diff --git a/src/Schema/Elements/Base.php b/src/Schema/Elements/Base.php
index 56ab3b6..7db77d7 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Elements/Base.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Elements/Base.php
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ private function doFinalize($value, Context $context)
 		if ($this->castTo) {
 			if (Nette\Utils\Reflection::isBuiltinType($this->castTo)) {
 				settype($value, $this->castTo);
+			} elseif (in_array($this->castTo, [\DateTime::class, \DateTimeImmutable::class], true)) {
+				$value = new ($this->castTo)($value);
 			} else {
 				$value = Nette\Utils\Arrays::toObject($value, new $this->castTo);
 			}
diff --git a/tests/Schema/Expect.castTo.phpt b/tests/Schema/Expect.castTo.phpt
index 0d0d5bb..b0bdbd7 100644
--- a/tests/Schema/Expect.castTo.phpt
+++ b/tests/Schema/Expect.castTo.phpt
@@ -29,3 +29,20 @@ test('', function () {
 
 	Assert::equal((object) ['a' => 1, 'b' => 2], (new Processor)->process($schema, ['a' => 1, 'b' => 2]));
 });
+
+
+// wip
+class Foo
+{
+	public \DateTime $bar;
+}
+
+$processor = new \Nette\Schema\Processor;
+$processor->process(
+	\Nette\Schema\Expect::structure([
+		'bar' => \Nette\Schema\Expect::string()->castTo('DateTime'),
+	])->castTo(Foo::class),
+	[
+		'bar' => '2021-01-01',
+	],
+);