diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index b569f688f5..c1eff639a8 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ coverage:
   status:
     patch:
       default:
-        target: 50%
+        target: 40%
         threshold: 0%
     project:
       default:
diff --git a/plugins/table/src/ReactDataTable.tsx b/plugins/table/src/ReactDataTable.tsx
index 3da0b774cf..3481c5ac1f 100644
--- a/plugins/table/src/ReactDataTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/table/src/ReactDataTable.tsx
@@ -108,9 +108,16 @@ export default function ReactDataTable(props: DataTableProps) {
   /**
    * Format text for cell value
    */
-  function cellText(key: string, format: string | undefined, val: unknown) {
+  function cellText(key: string, format: string | undefined, val: any) {
     if (key === '__timestamp') {
-      return formatTimestamp(val);
+      let value = val;
+      if (typeof val === 'string') {
+        // force UTC time zone if is an ISO timestamp without timezone
+        // e.g. "2020-10-12T00:00:00"
+        value = val.match(/T(\d{2}:){2}\d{2}$/) ? `${val}Z` : val;
+        value = new Date(value);
+      }
+      return formatTimestamp(value) as string;
     }
     if (typeof val === 'string') {
       return filterXSS(val, { stripIgnoreTag: true });
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ export default function ReactDataTable(props: DataTableProps) {
       // default format '' will return human readable numbers (e.g. 50M, 33k)
       return formatNumber(format, val as number);
     }
-    return val;
+    return String(val);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/plugins/table/src/transformProps.ts b/plugins/table/src/transformProps.ts
index a095eb4376..38a3a6f628 100644
--- a/plugins/table/src/transformProps.ts
+++ b/plugins/table/src/transformProps.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { ChartProps } from '@superset-ui/chart';
 import { QueryFormDataMetric } from '@superset-ui/query';
 
 interface DataRecord {
-  [key: string]: unknown;
+  [key: string]: any;
 }
 
 interface DataColumnMeta {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export interface DataTableProps {
   includeSearch: boolean;
   orderDesc: boolean;
   pageLength: number;
-  tableTimestampFormat: string;
+  tableTimestampFormat?: string;
   // TODO: add filters back or clean up
   // filters: object;
   // onAddFilter?: (key: string, value: number[]) => void;
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ export interface DataTableProps {
   // timeseriesLimitMetric: string | object;
 }
 
+export interface TableChartFormData {
+  alignPn?: boolean;
+  colorPn?: boolean;
+  includeSearch?: boolean;
+  orderDesc?: boolean;
+  pageLength?: string;
+  metrics?: QueryFormDataMetric[];
+  percentMetrics?: QueryFormDataMetric[];
+  tableTimestampFormat?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Consolidate list of metrics to string, identified by its unique identifier
  */
@@ -60,24 +71,27 @@ const consolidateMetricShape = (metric: QueryFormDataMetric) => {
   // even thought `metric.optionName` is more unique, it's not used
   // anywhere else in `queryData` and cannot be used to access `data.records`.
   // The records are still keyed by `metric.label`.
-  return metric.label;
+  return metric.label || 'NOT_LABLED';
 };
 
 export default function transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): DataTableProps {
   const { height, datasource, formData, queryData } = chartProps;
 
   const {
-    alignPn,
-    colorPn,
-    includeSearch,
-    orderDesc,
-    pageLength,
-    metrics: metrics_,
-    percentMetrics: percentMetrics_,
+    alignPn = true,
+    colorPn = true,
+    includeSearch = false,
+    orderDesc = false,
+    pageLength = 0,
+    metrics: metrics_ = [],
+    percentMetrics: percentMetrics_ = [],
     tableTimestampFormat,
-  } = formData;
+  } = formData as TableChartFormData;
   const { columnFormats, verboseMap } = datasource;
-  const { records, columns: columns_ } = queryData.data;
+  const {
+    records,
+    columns: columns_,
+  }: { records: DataRecord[]; columns: string[] } = queryData.data;
   const metrics = (metrics_ ?? []).map(consolidateMetricShape);
   // percent metrics always starts with a '%' sign.
   const percentMetrics = (percentMetrics_ ?? [])
@@ -85,12 +99,10 @@ export default function transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): DataTableProps {
     .map((x: string) => `%${x}`);
   const columns = columns_.map((key: string) => {
     let label = verboseMap[key] || key;
-
     // make sure there is a " " after "%" for percent metrics
     if (label[0] === '%' && label[1] !== ' ') {
       label = `% ${label.slice(1)}`;
     }
-
     return {
       key,
       label,
@@ -108,7 +120,7 @@ export default function transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): DataTableProps {
     colorPositiveNegative: colorPn,
     includeSearch,
     orderDesc,
-    pageLength: pageLength && parseInt(pageLength, 10),
+    pageLength: pageLength ? parseInt(pageLength, 10) : 0,
     tableTimestampFormat,
   };
 }
diff --git a/plugins/table/test/ReactDataTable.test.tsx b/plugins/table/test/ReactDataTable.test.tsx
index 9978a32337..657663c640 100644
--- a/plugins/table/test/ReactDataTable.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/table/test/ReactDataTable.test.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ describe('legacy-table', () => {
       const tree = wrap.render(); // returns a CheerioWrapper with jQuery-like API
       const cells = tree.find('td');
       expect(tree.hasClass('superset-legacy-chart-table')).toEqual(true);
-      expect(cells).toHaveLength(4);
-      expect(cells.eq(0).text()).toEqual('Michael');
-      expect(cells.eq(3).attr('data-sort')).toEqual('2467');
+      expect(cells).toHaveLength(6);
+      expect(cells.eq(0).text()).toEqual('2020-01-01 12:34:56');
+      expect(cells.eq(1).text()).toEqual('Michael');
+      // number is not in `metrics` list, so it should output raw value
+      // (in real world Superset, this would mean the column is used in GROUP BY)
+      expect(cells.eq(5).text()).toEqual('2467');
+      expect(cells.eq(5).attr('data-sort')).toEqual('2467');
     });
 
     it('render advanced data', () => {
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ describe('legacy-table', () => {
       expect(tree.find('th').eq(1).text()).toEqual('Sum of Num');
       expect(cells.eq(2).text()).toEqual('12.346%');
       expect(cells.eq(4).text()).toEqual('2.47k');
+      expect(cells.eq(4).attr('data-sort')).toEqual('2467');
     });
 
     it('render empty data', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/table/test/testData.ts b/plugins/table/test/testData.ts
index 1205049ff2..35c963e908 100644
--- a/plugins/table/test/testData.ts
+++ b/plugins/table/test/testData.ts
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ const basic: ChartProps = {
   ...basicChartProps,
   queryData: {
     data: {
-      columns: ['name', 'sum__num'],
+      columns: ['__timestamp', 'name', 'sum__num'],
       records: [
         {
+          __timestamp: '2020-01-01T12:34:56',
           name: 'Michael',
           sum__num: 2467063,
           '%pct_nice': 0.123456,
         },
         {
+          __timestamp: 1585932584140,
           name: 'Joe',
           sum__num: 2467,
           '%pct_nice': 0.00001,