diff --git a/docs/sql-data-sources-csv.md b/docs/sql-data-sources-csv.md
index 2fe8f77ff667..a6b093f7e413 100644
--- a/docs/sql-data-sources-csv.md
+++ b/docs/sql-data-sources-csv.md
@@ -248,5 +248,11 @@ Data source options of CSV can be set via:
     <td>Compression codec to use when saving to file. This can be one of the known case-insensitive shorten names (<code>none</code>, <code>bzip2</code>, <code>gzip</code>, <code>lz4</code>, <code>snappy</code> and <code>deflate</code>).</td>
     <td>write</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>inferDateType</code></td>
+    <td>false</td>
+    <td>Infers dateFormat for the CSV. If this is not set, it uses the default value, <code>false</code>.</td>
+    <td>read</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 Other generic options can be found in <a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-data-sources-generic-options.html">Generic File Source Options</a>.
diff --git a/docs/sql-data-sources-json.md b/docs/sql-data-sources-json.md
index 041512918e61..cb4d69c64845 100644
--- a/docs/sql-data-sources-json.md
+++ b/docs/sql-data-sources-json.md
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ Data source options of JSON can be set via:
     <td>Allows leading zeros in numbers (e.g. 00012). If None is set, it uses the default value, <code>false</code>.</td>
     <td>read</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>inferDateType</code></td>
+    <td>false</td>
+    <td>Infers dateFormat for the JSON. If this is not set, it uses the default value, <code>false</code>.</td>
+    <td>read</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter</code></td>
     <td>None</td>
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
index f9e37341dcd6..f639a563ec0b 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             columnNameOfCorruptRecord=None, multiLine=None, charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=None,
             samplingRatio=None, enforceSchema=None, emptyValue=None, locale=None, lineSep=None,
             pathGlobFilter=None, recursiveFileLookup=None, modifiedBefore=None, modifiedAfter=None,
-            unescapedQuoteHandling=None):
+            unescapedQuoteHandling=None, inferDateType=None):
         r"""Loads a CSV file and returns the result as a  :class:`DataFrame`.
 
         This function will go through the input once to determine the input schema if
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             enforceSchema=enforceSchema, emptyValue=emptyValue, locale=locale, lineSep=lineSep,
             pathGlobFilter=pathGlobFilter, recursiveFileLookup=recursiveFileLookup,
             modifiedBefore=modifiedBefore, modifiedAfter=modifiedAfter,
-            unescapedQuoteHandling=unescapedQuoteHandling)
+            unescapedQuoteHandling=unescapedQuoteHandling, inferDateType=inferDateType)
         if isinstance(path, str):
             path = [path]
         if type(path) == list:
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
index 08c8934fbf03..9d2f3d2cdc1c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
@@ -636,7 +636,8 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             maxCharsPerColumn=None, maxMalformedLogPerPartition=None, mode=None,
             columnNameOfCorruptRecord=None, multiLine=None, charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=None,
             enforceSchema=None, emptyValue=None, locale=None, lineSep=None,
-            pathGlobFilter=None, recursiveFileLookup=None, unescapedQuoteHandling=None):
+            pathGlobFilter=None, recursiveFileLookup=None, unescapedQuoteHandling=None,
+            inferDateType=None):
         r"""Loads a CSV file stream and returns the result as a :class:`DataFrame`.
 
         This function will go through the input once to determine the input schema if
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=charToEscapeQuoteEscaping, enforceSchema=enforceSchema,
             emptyValue=emptyValue, locale=locale, lineSep=lineSep,
             pathGlobFilter=pathGlobFilter, recursiveFileLookup=recursiveFileLookup,
-            unescapedQuoteHandling=unescapedQuoteHandling)
+            unescapedQuoteHandling=unescapedQuoteHandling, inferDateType=inferDateType)
         if isinstance(path, str):
             return self._df(self._jreader.csv(path))
         else:
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
index ef3d038cf289..946ff1674d16 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchema.scala
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import scala.util.control.Exception.allCatch
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TypeCoercion
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.ExprUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{DateFormatter, LegacyFastDateFormatter, TimestampFormatter}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.LegacyDateFormats.FAST_DATE_FORMAT
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.TimestampFormatter
 import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.QueryExecutionErrors
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ class CSVInferSchema(val options: CSVOptions) extends Serializable {
     legacyFormat = FAST_DATE_FORMAT,
     isParsing = true)
 
