diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/literals.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/literals.scala
index d7ee22fe1bbe4..8df2dcc017575 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/literals.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/literals.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.lang.{Short => JavaShort}
 import java.math.{BigDecimal => JavaBigDecimal}
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
+import java.time.{Instant, LocalDate}
 import java.util
 import java.util.Objects
 import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, InternalRow, ScalaReflection}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{ArrayData, DateTimeUtils, MapData}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.instantToMicros
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types._
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
@@ -64,7 +66,9 @@ object Literal {
     case d: JavaBigDecimal =>
       Literal(Decimal(d), DecimalType(Math.max(d.precision, d.scale), d.scale()))
     case d: Decimal => Literal(d, DecimalType(Math.max(d.precision, d.scale), d.scale))
+    case i: Instant => Literal(instantToMicros(i), TimestampType)
     case t: Timestamp => Literal(DateTimeUtils.fromJavaTimestamp(t), TimestampType)
+    case ld: LocalDate => Literal(ld.toEpochDay.toInt, DateType)
     case d: Date => Literal(DateTimeUtils.fromJavaDate(d), DateType)
     case a: Array[Byte] => Literal(a, BinaryType)
     case a: collection.mutable.WrappedArray[_] => apply(a.array)
@@ -96,7 +100,9 @@ object Literal {
     case JavaBoolean.TYPE => BooleanType
 
     // java classes
+    case _ if clz == classOf[LocalDate] => DateType
     case _ if clz == classOf[Date] => DateType
+    case _ if clz == classOf[Instant] => TimestampType
     case _ if clz == classOf[Timestamp] => TimestampType
     case _ if clz == classOf[JavaBigDecimal] => DecimalType.SYSTEM_DEFAULT
     case _ if clz == classOf[Array[Byte]] => BinaryType
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala
index 995d7b4557656..717e02009bb04 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/LiteralExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.time.{Instant, LocalDate}
 
 import scala.reflect.runtime.universe.{typeTag, TypeTag}
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, ScalaReflection}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.ExamplePointUDT
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.CalendarInterval
 
@@ -64,8 +66,14 @@ class LiteralExpressionSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
     checkEvaluation(Literal.default(BinaryType), "".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
     checkEvaluation(Literal.default(DecimalType.USER_DEFAULT), Decimal(0))
     checkEvaluation(Literal.default(DecimalType.SYSTEM_DEFAULT), Decimal(0))
-    checkEvaluation(Literal.default(DateType), DateTimeUtils.toJavaDate(0))
-    checkEvaluation(Literal.default(TimestampType), DateTimeUtils.toJavaTimestamp(0L))
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATETIME_JAVA8API_EANBLED.key -> "false") {
+      checkEvaluation(Literal.default(DateType), DateTimeUtils.toJavaDate(0))
+      checkEvaluation(Literal.default(TimestampType), DateTimeUtils.toJavaTimestamp(0L))
+    }
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATETIME_JAVA8API_EANBLED.key -> "true") {
+      checkEvaluation(Literal.default(DateType), LocalDate.ofEpochDay(0))
+      checkEvaluation(Literal.default(TimestampType), Instant.ofEpochSecond(0))
+    }
     checkEvaluation(Literal.default(CalendarIntervalType), new CalendarInterval(0, 0L))
     checkEvaluation(Literal.default(ArrayType(StringType)), Array())
     checkEvaluation(Literal.default(MapType(IntegerType, StringType)), Map())
@@ -228,4 +236,47 @@ class LiteralExpressionSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
     checkEvaluation(Literal('\u0000'), "\u0000")
     checkEvaluation(Literal.create('\n'), "\n")
   }
+
+  test("construct literals from java.time.LocalDate") {
+    Seq(
+      LocalDate.of(1, 1, 1),
+      LocalDate.of(1582, 10, 1),
+      LocalDate.of(1600, 7, 30),
+      LocalDate.of(1969, 12, 31),
+      LocalDate.of(1970, 1, 1),
+      LocalDate.of(2019, 3, 20),
+      LocalDate.of(2100, 5, 17)).foreach { localDate =>
+      checkEvaluation(Literal(localDate), localDate)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("construct literals from arrays of java.time.LocalDate") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATETIME_JAVA8API_EANBLED.key -> "true") {
+      val localDate0 = LocalDate.of(2019, 3, 20)
+      checkEvaluation(Literal(Array(localDate0)), Array(localDate0))
+      val localDate1 = LocalDate.of(2100, 4, 22)
+      checkEvaluation(Literal(Array(localDate0, localDate1)), Array(localDate0, localDate1))
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("construct literals from java.time.Instant") {
+    Seq(
+      Instant.parse("0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+      Instant.parse("1582-10-01T01:02:03Z"),
+      Instant.parse("1970-02-28T11:12:13Z"),
+      Instant.ofEpochMilli(0),
+      Instant.parse("2019-03-20T10:15:30Z"),
+      Instant.parse("2100-12-31T22:17:31Z")).foreach { instant =>
+      checkEvaluation(Literal(instant), instant)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("construct literals from arrays of java.time.Instant") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATETIME_JAVA8API_EANBLED.key -> "true") {
+      val instant0 = Instant.ofEpochMilli(0)
+      checkEvaluation(Literal(Array(instant0)), Array(instant0))
+      val instant1 = Instant.parse("2019-03-20T10:15:30Z")
+      checkEvaluation(Literal(Array(instant0, instant1)), Array(instant0, instant1))
+    }
+  }
 }