diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/ExplanationModal/subjects/StringsAsNumbers.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/ExplanationModal/subjects/StringsAsNumbers.svelte
index 0accdcd197..f2148a6255 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/ExplanationModal/subjects/StringsAsNumbers.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldContext/ExplanationModal/subjects/StringsAsNumbers.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <Subject heading="Text as Numbers">
   <Section>
-    Text can be used in place of numbers in certain scenarios, but care needs to be taken, as text that doesn't contain a strictly base-ten, non-decimal value may lead to unexpected behavior.
+    Text can be used in place of numbers in certain scenarios, but care needs to be taken, as text that doesn't contain a strictly base-ten integer or decimal value may lead to unexpected behavior.
   </Section>
 
   <Section>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <br />
     <Block>"100 million"</Block>{" -> "}<Block>100</Block>
     <br />
-    <Block>"100.9"</Block>{" -> "}<Block>100</Block>
+    <Block>"100.9"</Block>{" -> "}<Block>100.9</Block>
     <br />
     <Block>"One hundred"</Block>{" -> "}<Block>Error</Block>
   </Section>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/app/charts/PieChart.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/app/charts/PieChart.svelte
index 8cb7317d94..feaa0bcab9 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/app/charts/PieChart.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/app/charts/PieChart.svelte
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@
       .colors(customColor ? colors : null)
 
     // Add data if valid datasource
-    const series = data.map(row => parseFloat(row[valueColumn]))
+    const series = data.map(row => {
+      if (schema[valueColumn].type === 'datetime') {
+        return Date.parse(row[valueColumn])
+      }
+
+      return parseFloat(row[valueColumn])
+    })
     const labels = data.map(row => row[labelColumn])
     builder = builder.series(series).labels(labels)