diff --git a/src/TokenProviders/Database/index.ts b/src/TokenProviders/Database/index.ts
index 160d9ab..715d385 100644
--- a/src/TokenProviders/Database/index.ts
+++ b/src/TokenProviders/Database/index.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,18 @@ export class TokenDatabaseProvider implements TokenProviderContract {
     }
 
     const { name, user_id, token: value, expires_at, type, ...meta } = tokenRow
-    const expiresAt = expires_at ? DateTime.fromFormat(expires_at, client.dialect.dateTimeFormat) : undefined
+    let expiresAt: undefined | DateTime
+
+    /**
+     * Parse dialect date to an instance of Luxon
+     */
+    if (expires_at instanceof Date) {
+      expiresAt = DateTime.fromJSDate(expires_at)
+    } else if (expires_at && typeof (expires_at) === 'string') {
+      expiresAt = DateTime.fromFormat(expires_at, client.dialect.dateTimeFormat)
+    } else if (expires_at && typeof (expires_at) === 'number') {
+      expiresAt = DateTime.fromMillis(expires_at)
+    }
 
     /**
      * Ensure token isn't expired
diff --git a/test-helpers/index.ts b/test-helpers/index.ts
index 6e8aeaa..dc500a1 100644
--- a/test-helpers/index.ts
+++ b/test-helpers/index.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ async function createTokensTable (client: QueryClientContract) {
     table.string('name').notNullable()
     table.string('type').notNullable()
     table.string('token').notNullable()
-    table.dateTime('expires_at').nullable()
+    table.timestamp('expires_at', { useTz: true }).nullable()
     table.string('ip_address').nullable()
     table.string('device_name').nullable()
     table.timestamps(true)
diff --git a/test/guards/oat.spec.ts b/test/guards/oat.spec.ts
index 7bbef05..8f7d4c7 100644
--- a/test/guards/oat.spec.ts
+++ b/test/guards/oat.spec.ts
@@ -669,6 +669,111 @@ test.group('OAT Guard | authenticate', (group) => {
       errors: [{ message: 'E_INVALID_API_TOKEN: Invalid API Token' }],
     })
   })
+
+  test('raise error when token is expired', async (assert) => {
+    const User = getUserModel(BaseModel)
+    const user = await User.create({
+      username: 'virk',
+      email: 'virk@adonisjs.com',
+      password: await hash.make('secret'),
+    })
+
+    const apiTokensGuard = getApiTokensGuard(
+      getLucidProvider({ model: User }),
+      getLucidProviderConfig({ model: User }),
+      getCtx(),
+      getTokensDbProvider(db),
+    )
+
+    const token = await apiTokensGuard.loginViaId(user.id, {
+      device_name: 'Android',
+      ip_address: '192.168.1.1',
+    })
+
+    await db.from('api_tokens').update({
+      expires_at: DateTime.local().minus({ days: 1 }).toJSDate(),
+    })
+
+    const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+      const ctx = getCtx(req, res)
+      const oat1 = getApiTokensGuard(
+        getLucidProvider({ model: User }),
+        getLucidProviderConfig({ model: User }),
+        ctx,
+        getTokensDbProvider(db),
+      )
+
+      try {
+        await oat1.authenticate()
+        ctx.response.send(oat1.token)
+      } catch (error) {
+        error.handle(error, ctx)
+      }
+
+      ctx.response.finish()
+    })
+
+    const { body } = await supertest(server)
+      .get('/')
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .set('Authorization', `${token.type} ${token.token}`)
+      .expect(401)
+
+    assert.deepEqual(body, {
+      errors: [{ message: 'E_INVALID_API_TOKEN: Invalid API Token' }],
+    })
+  })
+
+  test('work fine when token is not expired', async (assert) => {
+    const User = getUserModel(BaseModel)
+    const user = await User.create({
+      username: 'virk',
+      email: 'virk@adonisjs.com',
+      password: await hash.make('secret'),
+    })
+
+    const apiTokensGuard = getApiTokensGuard(
+      getLucidProvider({ model: User }),
+      getLucidProviderConfig({ model: User }),
+      getCtx(),
+      getTokensDbProvider(db),
+    )
+
+    const token = await apiTokensGuard.loginViaId(user.id, {
+      device_name: 'Android',
+      ip_address: '192.168.1.1',
+      expiresIn: '30 mins',
+    })
+
+    const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+      const ctx = getCtx(req, res)
+      const oat1 = getApiTokensGuard(
+        getLucidProvider({ model: User }),
+        getLucidProviderConfig({ model: User }),
+        ctx,
+        getTokensDbProvider(db),
+      )
+
+      try {
+        await oat1.authenticate()
+        ctx.response.send(oat1.token)
+      } catch (error) {
+        error.handle(error, ctx)
+      }
+
+      ctx.response.finish()
+    })
+
+    const { body } = await supertest(server)
+      .get('/')
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .set('Authorization', `${token.type} ${token.token}`)
+      .expect(200)
+
+    assert.equal(body.name, 'Opaque Access Token')
+    assert.equal(body.type, 'opaque_token')
+    assert.exists(body.tokenHash)
+  })
 })
 
 test.group('OAT Guard | logout', (group) => {