diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
index ecce738af..dbaf78d9d 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterInterface.php
@@ -535,4 +535,10 @@ public function dropSchema(string $schemaName): void;
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function castToBool(mixed $value): mixed;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $value Date & time, in iso-format (Y-m-d H:i:s)
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function castToDate(?string $value);
 }
diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterWrapper.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterWrapper.php
index 09ee619dc..dd68ef5c5 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterWrapper.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/AdapterWrapper.php
@@ -466,6 +466,14 @@ public function castToBool($value): mixed
         return $this->getAdapter()->castToBool($value);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function castToDate($value)
+    {
+        return $this->getAdapter()->castToDate($value);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return \PDO
      */
diff --git a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PdoAdapter.php b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PdoAdapter.php
index 28997e9b5..88313378d 100644
--- a/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PdoAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PdoAdapter.php
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ public function insert(Table $table, array $row): void
         foreach ($row as $column => $value) {
             if (is_bool($value)) {
                 $row[$column] = $this->castToBool($value);
+            } elseif (preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]{3}-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9] [0-2][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]$/', $value)) {
+                $row[$column] = $this->castToDate($value);
             }
         }
 
@@ -432,6 +434,8 @@ public function bulkinsert(Table $table, array $rows): void
                         continue;
                     } elseif (is_bool($v)) {
                         $vals[] = $this->castToBool($v);
+                    } elseif (preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]{3}-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9] [0-2][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]$/', $v)) {
+                        $vals[] = $this->castToDate($v);
                     } else {
                         $vals[] = $v;
                     }
@@ -517,8 +521,8 @@ public function migrated(MigrationInterface $migration, string $direction, strin
                 $this->quoteColumnName('breakpoint'),
                 $migration->getVersion(),
                 substr($migration->getName(), 0, 100),
-                $startTime,
-                $endTime,
+                $this->castToDate($startTime),
+                $this->castToDate($endTime),
                 $this->castToBool(false)
             );
 
@@ -683,6 +687,15 @@ public function castToBool($value): mixed
         return (bool)$value ? 1 : 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $value Date & time, in iso format (Y-m-d H:i:s)
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function castToDate(?string $value)
+    {
+        return $value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieve a database connection attribute
      *
@@ -711,6 +724,8 @@ protected function getDefaultValueDefinition(mixed $default, string|Literal|null
             $default = $this->getConnection()->quote($default);
         } elseif (is_bool($default)) {
             $default = $this->castToBool($default);
+        } elseif ($default !== null && $columnType === static::PHINX_TYPE_DATETIME) {
+            $default = $this->castToDate($default);
         } elseif ($default !== null && (string)$columnType === static::PHINX_TYPE_BOOLEAN) {
             $default = $this->castToBool((bool)$default);
         }