diff --git a/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkExport.scala b/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkExport.scala
index 838d6acd59..0c1bf966e6 100644
--- a/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkExport.scala
+++ b/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkExport.scala
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 package cool.graph.client.ImportExport
 
+import java.sql.Timestamp
+
 import cool.graph.DataItem
 import cool.graph.Types.UserData
 import cool.graph.client.ClientInjector
 import cool.graph.client.database.{DataResolver, QueryArguments}
-import cool.graph.shared.models.Project
+import cool.graph.shared.models.{Project, TypeIdentifier}
 import spray.json.JsValue
 import spray.json._
+
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import MyJsonProtocol._
+
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import cool.graph.shared.schema.CustomScalarTypes.parseValueFromString
+import org.joda.time.{DateTime, DateTimeZone}
+import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat
 
 class BulkExport(implicit clientInjector: ClientInjector) {
 
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ class BulkExport(implicit clientInjector: ClientInjector) {
       val bundles = info match {
         case info: NodeInfo     => dataItems.map(item => dataItemToExportNode(item, info))
         case info: RelationInfo => dataItems.map(item => dataItemToExportRelation(item, info))
-        case _: ListInfo        => sys.error("shouldnt happen")
+        case _: ListInfo        => sys.error("shouldn't happen")
       }
       val combinedElements = in.jsonElements ++ bundles.flatMap(_.jsonElements).toVector
       val combinedSize = bundles.map(_.size).fold(in.size) { (a, b) =>
@@ -141,12 +147,24 @@ class BulkExport(implicit clientInjector: ClientInjector) {
     val withoutHiddenFields: Map[String, Option[Any]] = dataValueMap.collect { case (k, v) if k != "createdAt" && k != "updatedAt" => (k, v) }
     val nonListFieldsWithValues: Map[String, Any]     = withoutHiddenFields.collect { case (k, Some(v)) if !info.current.getFieldByName_!(k).isList => (k, v) }
     val outputMap: Map[String, Any]                   = nonListFieldsWithValues ++ createdAtUpdatedAtMap
-    val result: Map[String, Any]                      = Map("_typeName" -> info.current.name, "id" -> item.id) ++ outputMap
+
+    val mapWithCorrectDateTimeFormat = outputMap.map {
+      case (k, v) if k == "createdAt" || k == "updatedAt"                                       => (k, dateTimeToISO8601(v))
+      case (k, v) if info.current.getFieldByName_!(k).typeIdentifier == TypeIdentifier.DateTime => (k, dateTimeToISO8601(v))
+      case (k, v)                                                                               => (k, v)
+    }
+
+    val result: Map[String, Any] = Map("_typeName" -> info.current.name, "id" -> item.id) ++ mapWithCorrectDateTimeFormat
 
     val json = result.toJson
     JsonBundle(jsonElements = Vector(json), size = json.toString.length)
   }
 
+  private def dateTimeToISO8601(v: Any) = v.isInstanceOf[Timestamp] match {
+    case true  => DateTime.parse(v.asInstanceOf[Timestamp].toString, DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS").withZoneUTC())
+    case false => new DateTime(v.asInstanceOf[String], DateTimeZone.UTC)
+  }
+
   private def dataItemToExportList(in: JsonBundle, item: DataItem, info: ListInfo): ResultFormat = {
     val listFieldsWithValues: Map[String, Any] = item.userData.collect { case (k, Some(v)) if info.listFields.map(p => p._1).contains(k) => (k, v) }
 
diff --git a/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkImport.scala b/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkImport.scala
index 3d919006e0..1ccf01629c 100644
--- a/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkImport.scala
+++ b/server/client-shared/src/main/scala/cool/graph/client/ImportExport/BulkImport.scala
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package cool.graph.client.ImportExport
 
 import cool.graph.client.ClientInjector
+import cool.graph.client.ImportExport.MyJsonProtocol._
 import cool.graph.client.database.DatabaseMutationBuilder.MirrorFieldDbValues
 import cool.graph.client.database.{DatabaseMutationBuilder, ProjectRelayId, ProjectRelayIdTable}
 import cool.graph.cuid.Cuid
 import cool.graph.shared.RelationFieldMirrorColumn
 import cool.graph.shared.database.Databases
-import cool.graph.shared.models.{Model, Project, Relation, RelationSide}
+import cool.graph.shared.models._
 import slick.dbio.{DBIOAction, Effect, NoStream}
 import slick.jdbc.MySQLProfile.api._
 import slick.lifted.TableQuery
 import spray.json._
-import MyJsonProtocol._
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.util.Try
 
@@ -67,12 +67,26 @@ class BulkImport(implicit injector: ClientInjector) {
     ImportRelation(left, right)
   }
 
+  private def dateTimeFromISO8601(v: Any) = {
+    val string = v.asInstanceOf[String]
+    //"2017-12-05T12:34:23.000Z" to "2017-12-05 12:34:23.000 " which MySQL will accept
+    string.replace("T", " ").replace("Z", " ")
+  }
+
   private def generateImportNodesDBActions(project: Project, nodes: Vector[ImportNode]): DBIOAction[Vector[Try[Int]], NoStream, Effect.Write] = {
     val items = nodes.map { element =>
       val id                              = element.identifier.id
       val model                           = project.getModelByName_!(element.identifier.typeName)
       val listFields: Map[String, String] = model.scalarListFields.map(field => field.name -> "[]").toMap
-      val values: Map[String, Any]        = element.values ++ listFields + ("id" -> id)
+
+      val formatedDateTimes = element.values.map {
+        case (k, v) if k == "createdAt" || k == "updatedAt"                                => (k, dateTimeFromISO8601(v))
+        case (k, v) if !model.fields.map(_.name).contains(k)                               => (k, v) // let it fail at db level
+        case (k, v) if model.getFieldByName_!(k).typeIdentifier == TypeIdentifier.DateTime => (k, dateTimeFromISO8601(v))
+        case (k, v)                                                                        => (k, v)
+      }
+
+      val values: Map[String, Any] = formatedDateTimes ++ listFields + ("id" -> id)
 
       DatabaseMutationBuilder.createDataItem(project.id, model.name, values).asTry
     }