diff --git a/src/Dibi/Connection.php b/src/Dibi/Connection.php
index 18c1d36..b73703f 100644
--- a/src/Dibi/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Dibi/Connection.php
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ class Connection implements IConnection
 	 * Connection options: (see driver-specific options too)
 	 *   - lazy (bool) => if true, connection will be established only when required
 	 *   - result (array) => result set options
-	 *       - formatDateTime => date-time format (if empty, DateTime objects will be returned)
-	 *       - formatJson => json format (
-	 *           "string" for leaving value as is,
-	 *           "object" for decoding json as \stdClass,
-	 *           "array" for decoding json as an array - default
-	 *       )
+	 *       - formatDateTime => date-time format
+	 *           empty for decoding as Dibi\DateTime (default)
+	 *           "..." formatted according to given format, see https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php
+	 *           "native" for leaving value as is
+	 *       - formatJson => json format
+	 *           "array" for decoding json as an array (default)
+	 *           "object" for decoding json as \stdClass
+	 *           "native" for leaving value as is
 	 *   - profiler (array)
 	 *       - run (bool) => enable profiler?
 	 *       - file => file to log
diff --git a/src/Dibi/Result.php b/src/Dibi/Result.php
index 36f098e..d998ba7 100644
--- a/src/Dibi/Result.php
+++ b/src/Dibi/Result.php
@@ -454,8 +454,12 @@ class Result implements IDataSource
 				continue;
 			}
 			$value = $row[$key];
+			$format = $this->formats[$type] ?? null;
 
-			if ($type === Type::TEXT) {
+			if ($type === null || $format === 'native') {
+				$row[$key] = $value;
+
+			} elseif ($type === Type::TEXT) {
 				$row[$key] = (string) $value;
 
 			} elseif ($type === Type::INTEGER) {
@@ -485,9 +489,7 @@ class Result implements IDataSource
 			} elseif ($type === Type::DATETIME || $type === Type::DATE || $type === Type::TIME) {
 				if ($value && substr((string) $value, 0, 3) !== '000') { // '', null, false, '0000-00-00', ...
 					$value = new DateTime($value);
-					$row[$key] = empty($this->formats[$type])
-						? $value
-						: $value->format($this->formats[$type]);
+					$row[$key] = $format ? $value->format($format) : $value;
 				} else {
 					$row[$key] = null;
 				}
@@ -503,15 +505,12 @@ class Result implements IDataSource
 					: $value;
 
 			} elseif ($type === Type::JSON) {
-				if ($this->formats[$type] === 'string') {
+				if ($format === 'string') { // back compatibility with 'native'
 					$row[$key] = $value;
 				} else {
-					$row[$key] = json_decode($value, $this->formats[$type] === 'array');
+					$row[$key] = json_decode($value, $format === 'array');
 				}
 
-			} elseif ($type === null) {
-				$row[$key] = $value;
-
 			} else {
 				throw new \RuntimeException('Unexpected type ' . $type);
 			}
diff --git a/tests/dibi/Result.normalize.phpt b/tests/dibi/Result.normalize.phpt
index 5a19394..6542ab2 100644
--- a/tests/dibi/Result.normalize.phpt
+++ b/tests/dibi/Result.normalize.phpt
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ class MockResult extends Dibi\Result
 }
 
 
+test('', function () {
+	$result = new MockResult;
+	$result->setType('col', Type::TEXT);
+	$result->setFormat(Type::TEXT, 'native');
+
+	Assert::same(['col' => null], $result->test(['col' => null]));
+	Assert::same(['col' => true], $result->test(['col' => true]));
+	Assert::same(['col' => false], $result->test(['col' => false]));
+});
+
+
 test('', function () {
 	$result = new MockResult;
 	$result->setType('col', Type::BOOL);