diff --git a/docs/columns.md b/docs/columns.md
index 55a4003..906536e 100644
--- a/docs/columns.md
+++ b/docs/columns.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Available properties in a column object:
 * [hidden](#hidden)
 * [formatter](#formatter)
 * [formatExtraData](#formatExtraData)
+* [type](#type)
 * [sort](#sort)
 * [sortFunc](#sortFunc)
 * [sortCaret](#sortCaret)
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ The third argument: `components` have following specified properties:
 ## <a name='formatExtraData'>column.formatExtraData - [Any]</a>
 It's only used for [`column.formatter`](#formatter), you can define any value for it and will be passed as fourth argument for [`column.formatter`](#formatter) callback function.
 
+## <a name='type'>column.type - [String]</a>
+Specify the data type on column. Available value so far is `string`, `number`, `bool` and `date`. Default is `string`.   
+`column.type` can be used when you enable the cell editing and want to save your cell data with correct data type.
+
 ## <a name='sort'>column.sort - [Bool]</a>
 Enable the column sort via a `true` value given.
 
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-editor/src/context.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-editor/src/context.js
index e9317e2..ea3c1f0 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-editor/src/context.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-editor/src/context.js
@@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ export default (
     }
 
     handleCellUpdate(row, column, newValue) {
+      const newValueWithType = dataOperator.typeConvert(column.type, newValue);
       const { cellEdit } = this.props;
       const { beforeSaveCell } = cellEdit.options;
       const oldValue = _.get(row, column.dataField);
       const beforeSaveCellDone = (result = true) => {
         if (result) {
-          this.doUpdate(row, column, newValue);
+          this.doUpdate(row, column, newValueWithType);
         } else {
           this.escapeEditing();
         }
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export default (
       if (_.isFunction(beforeSaveCell)) {
         const result = beforeSaveCell(
           oldValue,
-          newValue,
+          newValueWithType,
           row,
           column,
           beforeSaveCellDone
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export default (
           return;
         }
       }
-      this.doUpdate(row, column, newValue);
+      this.doUpdate(row, column, newValueWithType);
     }
 
     doUpdate(row, column, newValue) {
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/cell-edit/cell-edit-with-data-type.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/cell-edit/cell-edit-with-data-type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a064b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/cell-edit/cell-edit-with-data-type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/* eslint prefer-template: 0 */
+import React from 'react';
+import BootstrapTable from 'react-bootstrap-table-next';
+import cellEditFactory, { Type } from 'react-bootstrap-table2-editor';
+import Code from 'components/common/code-block';
+import { stockGenerator } from 'utils/common';
+
+const products = stockGenerator();
+
+const columns = [{
+  dataField: 'id',
+  text: 'Stock ID'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'name',
+  text: 'Stock Name'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'price',
+  text: 'Price',
+  type: 'number'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'visible',
+  text: 'Visible?',
+  type: 'bool',
+  editor: {
+    type: Type.CHECKBOX,
+    value: 'true:false'
+  }
+}, {
+  dataField: 'inStockDate',
+  text: 'Stock Date',
+  type: 'date',
+  formatter: (cell) => {
+    let dateObj = cell;
+    if (typeof cell !== 'object') {
+      dateObj = new Date(cell);
+    }
+    return `${('0' + dateObj.getUTCDate()).slice(-2)}/${('0' + (dateObj.getUTCMonth() + 1)).slice(-2)}/${dateObj.getUTCFullYear()}`;
+  },
+  editor: {
+    type: Type.DATE
+  }
+}];
+
+const sourceCode = `\
+import BootstrapTable from 'react-bootstrap-table-next';
+import cellEditFactory from 'react-bootstrap-table2-editor';
+
+const columns = [{
+  dataField: 'id',
+  text: 'Stock ID'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'name',
+  text: 'Stock Name'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'price',
+  text: 'Price',
+  type: 'number'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'visible',
+  text: 'Visible?',
+  type: 'bool',
+  editor: {
+    type: Type.CHECKBOX,
+    value: 'true:false'
+  }
+}, {
+  dataField: 'inStockDate',
+  text: 'Stock Date',
+  type: 'date',
+  formatter: (cell) => {
+    let dateObj = cell;
+    if (typeof cell !== 'object') {
+      dateObj = new Date(cell);
+    }
+    return \`$\{('0' + dateObj.getUTCDate()).slice(-2)}/$\{('0' + (dateObj.getUTCMonth() + 1)).slice(-2)}/$\{dateObj.getUTCFullYear()}\`;
+  },
+  editor: {
+    type: Type.DATE
+  }
+}];
+
+function afterSaveCell(oldValue, newValue) {
+  console.log('--after save cell--');
+  console.log('New Value was apply as');
+  console.log(newValue);
+  console.log(\`and the type is $\{typeof newValue}\`);
+}
+
+<BootstrapTable
+  keyField="id"
+  data={ products }
+  columns={ columns }
+  cellEdit={ cellEditFactory({
+    mode: 'click',
+    blurToSave: true,
+    afterSaveCell
+  }) }
+/>
+`;
+
+function afterSaveCell(oldValue, newValue) {
+  console.log('--after save cell--');
+  console.log('New Value was apply as');
+  console.log(newValue);
+  console.log(`and the type is ${typeof newValue}`);
+}
+
+export default () => (
+  <div>
+    <h3>Save Cell Value with Specified Data Type</h3>
+    <BootstrapTable
+      keyField="id"
+      data={ products }
+      columns={ columns }
+      cellEdit={ cellEditFactory({
+        mode: 'click',
+        blurToSave: true,
+        afterSaveCell
+      }) }
+    />
+    <Code>{ sourceCode }</Code>
+  </div>
+);
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/src/utils/common.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/src/utils/common.js
index beea31b..f6baec2 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/src/utils/common.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/src/utils/common.js
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ const endDate = new Date();
 export const stockGenerator = (quantity = 5) =>
   Array.from({ length: quantity }, (value, index) => ({
     id: index,
-    name: `Todo item ${index}`,
+    name: `Stock Name ${index}`,
     price: Math.floor((Math.random() * 2) + 1),
+    visible: Math.random() > 0.5,
     inStockDate:
       new Date(startDate.getTime() + Math.random() * (endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime()))
   }));
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
index 732c5b2..2add873 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ import TextareaEditorTable from 'examples/cell-edit/textarea-editor-table';
 import CheckboxEditorTable from 'examples/cell-edit/checkbox-editor-table';
 import DateEditorTable from 'examples/cell-edit/date-editor-table';
 import CustomEditorTable from 'examples/cell-edit/custom-editor-table';
+import CellEditorWithDataType from 'examples/cell-edit/cell-edit-with-data-type';
 
