diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/impl/rel/BeamCalcRel.java b/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/impl/rel/BeamCalcRel.java
index ea8658e4d5f0..5c6534f2dc2b 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/impl/rel/BeamCalcRel.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/impl/rel/BeamCalcRel.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.janino.ScriptEvaluator;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.Instant;
+import org.joda.time.base.AbstractInstant;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -632,8 +633,10 @@ private static Expression toCalciteValue(Expression value, FieldType fieldType)
         case BOOLEAN:
           return Expressions.convert_(value, Boolean.class);
         case DATETIME:
+          // AbstractInstant handles both joda Instant and DateTime
           return nullOr(
-              value, Expressions.call(Expressions.convert_(value, DateTime.class), "getMillis"));
+              value,
+              Expressions.call(Expressions.convert_(value, AbstractInstant.class), "getMillis"));
         case BYTES:
           return nullOr(
               value, Expressions.new_(ByteString.class, Expressions.convert_(value, byte[].class)));
diff --git a/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/BeamComplexTypeTest.java b/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/BeamComplexTypeTest.java
index a98732cba282..a5f78f715293 100644
--- a/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/BeamComplexTypeTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/extensions/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/extensions/sql/BeamComplexTypeTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.sql.impl.BeamSqlEnv;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.sql.impl.rel.BeamSqlRelUtils;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.Row;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.joda.time.Instant;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
@@ -349,6 +351,44 @@ public void testNestedArrayOfBytes() {
     pipeline.run();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNestedDatetime() {
+    List<Instant> dateTimes =
+        ImmutableList.of(Instant.EPOCH, Instant.ofEpochSecond(10000), Instant.now());
+    List<Instant> nullDateTimes = Lists.newArrayList(Instant.EPOCH, null, Instant.now());
+
+    Schema nestedInputSchema =
+        Schema.of(
+            Schema.Field.of("c_dts", Schema.FieldType.array(Schema.FieldType.DATETIME)),
+            Schema.Field.of(
+                "c_null_dts",
+                Schema.FieldType.array(Schema.FieldType.DATETIME.withNullable(true))));
+    Schema inputSchema =
+        Schema.of(Schema.Field.of("nested", Schema.FieldType.row(nestedInputSchema)));
+
+    Schema outputSchema =
+        Schema.of(
+            Schema.Field.of("f0", Schema.FieldType.DATETIME),
+            Schema.Field.of("f1", Schema.FieldType.DATETIME.withNullable(true)));
+
+    Row nestedRow =
+        Row.withSchema(nestedInputSchema).addValue(dateTimes).addValue(nullDateTimes).build();
+    Row row = Row.withSchema(inputSchema).addValue(nestedRow).build();
+    Row expected =
+        Row.withSchema(outputSchema).addValues(dateTimes.get(1), nullDateTimes.get(1)).build();
+
+    PCollection<Row> result =
+        pipeline
+            .apply(Create.of(row).withRowSchema(inputSchema))
+            .apply(
+                SqlTransform.query(
+                    "SELECT t.nested.c_dts[2], t.nested.c_null_dts[2] AS f0 FROM PCOLLECTION t"));
+
+    PAssert.that(result).containsInAnyOrder(expected);
+
+    pipeline.run();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testRowConstructor() {
     BeamSqlEnv sqlEnv = BeamSqlEnv.inMemory(readOnlyTableProvider);