diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandler.java b/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandler.java
index d8e4fedd4b..e0e06ee032 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandler.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandler.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *
  * RDS S3 export formats:
  * - DATE: "yyyy-MM-dd" (Example: "2024-01-15")
- * - TIME: "HH:mm:ss" (Example: "14:30:00")
+ * - TIME: "HH:mm:ss[.SSSSSS]" (Example: "14:30:00.123456")
  * - DATETIME: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss[.SSSSSS]" (Example: "2024-01-15 14:30:00.123456")
  * - TIMESTAMP: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss[.SSSSSS]" (Example: "2024-01-15 14:30:00.123456")
  *   Note: Fractional seconds are optional for DATETIME and TIMESTAMP
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  */
 public class TemporalTypeHandler implements DataTypeHandler {
     private static final String MYSQL_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";
-    private static final String MYSQL_TIME_FORMAT = "HH:mm:ss";
+    private static final String MYSQL_TIME_FORMAT = "HH:mm:ss[.SSSSSS]";
     private static final String MYSQL_DATETIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss[.SSSSSS]";
 
     // Thread-safe formatters
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ private Long handleTime(final String timeStr) {
 
     private Long handleDate(final String dateStr) {
         try {
+            // Handle MySQL zero date special case
+            if ("0000-00-00".equals(dateStr)) {
+                return null; // or return a specific default value
+            }
+
             // Try parsing as Unix timestamp first
             final Long dateEpoch = parseDateTimeStrAsEpochMillis(dateStr);
             if (dateEpoch != null) return dateEpoch;
@@ -117,8 +122,16 @@ private Long handleDateTime(final String dateTimeStr) {
     // Binlog reader converts temporal fields to epoch millis
     // The Binlog reader is set with EventDeserializer.CompatibilityMode.DATE_AND_TIME_AS_LONG
     private Long parseDateTimeStrAsEpochMillis(final String dateTimeStr) {
-        // Try parsing as Unix timestamp first
+        // Try parsing as Unix timestamp
         try {
+            // Date Time field in OpenSearch when represented as long value should be in milliseconds since the epoch
+            // If the value is already in microseconds (length > 13) convert to milliseconds
+            if (dateTimeStr.length() > 13) {
+                // Convert microseconds to milliseconds by dividing by 1000
+                return Long.parseLong(dateTimeStr) / 1000;
+            }
+
+
             return Long.parseLong(dateTimeStr);
         } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
             // Continue with datetime parsing
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandlerTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandlerTest.java
index e9669409d7..5b48315021 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandlerTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/rds-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/rds/datatype/impl/TemporalTypeHandlerTest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void handle_whenValueIsNull_returnsNull() {
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("provideDateTestCases")
-    void handle_withDateType_returnsCorrectEpochMillis(String input, long expected) {
+    void handle_withDateType_returnsCorrectEpochMillis(String input, Long expected) {
         Long result = temporalTypeHandler.handle(MySQLDataType.DATE, "date_column", input, null);
         assertEquals(expected, result);
     }
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> provideDateTestCases() {
                 Arguments.of("2023-12-25", getEpochMillisFromDate(2023, 12, 25)),
                 Arguments.of("1970-01-01", getEpochMillisFromDate(1970, 1, 1)),
                 Arguments.of("2024-02-29", getEpochMillisFromDate(2024, 2, 29)), // Leap year
+                Arguments.of("0000-00-00", null), // Leap year
                 Arguments.of("1684108800000", getEpochMillisFromDate(2023, 5, 15))
         );
     }
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> provideTimeTestCases() {
                 Arguments.of("52200000",
                         getEpochMillis(1970, 1, 1, 14, 30, 0, 0)),
                 Arguments.of("52200123",
-                        getEpochMillis(1970, 1, 1, 14, 30, 0, 123456000))
+                        getEpochMillis(1970, 1, 1, 14, 30, 0, 123456000)),
+                Arguments.of("16:30:00.000000",
+                        getEpochMillis(1970, 1, 1, 16, 30, 0, 0))
         );
     }