diff --git a/lib/typing/ext/time.go b/lib/typing/ext/time.go
index 93243eb41..cd9e92b7b 100644
--- a/lib/typing/ext/time.go
+++ b/lib/typing/ext/time.go
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ func NewNestedKind(kindType ExtendedTimeKindType, optionalFormat string) (Nested
 // ExtendedTime is created because Golang's time.Time does not allow us to explicitly cast values as a date, or time
 // and only allows timestamp expressions.
 type ExtendedTime struct {
-	ts         time.Time
-	nestedKind NestedKind
+	ts time.Time
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON is a custom JSON marshaller for ExtendedTime.
@@ -58,26 +57,12 @@ func (e ExtendedTime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return e.ts.UTC().MarshalJSON()
 }
 
-// TODO: Have this return an error instead of nil
 func NewExtendedTime(t time.Time, kindType ExtendedTimeKindType, originalFormat string) *ExtendedTime {
-	defaultLayout, err := kindType.defaultLayout()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	return &ExtendedTime{
 		ts: t,
-		nestedKind: NestedKind{
-			Type:   kindType,
-			Format: cmp.Or(originalFormat, defaultLayout),
-		},
 	}
 }
 
 func (e *ExtendedTime) GetTime() time.Time {
 	return e.ts
 }
-
-func (e *ExtendedTime) GetNestedKind() NestedKind {
-	return e.nestedKind
-}
diff --git a/lib/typing/mongo/bson.go b/lib/typing/mongo/bson.go
index 9b6bd71be..494fb078f 100644
--- a/lib/typing/mongo/bson.go
+++ b/lib/typing/mongo/bson.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
-
-	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/ext"
 )
 
 // JSONEToMap - Takes a JSON Extended string and converts it to a map[string]any
@@ -89,9 +87,9 @@ func bsonBinaryValueToMap(value primitive.Binary) (any, error) {
 func bsonValueToGoValue(value any) (any, error) {
 	switch v := value.(type) {
 	case primitive.DateTime:
-		return ext.NewExtendedTime(v.Time().UTC(), ext.TimestampTZKindType, ext.ISO8601), nil
+		return v.Time().UTC(), nil
 	case primitive.Timestamp:
-		return ext.NewExtendedTime(time.Unix(int64(v.T), 0).UTC(), ext.TimestampTZKindType, ext.ISO8601), nil
+		return time.Unix(int64(v.T), 0).UTC(), nil
 	case primitive.ObjectID:
 		return v.Hex(), nil
 	case primitive.Binary:
diff --git a/lib/typing/parse.go b/lib/typing/parse.go
index fe6edb36b..15d6d3c83 100644
--- a/lib/typing/parse.go
+++ b/lib/typing/parse.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package typing
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/decimal"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/ext"
@@ -48,12 +49,10 @@ func ParseValue(key string, optionalSchema map[string]KindDetails, val any) (Kin
 			Kind:                   EDecimal.Kind,
 			ExtendedDecimalDetails: &extendedDetails,
 		}, nil
-	case *ext.ExtendedTime:
-		nestedKind := convertedVal.GetNestedKind()
-		return KindDetails{
-			Kind:                ETime.Kind,
-			ExtendedTimeDetails: &nestedKind,
-		}, nil
+	case time.Time:
+		// time.Time should only appear for bson.Timestamp and bson.DateTime
+		// All other sources will have an optional schema
+		return NewExtendedTimeDetails(ETime, ext.TimestampTZKindType, "")
 	default:
 		// Check if the val is one of our custom-types
 		if reflect.TypeOf(val).Kind() == reflect.Slice {