diff --git a/dax/queryer/queryer.go b/dax/queryer/queryer.go
index bb66262a7..3cd06bfe2 100644
--- a/dax/queryer/queryer.go
+++ b/dax/queryer/queryer.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (q *Queryer) QuerySQL(ctx context.Context, qual dax.TableQualifier, sql str
 		}
 		schema.Fields[i] = &featurebase.WireQueryField{
 			Name:     dax.FieldName(col.ColumnName),
-			Type:     col.Type.TypeDescription(),
+			Type:     strings.ToLower(col.Type.TypeDescription()), // TODO(tlt): remove this once sql3 uses BaseTypes.
 			BaseType: btype,
 			TypeInfo: col.Type.TypeInfo(),
 		}
diff --git a/dax/test/dax/dax_test.go b/dax/test/dax/dax_test.go
index 258facc76..aae4a3a67 100644
--- a/dax/test/dax/dax_test.go
+++ b/dax/test/dax/dax_test.go
@@ -92,23 +92,10 @@ func TestDAXIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		// skips is a list of tests which are currently not passing in dax. We
 		// need to get these passing before alpha.
 		skips := []string{
-			"testinsert/test-5", // error messages differ
-			"table-82/test-3",
-			"table-82/test-8",
-			"table-83/test-3",
-			"table-83/test-8",
-			"cast_int/test-2",
-			"cast_int/test-7",
-			"cast_id/test-2",
-			"cast_string/test-12",
-			"cast_ts/test-7",
-			"sum_test/test-5",
-			"percentile_test/test-6",
-			"minmax_test/test-7",
-			"minmax_test/test-8",
-			"groupby_test/test-5",
-			"groupby_test/test-6",
-			"innerjointest/innerjoin-aggregate-groupby",
+			"testinsert/test-5",                         // error messages differ
+			"percentile_test/test-6",                    // related to TODO in orchestrator.executePercentile
+			"groupby_test/test-6",                       // something to do with GroupCount.DecimalAgg=nil in orchestrator.executeGroupBy
+			"innerjointest/innerjoin-aggregate-groupby", // join test which won't work until we support multiple tables
 		}
 
 		doSkip := func(name string) bool {
diff --git a/wire_response.go b/wire_response.go
index c7464ff13..409101b16 100644
--- a/wire_response.go
+++ b/wire_response.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/dax"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/pql"
@@ -144,11 +145,20 @@ func (s *WireQueryResponse) UnmarshalJSONTyped(in []byte, typed bool) error {
 					}
 				}
 
+			case dax.BaseTypeTimestamp:
+				if src, ok := s.Data[i][j].(string); ok && src != "" {
+					val, err := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339Nano, src, time.UTC)
+					if err != nil {
+						return errors.Wrap(err, "parsing timestamp")
+					}
+					s.Data[i][j] = val
+				}
+
 			case dax.BaseTypeBool, dax.BaseTypeString:
 				// no need to convert
 
 			default:
-				log.Printf("WARNING: unimplemented: %T", hdr.BaseType)
+				log.Printf("WARNING: unimplemented: %s", hdr.BaseType)
 			}
 		}
 	}