diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordEntityField.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordEntityField.java
index f977f244..510308c0 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordEntityField.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/data/QRecordEntityField.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QValueException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ValueUtils;
 
@@ -159,6 +160,11 @@ public class QRecordEntityField
          {
             return (ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(value));
          }
+
+         if(type.equals(LocalTime.class))
+         {
+            return (ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime(value));
+         }
       }
       catch(Exception e)
       {
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java
index 997e377b..47f71df6 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public class BasicETLLoadFunction implements BackendStep
 {
    private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(BasicETLLoadFunction.class);
 
+   private boolean returnStoredRecords = false;
+
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
@@ -89,7 +91,11 @@ public class BasicETLLoadFunction implements BackendStep
 
          InsertAction insertAction = new InsertAction();
          InsertOutput insertOutput = insertAction.execute(insertInput);
-         outputRecords.addAll(insertOutput.getRecords());
+
+         if(returnStoredRecords)
+         {
+            outputRecords.addAll(insertOutput.getRecords());
+         }
 
          recordsInserted += insertOutput.getRecords().size();
       }
@@ -97,4 +103,15 @@ public class BasicETLLoadFunction implements BackendStep
       runBackendStepOutput.addValue(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_RECORD_COUNT, recordsInserted);
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Setter for returnStoredRecords
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void setReturnStoredRecords(boolean returnStoredRecords)
+   {
+      this.returnStoredRecords = returnStoredRecords;
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtils.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtils.java
index d839a36b..a33abaa1 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtils.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtils.java
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils;
 
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
@@ -415,4 +417,45 @@ public class ValueUtils
          throw (new QValueException("Value [" + value + "] could not be converted to a Instant.", e));
       }
    }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static Object getValueAsLocalTime(Serializable value)
+   {
+      try
+      {
+         if(value == null)
+         {
+            return (null);
+         }
+         else if(value instanceof LocalTime lt)
+         {
+            return (lt);
+         }
+         else if(value instanceof String s)
+         {
+            if(!StringUtils.hasContent(s))
+            {
+               return (null);
+            }
+
+            return LocalTime.parse(s);
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            throw (new QValueException("Unsupported class " + value.getClass().getName() + " for converting to LocalTime."));
+         }
+      }
+      catch(QValueException qve)
+      {
+         throw (qve);
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         throw (new QValueException("Value [" + value + "] could not be converted to a LocalTime.", e));
+      }
+   }
 }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtilsTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtilsTest.java
index abb4afbc..0ef501a7 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtilsTest.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/ValueUtilsTest.java
@@ -27,14 +27,18 @@ import java.math.MathContext;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.Month;
-import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QValueException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -226,4 +230,24 @@ class ValueUtilsTest
    }
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testGetValueAsLocalTime() throws QValueException
+   {
+      assertNull(ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(null));
+      assertNull(ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(""));
+      assertNull(ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(" "));
+      assertEquals(LocalTime.of(10, 42), ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime(LocalTime.of(10, 42)));
+      assertEquals(LocalTime.of(10, 42, 59), ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime(LocalTime.of(10, 42, 59)));
+      assertEquals(LocalTime.of(10, 42), ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime("10:42"));
+      assertEquals(LocalTime.of(10, 42, 59), ValueUtils.getValueAsLocalTime("10:42:59"));
+
+      assertThrows(QValueException.class, () -> ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant("a"));
+      assertThrows(QValueException.class, () -> ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant("a,b"));
+      assertThrows(QValueException.class, () -> ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant("1980/05/31"));
+      assertThat(assertThrows(QValueException.class, () -> ValueUtils.getValueAsInstant(new Object())).getMessage()).contains("Unsupported class");
+   }
+
 }
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