+  private val dateFormatter = DateFormatter(
+    options.dateFormat,
+    options.locale,
+    legacyFormat = FAST_DATE_FORMAT,
+    isParsing = true)
+
   private val decimalParser = if (options.locale == Locale.US) {
     // Special handling the default locale for backward compatibility
     s: String => new java.math.BigDecimal(s)
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@ class CSVInferSchema(val options: CSVOptions) extends Serializable {
         case LongType => tryParseLong(field)
         case _: DecimalType => tryParseDecimal(field)
         case DoubleType => tryParseDouble(field)
+        case DateType => tryParseDateFormat(field)
         case TimestampType => tryParseTimestamp(field)
         case BooleanType => tryParseBoolean(field)
         case StringType => StringType
@@ -160,6 +167,16 @@ class CSVInferSchema(val options: CSVOptions) extends Serializable {
   private def tryParseDouble(field: String): DataType = {
     if ((allCatch opt field.toDouble).isDefined || isInfOrNan(field)) {
       DoubleType
+    } else {
+      tryParseDateFormat(field)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def tryParseDateFormat(field: String): DataType = {
+    if (options.inferDateType
+      && !dateFormatter.isInstanceOf[LegacyFastDateFormatter]
+      && (allCatch opt dateFormatter.parse(field)).isDefined) {
+      DateType
     } else {
       tryParseTimestamp(field)
     }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
index 9aa4bf43898a..f5307d294127 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ class CSVOptions(
     sep
   }
 
+  /**
+   * option to infer date Type in the schema
+   */
+  val inferDateType =
+    parameters.get("inferDateType").map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
+
   val lineSeparatorInRead: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator.map { lineSep =>
     lineSep.getBytes(charset)
   }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
index 47be83a41d61..dd43e9eb2a4e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ private[sql] class JSONOptions(
     parameters.get("allowNonNumericNumbers").map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(true)
   val allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter =
     parameters.get("allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter").map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
+  val inferDateType =
+    parameters.get("inferDateType").map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
   private val allowUnquotedControlChars =
     parameters.get("allowUnquotedControlChars").map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
   val compressionCodec = parameters.get("compression").map(CompressionCodecs.getCodecClassName)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchema.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchema.scala
index eebb9a404257..8cc2c3900dd6 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchema.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchema.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ private[sql] class JsonInferSchema(options: JSONOptions) extends Serializable {
     legacyFormat = FAST_DATE_FORMAT,
     isParsing = true)
 
+  private val dateFormatter = DateFormatter(
+    options.dateFormat,
+    options.locale,
+    legacyFormat = FAST_DATE_FORMAT,
+    isParsing = true)
+
   /**
    * Infer the type of a collection of json records in three stages:
    *   1. Infer the type of each record
@@ -127,6 +133,10 @@ private[sql] class JsonInferSchema(options: JSONOptions) extends Serializable {
         }
         if (options.prefersDecimal && decimalTry.isDefined) {
           decimalTry.get
+        } else if (options.inferDateType
+            && !dateFormatter.isInstanceOf[LegacyFastDateFormatter] &&
+            (allCatch opt dateFormatter.parse(field)).isDefined) {
+          DateType
         } else if (options.inferTimestamp &&
             (allCatch opt timestampFormatter.parse(field)).isDefined) {
           TimestampType
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala
index d268f8c2e721..198461268ede 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVInferSchemaSuite.scala
@@ -192,4 +192,27 @@ class CSVInferSchemaSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper {
     Seq("en-US").foreach(checkDecimalInfer(_, StringType))
     Seq("ko-KR", "ru-RU", "de-DE").foreach(checkDecimalInfer(_, DecimalType(7, 0)))
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-34953: DateType should be inferred when user defined format are provided") {
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { inferDateType =>
+      val options = new CSVOptions(Map("dateFormat" -> "dd-MM-yyyy",
+        "inferSchema" -> "true", "inferDateType" -> inferDateType.toString), false, "UTC")
+      val inferSchema = new CSVInferSchema(options)
+
+      val inferredDataType = if (inferDateType) { DateType } else { StringType }
+      assert(inferSchema.inferField(NullType, "21-10-2021") == inferredDataType)
+      assert(inferSchema.inferField(NullType, "03.31.2021") == StringType)
+    }
+
+    // For default type where dateFormat is not present in the option
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { inferDateType =>
+      val options = new CSVOptions(Map("inferSchema" -> "true",
+        "inferDateType" -> inferDateType.toString), false, "UTC")
+      val inferSchema = new CSVInferSchema(options)
+
+      val inferredDataType = if (inferDateType) { DateType } else { StringType }
+      assert(inferSchema.inferField(NullType, "2021-10-05") == inferredDataType)
+      assert(inferSchema.inferField(NullType, "03.31.2021") == StringType)
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchemaSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchemaSuite.scala
index 8290b38e3393..7d6dee5cbb47 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchemaSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JsonInferSchemaSuite.scala
@@ -112,4 +112,14 @@ class JsonInferSchemaSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLHelper {
     checkType(Map("inferTimestamp" -> "true"), json, TimestampType)
     checkType(Map("inferTimestamp" -> "false"), json, StringType)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-34953: Allow DateType format while inferring") {
+    val json = """{"a": "29-01-2020"}"""
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { inferDateType =>
+      checkType(Map("dateFormat" -> "dd-MM-yyyy", "inferDateType" -> inferDateType.toString),
+        json, dt = if (inferDateType) DateType else StringType)
+      checkType(Map("dateFormat" -> "yyyy.MM.dd", "inferDateType" -> inferDateType.toString),
+        json, StringType)
+    }
+  }
 }