diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 95766e3506..107c1b5384 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1125,6 +1125,11 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "@types/luxon": {
+      "version": "1.27.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/luxon/-/luxon-1.27.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rr2lNXsErnA/ARtgFn46NtQjUa66cuwZYeo/2K7oqqxhJErhXgHBPyNKCo+pfOC3L7HFwtao8ebViiU9h4iAxA=="
+    },
     "@types/mime": {
       "version": "1.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mime/-/mime-1.3.2.tgz",
@@ -5355,6 +5360,11 @@
         "yallist": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "luxon": {
+      "version": "1.27.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/luxon/-/luxon-1.27.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VKsFsPggTA0DvnxtJdiExAucKdAnwbCCNlMM5ENvHlxubqWd0xhZcdb4XgZ7QFNhaRhilXCFxHuoObP5BNA4PA=="
+    },
     "macos-release": {
       "version": "2.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/macos-release/-/macos-release-2.4.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e44bedde2..1930e1cf44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aries-framework",
-  "version": "0.0.5-unstable.0",
+  "version": "0.0.5-unstable.0-datatransfer.5",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
     "prepare": "husky install"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@types/luxon": "^1.27.0",
     "bn.js": "^5.2.0",
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
     "class-transformer": "^0.4.0",
     "class-validator": "^0.13.1",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
     "js-sha256": "^0.9.0",
+    "luxon": "^1.27.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
     "uuid": "^8.3.0"
   },
@@ -83,6 +85,6 @@
     }
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12"
+    "node": ">= 12"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/basic-messages/messages/BasicMessage.ts b/src/modules/basic-messages/messages/BasicMessage.ts
index bf3641bc11..d765bac423 100644
--- a/src/modules/basic-messages/messages/BasicMessage.ts
+++ b/src/modules/basic-messages/messages/BasicMessage.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Equals, IsDate, IsString } from 'class-validator'
-import { Expose, Type } from 'class-transformer'
+import { Expose, Transform } from 'class-transformer'
 
 import { AgentMessage } from '../../../agent/AgentMessage'
+import { DateParser } from '../../../utils/transformers'
 import { MessageType } from './BasicMessageMessageType'
 
 export class BasicMessage extends AgentMessage {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export class BasicMessage extends AgentMessage {
   public static readonly type = MessageType.BasicMessage
 
   @Expose({ name: 'sent_time' })
-  @Type(() => Date)
+  @Transform(({ value }) => DateParser(value))
   @IsDate()
   public sentTime!: Date
 
diff --git a/src/utils/transformers.ts b/src/utils/transformers.ts
index 0f2e2d608b..74d99a979d 100644
--- a/src/utils/transformers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/transformers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Transform, TransformationType } from 'class-transformer'
 import { JsonTransformer } from './JsonTransformer'
 
+import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
+
 /**
  * Decorator that transforms json to and from corresponding record.
  *
@@ -36,3 +38,19 @@ export function RecordTransformer<T>(Class: { new (...args: any[]): T }) {
     }
   })
 }
+/*
+ * Function that parses date from multiple formats
+ * including SQL formats.
+ */
+
+export function DateParser(value: string): Date {
+  const parsedDate = new Date(value)
+  if (parsedDate instanceof Date && !isNaN(parsedDate.getTime())) {
+    return parsedDate
+  }
+  const luxonDate = DateTime.fromSQL(value)
+  if (luxonDate.isValid) {
+    return new Date(luxonDate.toString())
+  }
+  return new Date()
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f0f0f30845..8fdc50b695 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -817,6 +817,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/luxon@^1.27.0":
+  version "1.27.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/luxon/-/luxon-1.27.0.tgz#1e3b5a7f8ca6944349c43498b4442b742c71ab0b"
+  integrity sha512-rr2lNXsErnA/ARtgFn46NtQjUa66cuwZYeo/2K7oqqxhJErhXgHBPyNKCo+pfOC3L7HFwtao8ebViiU9h4iAxA==
+
 "@types/mime@^1":
   version "1.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mime/-/mime-1.3.2.tgz"
@@ -4274,6 +4279,11 @@ lru-cache@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
+luxon@^1.27.0:
+  version "1.27.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/luxon/-/luxon-1.27.0.tgz#ae10c69113d85dab8f15f5e8390d0cbeddf4f00f"
+  integrity sha512-VKsFsPggTA0DvnxtJdiExAucKdAnwbCCNlMM5ENvHlxubqWd0xhZcdb4XgZ7QFNhaRhilXCFxHuoObP5BNA4PA==
+
 macos-release@^2.2.0:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/macos-release/-/macos-release-2.4.1.tgz"