diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java
index b017691bf..acf6f71d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java
@@ -2373,6 +2373,24 @@ public <T> T getObject(int columnIndex, Class<T> type) throws SQLException {
             returnValue = getTime(columnIndex);
         } else if (type == java.sql.Timestamp.class) {
             returnValue = getTimestamp(columnIndex);
+        } else if (type == java.time.LocalDateTime.class 
+                || type == java.time.LocalDate.class 
+                || type == java.time.LocalTime.class) {
+            java.sql.Timestamp ts = getTimestamp(columnIndex,
+                    Calendar.getInstance(java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")));
+            if (ts == null) {
+                returnValue = null;
+            } else {
+                java.time.LocalDateTime ldt = java.time.LocalDateTime
+                        .ofInstant(ts.toInstant(), java.time.ZoneId.of("UTC")); 
+                if (type == java.time.LocalDateTime.class) {
+                    returnValue = ldt;
+                } else if (type == java.time.LocalDate.class) {
+                    returnValue = ldt.toLocalDate();
+                } else {
+                    returnValue = ldt.toLocalTime();
+                }
+            }
         } else if (type == microsoft.sql.DateTimeOffset.class) {
             returnValue = getDateTimeOffset(columnIndex);
         } else if (type == UUID.class) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/resultset/ResultSetTest.java b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/resultset/ResultSetTest.java
index 8add5c13c..eb73fd3ff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/resultset/ResultSetTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/resultset/ResultSetTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.SQLXML;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -240,6 +244,48 @@ public void testJdbc41ResultSetMethods() throws SQLException {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests getObject(n, java.time.LocalDateTime.class).
+     * 
+     * @throws SQLException
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetObjectAsLocalDateTime() throws SQLException {
+        try (Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString); Statement stmt = con.createStatement()) {
+            TimeZone prevTimeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
+            TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Edmonton"));
+            
+            // a local date/time that does not actually exist because of Daylight Saving Time
+            final String testValueDate = "2018-03-11";
+            final String testValueTime = "02:00:00.1234567";
+            final String testValueDateTime = testValueDate + "T" + testValueTime;
+            
+            stmt.executeUpdate(
+                    "CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (id INT PRIMARY KEY, dt2 DATETIME2)");
+            stmt.executeUpdate(
+                    "INSERT INTO " + tableName + " (id, dt2) VALUES (1, '" + testValueDateTime + "')");
+
+            try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT dt2 FROM " + tableName + " WHERE id=1")) {
+                rs.next();
+                
+                LocalDateTime expectedLocalDateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(testValueDateTime);
+                LocalDateTime actualLocalDateTime = rs.getObject(1, LocalDateTime.class);
+                assertEquals(expectedLocalDateTime, actualLocalDateTime);
+                
+                LocalDate expectedLocalDate = LocalDate.parse(testValueDate);
+                LocalDate actualLocalDate = rs.getObject(1, LocalDate.class);
+                assertEquals(expectedLocalDate, actualLocalDate);
+                
+                LocalTime expectedLocalTime = LocalTime.parse(testValueTime);
+                LocalTime actualLocalTime = rs.getObject(1, LocalTime.class);
+                assertEquals(expectedLocalTime, actualLocalTime);
+            } finally {
+                Utils.dropTableIfExists(tableName, stmt);
+                TimeZone.setDefault(prevTimeZone);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests ResultSet#isWrapperFor and ResultSet#unwrap.
      *