diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
index a585cbed2551..b36ab3238703 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ private[csv] object CSVInferSchema {
           // DecimalTypes have different precisions and scales, so we try to find the common type.
           findTightestCommonType(typeSoFar, tryParseDecimal(field, options)).getOrElse(StringType)
         case DoubleType => tryParseDouble(field, options)
+        case DateType => tryParseDate(field, options)
         case TimestampType => tryParseTimestamp(field, options)
         case BooleanType => tryParseBoolean(field, options)
         case StringType => StringType
@@ -140,14 +141,23 @@ private[csv] object CSVInferSchema {
   private def tryParseDouble(field: String, options: CSVOptions): DataType = {
     if ((allCatch opt field.toDouble).isDefined || isInfOrNan(field, options)) {
       DoubleType
+    } else {
+      tryParseDate(field, options)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def tryParseDate(field: String, options: CSVOptions): DataType = {
+    // This case infers a custom `dateFormat` is set.
+    if ((allCatch opt options.dateFormatter.parse(field)).isDefined) {
+      DateType
     } else {
       tryParseTimestamp(field, options)
     }
   }
 
   private def tryParseTimestamp(field: String, options: CSVOptions): DataType = {
-    // This case infers a custom `dataFormat` is set.
-    if ((allCatch opt options.timestampFormat.parse(field)).isDefined) {
+    // This case infers a custom `timestampFormat` is set.
+    if ((allCatch opt options.timestampFormatter.parse(field)).isDefined) {
       TimestampType
     } else if ((allCatch opt DateTimeUtils.stringToTime(field)).isDefined) {
       // We keep this for backwards compatibility.
@@ -216,6 +226,8 @@ private[csv] object CSVInferSchema {
       } else {
         Some(DecimalType(range + scale, scale))
       }
+    // By design 'TimestampType' (8 bytes) is larger than 'DateType' (4 bytes).
+    case (t1: DateType, t2: TimestampType) => Some(TimestampType)
 
     case _ => None
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVOptions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVOptions.scala
index c16790630ce1..83103a0b8a83 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVOptions.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.csv
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.time.format.{DateTimeFormatter, ResolverStyle}
 import java.util.{Locale, TimeZone}
 
 import com.univocity.parsers.csv.{CsvParserSettings, CsvWriterSettings, UnescapedQuoteHandling}
@@ -150,6 +151,16 @@ class CSVOptions(
 
   val isCommentSet = this.comment != '\u0000'
 
+  lazy val dateFormatter: DateTimeFormatter = {
+    DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(dateFormat.getPattern)
+      .withLocale(Locale.US).withZone(timeZone.toZoneId).withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.SMART)
+  }
+
+  lazy val timestampFormatter: DateTimeFormatter = {
+    DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(timestampFormat.getPattern)
+      .withLocale(Locale.US).withZone(timeZone.toZoneId).withResolverStyle(ResolverStyle.SMART)
+  }
+
   def asWriterSettings: CsvWriterSettings = {
     val writerSettings = new CsvWriterSettings()
     val format = writerSettings.getFormat
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/dates-and-timestamps.csv b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/dates-and-timestamps.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a9a4c2f8566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/dates-and-timestamps.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+timestamp,date
+26/08/2015 22:31:46.913,27/09/2015
+27/10/2014 22:33:31.601,26/12/2016
+28/01/2016 22:33:52.888,28/01/2017
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala
index 661742087112..d1a8822ca025 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala
@@ -59,13 +59,21 @@ class CSVInferSchemaSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(CSVInferSchema.inferField(IntegerType, textValueOne, options) == expectedTypeOne)
   }
 
-  test("Timestamp field types are inferred correctly via custom data format") {
+  test("Timestamp field types are inferred correctly via custom date format") {
     var options = new CSVOptions(Map("timestampFormat" -> "yyyy-mm"), "GMT")
     assert(CSVInferSchema.inferField(TimestampType, "2015-08", options) == TimestampType)
     options = new CSVOptions(Map("timestampFormat" -> "yyyy"), "GMT")
     assert(CSVInferSchema.inferField(TimestampType, "2015", options) == TimestampType)
   }
 
+  test("Date field types are inferred correctly via custom date and timestamp format") {
+    val options = new CSVOptions(Map("dateFormat" -> "dd/MM/yyyy",
+      "timestampFormat" -> "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS"), "GMT")
+    assert(CSVInferSchema.inferField(TimestampType,
+      "28/01/2017 22:31:46.913", options) == TimestampType)
+    assert(CSVInferSchema.inferField(DateType, "16/12/2012", options) == DateType)
+  }
+
   test("Timestamp field types are inferred correctly from other types") {
     val options = new CSVOptions(Map.empty[String, String], "GMT")
     assert(CSVInferSchema.inferField(IntegerType, "2015-08-20 14", options) == StringType)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
index 4398e547d921..b9e3c292f792 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with SQLTestUtils {
   private val simpleSparseFile = "test-data/simple_sparse.csv"
   private val numbersFile = "test-data/numbers.csv"
   private val datesFile = "test-data/dates.csv"
+  private val datesAndTimestampsFile = "test-data/dates-and-timestamps.csv"
   private val unescapedQuotesFile = "test-data/unescaped-quotes.csv"
   private val valueMalformedFile = "test-data/value-malformed.csv"
 
@@ -566,6 +567,44 @@ class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with SQLTestUtils {
     assert(results.toSeq.map(_.toSeq) === expected)
   }
 
+  test("inferring timestamp types and date types via custom formats") {
+    val options = Map(
+      "header" -> "true",
+      "inferSchema" -> "true",
+      "timestampFormat" -> "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS",
+      "dateFormat" -> "dd/MM/yyyy")
+    val results = spark.read
+      .format("csv")
+      .options(options)
+      .load(testFile(datesAndTimestampsFile))
+    assert(results.schema{0}.dataType===TimestampType)
+    assert(results.schema{1}.dataType===DateType)
+    val timestamps = spark.read
+      .format("csv")
+      .options(options)
+      .load(testFile(datesAndTimestampsFile))
+      .select("timestamp")
+      .collect()
+    val timestampFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS", Locale.US)
+    val timestampExpected =
+      Seq(Seq(new Timestamp(timestampFormat.parse("26/08/2015 22:31:46.913").getTime)),
+        Seq(new Timestamp(timestampFormat.parse("27/10/2014 22:33:31.601").getTime)),
+        Seq(new Timestamp(timestampFormat.parse("28/01/2016 22:33:52.888").getTime)))
+    assert(timestamps.toSeq.map(_.toSeq) === timestampExpected)
+    val dates = spark.read
+      .format("csv")
+      .options(options)
+      .load(testFile(datesAndTimestampsFile))
+      .select("date")
+      .collect()
+    val dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", Locale.US)
+    val dateExpected =
+      Seq(Seq(new Date(dateFormat.parse("27/09/2015").getTime)),
+        Seq(new Date(dateFormat.parse("26/12/2016").getTime)),
+        Seq(new Date(dateFormat.parse("28/01/2017").getTime)))
+    assert(dates.toSeq.map(_.toSeq) === dateExpected)
+  }
+
   test("load date types via custom date format") {
     val customSchema = new StructType(Array(StructField("date", DateType, true)))
     val options = Map(