 // work on row selection
 import SingleSelectionTable from 'examples/row-selection/single-selection';
@@ -377,7 +378,8 @@ storiesOf('Cell Editing', module)
   .add('Textarea Editor', () => <TextareaEditorTable />)
   .add('Checkbox Editor', () => <CheckboxEditorTable />)
   .add('Date Editor', () => <DateEditorTable />)
-  .add('Custom Editor', () => <CustomEditorTable />);
+  .add('Custom Editor', () => <CustomEditorTable />)
+  .add('Cell Editor with Data Type', () => <CellEditorWithDataType />);
 
 storiesOf('Row Selection', module)
   .addDecorator(bootstrapStyle())
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/const.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/const.js
index ce1b7e4..9852215 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/const.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/const.js
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ export default {
   CHECKBOX_STATUS_INDETERMINATE: 'indeterminate',
   CHECKBOX_STATUS_UNCHECKED: 'unchecked',
   INDICATOR_POSITION_LEFT: 'left',
-  INDICATOR_POSITION_RIGHT: 'right'
+  INDICATOR_POSITION_RIGHT: 'right',
+  TYPE_STRING: 'string',
+  TYPE_NUMBER: 'number',
+  TYPE_BOOLEAN: 'bool',
+  TYPE_DATE: 'date'
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js
index 708800b..3321507 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ HeaderCell.propTypes = {
   column: PropTypes.shape({
     dataField: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     text: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    type: PropTypes.oneOf([
+      Const.TYPE_STRING,
+      Const.TYPE_NUMBER,
+      Const.TYPE_BOOLEAN,
+      Const.TYPE_DATE
+    ]),
     isDummyField: PropTypes.bool,
     hidden: PropTypes.bool,
     headerFormatter: PropTypes.func,
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/operators.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/operators.js
index de055ee..b357006 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/operators.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/operators.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import * as selection from './selection';
 import * as expand from './expand';
 import * as mutate from './mutate';
 import * as sort from './sort';
+import * as type from './type';
 
 export default {
   ...rows,
   ...selection,
   ...expand,
   ...mutate,
-  ...sort
+  ...sort,
+  ...type
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/type.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5084e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/store/type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Const from '../const';
+
+export const typeConvert = (type, value) => {
+  if (!type || type === Const.TYPE_STRING) {
+    return String(value);
+  } else if (type === Const.TYPE_NUMBER) {
+    return Number(value);
+  } else if (type === Const.TYPE_BOOLEAN) {
+    if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
+      return value;
+    }
+    return value === 'true';
+  } else if (type === Const.TYPE_DATE) {
+    return new Date(value);
+  }
+  return value;
+};
+