
         else if (key == "$date" || key == "$oid") 
         {
@@ -192,14 +191,6 @@ namespace mongodbembed
                 while (*end && *end != '}') 
                     end++; // Get out of both nested documents
                 end++;
-
-                while (*end && *end != '}') 
-                    end++;
-                end++;
-
-                depth--;
-                row = end; // Set row to just after the nested document
-                start = end; // move start to the next place for parsing
             } 
             else 
             {
@@ -208,13 +199,6 @@ namespace mongodbembed
                     end++;
 
                 result += std::string(start, ++end - start); // Only add the data inside the quotation marks to result string
-
-                while (*end && *end != '}') 
-                    end++; // Only have to get out of one nested document
-                end++;
-                depth--;
-                row = end; // Set row to just after the nested document
-                start = end; // move start to the next place for parsing
             }
         } 
         else if (key == "$numberDouble" || key == "$numberDecimal" || key == "$numberLong") 
@@ -229,17 +213,20 @@ namespace mongodbembed
                 end++;
 
             result += std::string(start, end++ - start); // Only add the data inside the quotation marks to result string
-            while (*end && *end != '}') 
-                end++; // Only have to get out of one nested document
-            end++;
-            depth--;
-            row = end;
-            start = end;
         }
         else
         {
             failx("EJSON datatype error: '%s' is not supported in the current version.", key.c_str());
         }
+
+        // Get out of nested object.
+        while (*end && *end != '}')
+            end++;
+
+        end++;
+        depth--;
+        row = end; // Set row to just after the nested document
+        start = end; // move start to the next place for parsing
     }
 
     /**