diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce3080911..fff3d9393 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dist
 node_modules
 .vscode
 .idea
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-dialect-config.ts b/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-dialect-config.ts
index 88facba7c..f364a599c 100644
--- a/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-dialect-config.ts
+++ b/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-dialect-config.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ export interface PostgresDialectConfig {
    * Called every time a connection is acquired from the pool.
    */
   onReserveConnection?: (connection: DatabaseConnection) => Promise<void>
+
+  /**
+   * Used to define type parsers.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```
+   * new PostgresDialect({
+   *  pool: new Pool('postgres://localhost:5432/mydb'),
+   *  types: {
+   *    [types.builtins.DATE]: (v) => v,
+   *  }
+   * })
+   */
+  types?: Record<number, (value: string) => any>
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61,6 +75,7 @@ export interface PostgresPoolClient {
   ): Promise<PostgresQueryResult<R>>
   query<R>(cursor: PostgresCursor<R>): PostgresCursor<R>
   release(): void
+  setTypeParser(typeOrOid: number, parser: (val: string) => any): void
 }
 
 export interface PostgresCursor<T> {
diff --git a/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-driver.ts b/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-driver.ts
index 5fe16648f..8a405c174 100644
--- a/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-driver.ts
+++ b/src/dialect/postgres/postgres-driver.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,17 @@ export class PostgresDriver implements Driver {
 
   async acquireConnection(): Promise<DatabaseConnection> {
     const client = await this.#pool!.connect()
+
     let connection = this.#connections.get(client)
 
     if (!connection) {
+      if (this.#config.types) {
+        for (const [typeId, parserFn] of Object.entries(this.#config.types)) {
+          const id = Number(typeId)
+          client.setTypeParser(id, parserFn)
+        }
+      }
+
       connection = new PostgresConnection(client, {
         cursor: this.#config.cursor ?? null,
       })
diff --git a/src/helpers/postgres.ts b/src/helpers/postgres.ts
index 8cbb39f4b..db7593f97 100644
--- a/src/helpers/postgres.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/postgres.ts
@@ -227,3 +227,30 @@ export type MergeAction = 'INSERT' | 'UPDATE' | 'DELETE'
 export function mergeAction(): RawBuilder<MergeAction> {
   return sql`merge_action()`
 }
+
+/**
+ * We can't use `new Date(v).toISOString()` because `Date` has less precision (milliseconds)
+ * compared to Postgres' (microseconds).
+ *
+ * @see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-DATETIME-OUTPUT
+ * @private
+ */
+function postgresTimestampToIsoString(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(' ', 'T').replace(/([+-]\d{2})$/, '$1:00')
+}
+
+// Reference: https://github.com/brianc/node-pg-types/blob/master/lib/builtins.js
+const TIMESTAMP = 1114
+const TIMESTAMPTZ = 1184
+const DATE = 1082
+
+/**
+ * Sets sensible type parsers that are optimised for:
+ *  - No loss of data
+ *  - Matching the output of `jsonArrayFrom`/`jsonObjectFrom`
+ */
+export const SENSIBLE_TYPES: Record<number, (value: string) => any> = {
+  [TIMESTAMP]: (v) => postgresTimestampToIsoString(v),
+  [TIMESTAMPTZ]: (v) => postgresTimestampToIsoString(v),
+  [DATE]: (v) => v,
+}
diff --git a/test/node/src/sensible-pg-defaults.test.ts b/test/node/src/sensible-pg-defaults.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5496c7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node/src/sensible-pg-defaults.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { Pool } from 'pg'
+import { Generated, Kysely, PostgresDialect, sql } from '../../../'
+import { jsonObjectFrom, SENSIBLE_TYPES } from '../../../helpers/postgres'
+
+import {
+  destroyTest,
+  initTest,
+  TestContext,
+  expect,
+  Database,
+  insertDefaultDataSet,
+  clearDatabase,
+  DIALECTS,
+  DIALECT_CONFIGS,
+  PLUGINS,
+} from './test-setup.js'
+
+interface Values {
+  id: Generated<number>
+  bigint: string
+  timestamptz: string
+  timestamp: string
+  date: string
+  time: string
+  timetz: string
+  array: number[]
+}
+
+if (DIALECTS.includes('postgres')) {
+  const dialect = 'postgres'
+
+  describe(`${dialect} sensible defaults`, () => {
+    let ctx: TestContext
+    let db: Kysely<Database & { values: Values }>
+
+    before(async function () {
+      ctx = await initTest(this, dialect, {})
+
+      await ctx.db.schema
+        .createTable('values')
+        .addColumn('id', 'serial', (col) => col.primaryKey())
+        .addColumn('bigint', 'bigint', (col) => col.notNull())
+        .addColumn('timestamptz', 'timestamptz', (col) => col.notNull())
+        .addColumn('timestamp', 'timestamp', (col) => col.notNull())
+        .addColumn('date', 'date', (col) => col.notNull())
+        .addColumn('time', 'time', (col) => col.notNull())
+        .addColumn('timetz', 'timetz', (col) => col.notNull())
+        .addColumn('array', sql`integer[]`, (col) => col.notNull())
+        .execute()
+
+      db = new Kysely<Database & { values: Values }>({
+        dialect: new PostgresDialect({
+          pool: async () => new Pool(DIALECT_CONFIGS.postgres),
+          types: SENSIBLE_TYPES,
+        }),
+        plugins: PLUGINS,
+      })
+    })
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await insertDefaultDataSet(ctx)
+
+      await db
+        .insertInto('values')
+        .values({
+          bigint: '9223372036854775807',
+          timestamptz: '2025-08-10 14:44:40.687342+02',
+          timestamp: '2025-08-10 14:44:40.687342Z',
+          date: '2025-08-10',
+          time: '14:44:40.687342',
+          timetz: '14:44:40.687342+02',
+          array: [1, 2, 3],
+        })
+        .execute()
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await db.deleteFrom('values').execute()
+      await clearDatabase(ctx)
+    })
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await ctx.db.schema.dropTable('values').ifExists().execute()
+      await destroyTest(ctx)
+    })
+
+    it('regular selects should return the same values as JSON serialized values', async () => {
+      const columns: (keyof Values)[] = [
+        'timestamptz',
+        'timestamp',
+        'date',
+        'timetz',
+        'time',
+        'array',
+      ]
+      const rawValues = await db
+        .selectFrom('values')
+        .select(columns)
+        .executeTakeFirstOrThrow()
+      const { value: jsonValues } = await db
+        .selectNoFrom((eb) =>
+          jsonObjectFrom(eb.selectFrom('values').select(columns))
+            .$notNull()
+            .as('value'),
+        )
+        .executeTakeFirstOrThrow()
+
+      expect(rawValues).to.eql(jsonValues)
+    })
+
+    it('to prevent data loss some types should not have the same value as their JSON serialized equivalent', async () => {
+      const columns: (keyof Values)[] = ['bigint']
+      const rawValues = await db
+        .selectFrom('values')
+        .select(columns)
+        .executeTakeFirstOrThrow()
+      const { value: jsonValues } = await db
+        .selectNoFrom((eb) =>
+          jsonObjectFrom(eb.selectFrom('values').select(columns))
+            .$notNull()
+            .as('value'),
+        )
+        .executeTakeFirstOrThrow()
+
+      expect(rawValues.bigint).to.eql('9223372036854775807')
+      expect(jsonValues.bigint).to.eql(9223372036854776000)
+    })
+  })
+}