diff --git a/integration/spark-datasource/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/carbondata/datasource/SparkCarbonDataSourceTest.scala b/integration/spark-datasource/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/carbondata/datasource/SparkCarbonDataSourceTest.scala
index fa37548ca77..8303c54346f 100644
--- a/integration/spark-datasource/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/carbondata/datasource/SparkCarbonDataSourceTest.scala
+++ b/integration/spark-datasource/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/carbondata/datasource/SparkCarbonDataSourceTest.scala
@@ -1760,6 +1760,16 @@ class SparkCarbonDataSourceTest extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     spark.sql("drop table if exists fileformat_drop_hive")
   }
 
+  test("test complexdatype for date and timestamp datatype") {
+    spark.sql("drop table if exists fileformat_date")
+    spark.sql("drop table if exists fileformat_date_hive")
+    spark.sql("create table fileformat_date_hive(name string, age int, dob array<date>, joinTime array<timestamp>) using parquet")
+    spark.sql("create table fileformat_date(name string, age int, dob array<date>, joinTime array<timestamp>) using carbon")
+    spark.sql("insert into fileformat_date_hive select 'joey', 32, array('1994-04-06','1887-05-06'), array('1994-04-06 00:00:05','1887-05-06 00:00:08')")
+    spark.sql("insert into fileformat_date select 'joey', 32, array('1994-04-06','1887-05-06'), array('1994-04-06 00:00:05','1887-05-06 00:00:08')")
+    checkAnswer(spark.sql("select * from fileformat_date_hive"), spark.sql("select * from fileformat_date"))
+  }
+
   test("validate the columns not present in schema") {
     spark.sql("drop table if exists validate")
     spark.sql("create table validate (name string, age int, address string) using carbon options('inverted_index'='abc')")
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/processing/datatypes/PrimitiveDataType.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/processing/datatypes/PrimitiveDataType.java
index cfbaa116524..18dc89d9f23 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/processing/datatypes/PrimitiveDataType.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/processing/datatypes/PrimitiveDataType.java
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public int getSurrogateIndex() {
             byte[] value = null;
             if (isDirectDictionary) {
               int surrogateKey;
-              if (!(input instanceof Long)) {
+              if (!(input instanceof Long) && !(input instanceof Integer)) {
                 SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat(getDateFormat(carbonDimension));
                 parser.parse(parsedValue);
               }
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ public int getSurrogateIndex() {
               // using dictionaryGenerator.
               if (dictionaryGenerator instanceof DirectDictionary && input instanceof Long) {
                 surrogateKey = ((DirectDictionary) dictionaryGenerator).generateKey((long) input);
+              } else if (dictionaryGenerator instanceof DirectDictionary
+                  && input instanceof Integer) {
+                // In case of file format, for complex type date or time type, input data comes as a
+                // Integer object, so just assign the surrogate key with the input object value
+                surrogateKey = (int) input;
               } else {
                 surrogateKey = dictionaryGenerator.getOrGenerateKey(parsedValue);
               }