diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mssql/mssql_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/mssql/mssql_test.go
index abf208862c8..d0d4697c941 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mssql/mssql_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mssql/mssql_test.go
@@ -1163,6 +1163,32 @@ func TestMSSQL(t *testing.T) {
 			// Should be in time.Time
 			require.Nil(t, frames[0].Fields[0].At(0))
 		})
+
+		t.Run("When doing an annotation query with a time and timeend column should return two fields of type time", func(t *testing.T) {
+			query := &backend.QueryDataRequest{
+				Queries: []backend.DataQuery{
+					{
+						JSON: []byte(`{
+							"rawSql": "SELECT 1631053772276 as time, 1631054012276 as timeend, '' as text, '' as tags",
+							"format": "table"
+						}`),
+						RefID: "A",
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			resp, err := endpoint.QueryData(context.Background(), query)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			queryResult := resp.Responses["A"]
+			require.NoError(t, queryResult.Error)
+
+			frames := queryResult.Frames
+			require.Equal(t, 1, len(frames))
+			require.Equal(t, 4, len(frames[0].Fields))
+
+			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeNullableTime, frames[0].Fields[0].Type())
+			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeNullableTime, frames[0].Fields[1].Type())
+		})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go
index dc763afb43b..c414329e502 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql_test.go
@@ -1125,6 +1125,32 @@ func TestMySQL(t *testing.T) {
 			//Should be in time.Time
 			require.Nil(t, frames[0].Fields[0].At(0))
 		})
+
+		t.Run("When doing an annotation query with a time and timeend column should return two fields of type time", func(t *testing.T) {
+			query := &backend.QueryDataRequest{
+				Queries: []backend.DataQuery{
+					{
+						JSON: []byte(`{
+							"rawSql": "SELECT 1631053772276 as time, 1631054012276 as timeend, '' as text, '' as tags",
+							"format": "table"
+						}`),
+						RefID: "A",
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			resp, err := exe.QueryData(context.Background(), query)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			queryResult := resp.Responses["A"]
+			require.NoError(t, queryResult.Error)
+
+			frames := queryResult.Frames
+			require.Equal(t, 1, len(frames))
+			require.Equal(t, 4, len(frames[0].Fields))
+
+			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeNullableTime, frames[0].Fields[0].Type())
+			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeNullableTime, frames[0].Fields[1].Type())
+		})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/postgres/postgres_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/postgres/postgres_test.go
index 37a22c22bbf..46273d66c28 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -1199,6 +1199,32 @@ func TestPostgres(t *testing.T) {
 			// Should be in time.Time
 			assert.Nil(t, frames[0].Fields[0].At(0))
 		})
+
+		t.Run("When doing an annotation query with a time and timeend column should return two fields of type time", func(t *testing.T) {
+			query := &backend.QueryDataRequest{
+				Queries: []backend.DataQuery{
+					{
+						JSON: []byte(`{
+							"rawSql": "SELECT 1631053772276 as time, 1631054012276 as timeend, '' as text, '' as tags",
+							"format": "table"
+						}`),
+						RefID: "A",
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			resp, err := exe.QueryData(context.Background(), query)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			queryResult := resp.Responses["A"]
+			require.NoError(t, queryResult.Error)
+
+			frames := queryResult.Frames
+			require.Equal(t, 1, len(frames))
+			require.Equal(t, 4, len(frames[0].Fields))
+
+			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeNullableTime, frames[0].Fields[0].Type())
+			require.Equal(t, data.FieldTypeNullableTime, frames[0].Fields[1].Type())
+		})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go b/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go
index 53709246608..20894613592 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data/sqlutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/errutil"
 	"xorm.io/core"
 	"xorm.io/xorm"
 )
@@ -300,11 +301,9 @@ func (e *DataSourceHandler) executeQuery(query backend.DataQuery, wg *sync.WaitG
 		return
 	}
 
-	if qm.timeIndex != -1 {
-		if err := convertSQLTimeColumnToEpochMS(frame, qm.timeIndex); err != nil {
-			errAppendDebug("db convert time column failed", err, interpolatedQuery)
-			return
-		}
+	if err := convertSQLTimeColumnsToEpochMS(frame, qm); err != nil {
+		errAppendDebug("converting time columns failed", err, interpolatedQuery)
+		return
 	}
 
 	if qm.Format == dataQueryFormatSeries {
@@ -408,6 +407,7 @@ func (e *DataSourceHandler) newProcessCfg(query backend.DataQuery, queryContext
 		columnNames:  columnNames,
 		rows:         rows,
 		timeIndex:    -1,
+		timeEndIndex: -1,
 		metricIndex:  -1,
 		metricPrefix: false,
 		queryContext: queryContext,
@@ -454,6 +454,12 @@ func (e *DataSourceHandler) newProcessCfg(query backend.DataQuery, queryContext
 				break
 			}
 		}
+
+		if qm.Format == dataQueryFormatTable && col == "timeend" {
+			qm.timeEndIndex = i
+			continue
+		}
+
 		switch col {
 		case "metric":
 			qm.metricIndex = i
@@ -492,6 +498,7 @@ type dataQueryModel struct {
 	columnNames       []string
 	columnTypes       []*sql.ColumnType
 	timeIndex         int
+	timeEndIndex      int
 	metricIndex       int
 	rows              *core.Rows
 	metricPrefix      bool
@@ -821,6 +828,22 @@ func convertNullableFloat32ToEpochMS(origin *data.Field, newField *data.Field) {
 	}
 }
 
+func convertSQLTimeColumnsToEpochMS(frame *data.Frame, qm *dataQueryModel) error {
+	if qm.timeIndex != -1 {
+		if err := convertSQLTimeColumnToEpochMS(frame, qm.timeIndex); err != nil {
+			return errutil.Wrap("failed to convert time column", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if qm.timeEndIndex != -1 {
+		if err := convertSQLTimeColumnToEpochMS(frame, qm.timeEndIndex); err != nil {
+			return errutil.Wrap("failed to convert timeend column", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // convertSQLTimeColumnToEpochMS converts column named time to unix timestamp in milliseconds
 // to make native datetime types and epoch dates work in annotation and table queries.
 func convertSQLTimeColumnToEpochMS(frame *data.Frame, timeIndex int) error {