diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/datetime.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/datetime.rs
index f39084c6e5..3de9697442 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/datetime.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/datetime.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::{generate_strftime_list, parse_date_from_string};
 use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Local, TimeZone, Utc};
 use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
@@ -7,9 +8,6 @@ use nu_protocol::{
     Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };
 
-use crate::generate_strftime_list;
-use crate::parse_date_from_string;
-
 struct Arguments {
     timezone: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     offset: Option<Spanned<i64>>,
@@ -148,6 +146,15 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 example: "1614434140 | into datetime -o +9",
                 result: None,
             },
+            Example {
+                description:
+                    "Convert timestamps like the sqlite history t",
+                example: "1656165681720 | into datetime",
+                result: Some(Value::Date {
+                    val: Utc.timestamp_millis(1656165681720).into(),
+                    span: Span::test_data(),
+                }),
+            },
         ]
     }
 }
@@ -251,10 +258,19 @@ fn action(
 
         return match timezone {
             // default to UTC
-            None => Value::Date {
-                val: Utc.timestamp(ts, 0).into(),
-                span: head,
-            },
+            None => {
+                // be able to convert chrono::Utc::now()
+                let dt = match ts.to_string().len() {
+                    x if x > 13 => Utc.timestamp_nanos(ts).into(),
+                    x if x > 10 => Utc.timestamp_millis(ts).into(),
+                    _ => Utc.timestamp(ts, 0).into(),
+                };
+
+                Value::Date {
+                    val: dt,
+                    span: head,
+                }
+            }
             Some(Spanned { item, span }) => match item {
                 Zone::Utc => Value::Date {
                     val: Utc.timestamp(ts, 0).into(),