diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs
index c4d448a1d7..138dafd5bf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ pub fn create_column(
 
             Ok(Column::new(casted.name().into(), values))
         }
-        DataType::Datetime(_, _) => {
+        DataType::Datetime(time_unit, _) => {
             let casted = series.datetime().map_err(|e| {
                 ShellError::GenericError(
                     "Error casting column to datetime".into(),
@@ -508,15 +508,19 @@ pub fn create_column(
                     Vec::new(),
                 )
             })?;
-
             let values = casted
                 .into_iter()
                 .skip(from_row)
                 .take(size)
                 .map(|v| match v {
                     Some(a) => {
-                        // elapsed time in milliseconds since 1970-01-01
-                        let seconds = a / 1000;
+                        let unit_divisor = match time_unit {
+                            TimeUnit::Nanoseconds => 1_000_000_000,
+                            TimeUnit::Microseconds => 1_000_000,
+                            TimeUnit::Milliseconds => 1_000,
+                        };
+                        // elapsed time in nano/micro/milliseconds since 1970-01-01
+                        let seconds = a / unit_divisor;
                         let naive_datetime = match NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(seconds, 0) {
                             Some(val) => val,
                             None => {