diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ebb6d68faa426..8ab4775c672b3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Standard library changes
 
 * Added keyword arguments `rtol`, `atol` to `pinv` and `nullspace` ([#29998]).
 
+#### Dates
+
+* Fixed `repr` such that it displays `DateTime` as it would be entered in Julia ([#30200]).
+
 
 External dependencies
 ---------------------
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/docs/src/index.md b/stdlib/Dates/docs/src/index.md
index bb0a9f2dabf3c..6d5932c1c0569 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/docs/src/index.md
@@ -400,29 +400,29 @@ As a bonus, all period arithmetic objects work directly with ranges:
 
 ```jldoctest
 julia> dr = Date(2014,1,29):Day(1):Date(2014,2,3)
-2014-01-29:1 day:2014-02-03
+Date(2014, 1, 29):1 day:Date(2014, 2, 3)
 
 julia> collect(dr)
 6-element Array{Date,1}:
- 2014-01-29
- 2014-01-30
- 2014-01-31
- 2014-02-01
- 2014-02-02
- 2014-02-03
+ Date(2014, 1, 29)
+ Date(2014, 1, 30)
+ Date(2014, 1, 31)
+ Date(2014, 2, 1)
+ Date(2014, 2, 2)
+ Date(2014, 2, 3)
 
 julia> dr = Date(2014,1,29):Dates.Month(1):Date(2014,07,29)
-2014-01-29:1 month:2014-07-29
+Date(2014, 1, 29):1 month:Date(2014, 7, 29)
 
 julia> collect(dr)
 7-element Array{Date,1}:
- 2014-01-29
- 2014-02-28
- 2014-03-29
- 2014-04-29
- 2014-05-29
- 2014-06-29
- 2014-07-29
+ Date(2014, 1, 29)
+ Date(2014, 2, 28)
+ Date(2014, 3, 29)
+ Date(2014, 4, 29)
+ Date(2014, 5, 29)
+ Date(2014, 6, 29)
+ Date(2014, 7, 29)
 ```
 
 ## Adjuster Functions
@@ -492,14 +492,15 @@ julia> filter(dr) do x
            Dates.dayofweekofmonth(x) == 2
        end
 8-element Array{Date,1}:
- 2014-04-08
- 2014-05-13
- 2014-06-10
- 2014-07-08
- 2014-08-12
- 2014-09-09
- 2014-10-14
- 2014-11-11
+ Date(2014, 4, 8)
+ Date(2014, 5, 13)
+ Date(2014, 6, 10)
+ Date(2014, 7, 8)
+ Date(2014, 8, 12)
+ Date(2014, 9, 9)
+ Date(2014, 10, 14)
+ Date(2014, 11, 11)
+
 ```
 
 Additional examples and tests are available in [`stdlib/Dates/test/adjusters.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/stdlib/Dates/test/adjusters.jl).
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl b/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl
index a3d1d036a34f6..3793c86834e88 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl
@@ -530,6 +530,40 @@ end
 # show
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, dt::DateTime)
+    if get(io, :compact, false)
+        print(io, dt)
+    else
+        y,m,d = yearmonthday(dt)
+        h = hour(dt)
+        mi = minute(dt)
+        s = second(dt)
+        ms = millisecond(dt)
+        if ms == 0
+            print(io, "DateTime($y, $m, $d, $h, $mi, $s)")
+        else
+            print(io, "DateTime($y, $m, $d, $h, $mi, $s, $ms)")
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", dt::DateTime)
+    print(io, dt)
+end
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", dt::Date)
+    print(io, dt)
+end
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, dt::Date)
+    if get(io, :compact, false)
+        print(io, dt)
+    else
+        y,m,d = yearmonthday(dt)
+        print(io, "Date($y, $m, $d)")
+    end
+end
+
+function Base.print(io::IO, dt::DateTime)
     if millisecond(dt) == 0
         format(io, dt, dateformat"YYYY-mm-dd\THH:MM:SS")
     else
@@ -537,7 +571,7 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, dt::DateTime)
     end
 end
 
-function Base.show(io::IO, dt::Date)
+function Base.print(io::IO, dt::Date)
     format(io, dt, dateformat"YYYY-mm-dd")
 end
 
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/test/io.jl b/stdlib/Dates/test/io.jl
index f238534e30305..acfa092a9f7ef 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/test/io.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/test/io.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Dates
 
 @testset "string/show representation of Date" begin
     @test string(Dates.Date(1, 1, 1)) == "0001-01-01" # January 1st, 1 AD/CE
-    @test sprint(show, Dates.Date(1, 1, 1)) == "0001-01-01"
+    @test sprint(show, Dates.Date(1, 1, 1)) == "Date(1, 1, 1)"
     @test string(Dates.Date(0, 12, 31)) == "0000-12-31" # December 31, 1 BC/BCE
     @test Dates.Date(1, 1, 1) - Dates.Date(0, 12, 31) == Dates.Day(1)
     @test Dates.Date(Dates.UTD(-306)) == Dates.Date(0, 2, 29)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ using Dates
     @test string(Dates.Date(-1000000, 1, 1)) == "-1000000-01-01"
     @test string(Dates.Date(1000000, 1, 1)) == "1000000-01-01"
     @test string(Dates.DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1)) == "2000-01-01T00:00:00.001"
-    @test sprint(show, Dates.DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1)) == "2000-01-01T00:00:00.001"
+    @test sprint(show, Dates.DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1)) == "DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1)"
     @test string(Dates.DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2)) == "2000-01-01T00:00:00.002"
     @test string(Dates.DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 500)) == "2000-01-01T00:00:00.5"
     @test string(Dates.DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 998)) == "2000-01-01T00:00:00.998"