diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/all/testcases/FunctionTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/all/testcases/FunctionTests.java
index 6f83527041..210e302098 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/all/testcases/FunctionTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/test/java/org/jooq/test/all/testcases/FunctionTests.java
@@ -977,17 +977,26 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
                 return;
         }
 
-        Field<Date> d = date(inline(Timestamp.valueOf("1970-01-01 02:00:00.0")));
-        Field<Time> t = time(inline(Timestamp.valueOf("1970-01-01 02:00:00.0")));
-        Field<Timestamp> ts = timestamp(inline(Date.valueOf("1970-01-01")));
+        Field<Date> d1 = date(inline(Timestamp.valueOf("1970-01-01 02:00:00.0")));
+        Field<Time> t1 = time(inline(Timestamp.valueOf("1970-01-01 02:00:00.0")));
+        Field<Timestamp> ts1 = timestamp(inline(Date.valueOf("1970-01-01")));
 
-        Record3<Date, Time, Timestamp> record =
-        create().select(d, t, ts)
+        Field<Date> d2 = date("1970-01-01");
+        Field<Time> t2 = time("02:00:00");
+        Field<Timestamp> ts2 = timestamp("1970-01-01 02:00:00.0");
+
+        Record record =
+        create().select(d1, t1, ts1)
+                .select(d2, t2, ts2)
                 .fetchOne();
 
-        assertEquals("1970-01-01 00:00:00.0", record.getValue(ts).toString());
-        assertEquals("1970-01-01", record.getValue(d).toString());
-        assertEquals("02:00:00", record.getValue(t).toString());
+        assertEquals("1970-01-01 00:00:00.0", record.getValue(ts1).toString());
+        assertEquals("1970-01-01", record.getValue(d1).toString());
+        assertEquals("02:00:00", record.getValue(t1).toString());
+
+        assertEquals("1970-01-01 02:00:00.0", record.getValue(ts2).toString());
+        assertEquals("1970-01-01", record.getValue(d2).toString());
+        assertEquals("02:00:00", record.getValue(t2).toString());
     }
 
     public void testFunctionsOnDates() throws Exception {
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index 946f7f98ae..a9c6acee3e 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ import org.jooq.api.annotation.Transition;
 import org.jooq.conf.RenderNameStyle;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.exception.SQLDialectNotSupportedException;
+import org.jooq.tools.Convert;
 import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.JDBCUtils;
 import org.jooq.types.DayToSecond;
 
@@ -8482,6 +8483,14 @@ public class DSL {
         return extract(field, DatePart.SECOND);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convert a string value to a <code>DATE</code>.
+     */
+    @Support({ CUBRID, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
+    public static Field<Date> date(String value) {
+        return Utils.field(Convert.convert(value, Date.class), Date.class);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convert a temporal value to a <code>DATE</code>.
      */
@@ -8498,6 +8507,14 @@ public class DSL {
         return new DateOrTime<Date>(field, SQLDataType.DATE);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convert a string value to a <code>TIME</code>.
+     */
+    @Support({ CUBRID, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
+    public static Field<Time> time(String value) {
+        return Utils.field(Convert.convert(value, Time.class), Time.class);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convert a temporal value to a <code>TIME</code>.
      */
@@ -8514,6 +8531,14 @@ public class DSL {
         return new DateOrTime<Time>(field, SQLDataType.TIME);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convert a string value to a <code>TIMESTAMP</code>.
+     */
+    @Support({ CUBRID, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE })
+    public static Field<Timestamp> timestamp(String value) {
+        return Utils.field(Convert.convert(value, Timestamp.class), Timestamp.class);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convert a temporal value to a <code>TIMESTAMP</code>.
      */