diff --git a/r/NEWS.md b/r/NEWS.md
index 43e36a52541..6b2e0532168 100644
--- a/r/NEWS.md
+++ b/r/NEWS.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 * `read_csv_arrow()`'s readr-style type `T` is now mapped to `timestamp(unit = "ns")` instead of `timestamp(unit = "s")`.
 * `lubridate`:
   * component extraction functions: `tz()` (timezone), `semester()` (semester), `dst()` (daylight savings time indicator), `date()` (extract date), `epiyear()` (epiyear), improvements to `month()`, which now works with integer inputs.
+  * `make_date()` & `make_datetime()` + `ISOdatetime()` & `ISOdate()` to create date-times from numeric representations. 
 * date-time functionality:
   * `as.Date()` to convert to date
 
diff --git a/r/R/dplyr-funcs-datetime.R b/r/R/dplyr-funcs-datetime.R
index b1ae6a44159..7f8660d74a7 100644
--- a/r/R/dplyr-funcs-datetime.R
+++ b/r/R/dplyr-funcs-datetime.R
@@ -187,6 +187,52 @@ register_bindings_datetime <- function() {
   register_binding("date", function(x) {
     build_expr("cast", x, options = list(to_type = date32()))
   })
+  register_binding("make_datetime", function(year = 1970L,
+                                             month = 1L,
+                                             day = 1L,
+                                             hour = 0L,
+                                             min = 0L,
+                                             sec = 0,
+                                             tz = "UTC") {
+
+    # ParseTimestampStrptime currently ignores the timezone information (ARROW-12820).
+    # Stop if tz other than 'UTC' is provided.
+    if (tz != "UTC") {
+      arrow_not_supported("Time zone other than 'UTC'")
+    }
+
+    x <- call_binding("str_c", year, month, day, hour, min, sec, sep = "-")
+    build_expr("strptime", x, options = list(format = "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S", unit = 0L))
+  })
+  register_binding("make_date", function(year = 1970L, month = 1L, day = 1L) {
+    x <- call_binding("make_datetime", year, month, day)
+    build_expr("cast", x, options = cast_options(to_type = date32()))
+  })
+  register_binding("ISOdatetime", function(year,
+                                           month,
+                                           day, 
+                                           hour,
+                                           min,
+                                           sec,
+                                           tz = "UTC") {
+
+    # NAs for seconds aren't propagated (but treated as 0) in the base version
+    sec <- call_binding("if_else",
+                        call_binding("is.na", sec),
+                        0,
+                        sec)
+
+    call_binding("make_datetime", year, month, day, hour, min, sec, tz)
+  })
+  register_binding("ISOdate", function(year,
+                                       month,
+                                       day,
+                                       hour = 12,
+                                       min = 0,
+                                       sec = 0,
+                                       tz = "UTC") {
+    call_binding("make_datetime", year, month, day, hour, min, sec, tz)
+  })
 }
 
 binding_format_datetime <- function(x, format = "", tz = "", usetz = FALSE) {
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-datetime.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-datetime.R
index d0afda8912d..62d682a600b 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-datetime.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-dplyr-funcs-datetime.R
@@ -974,3 +974,105 @@ test_that("date() errors with unsupported inputs", {
     regexp = "Unsupported cast from double to date32 using function cast_date32"
   )
 })
+
+test_that("make_date & make_datetime", {
+  test_df <- expand.grid(
+    year = c(1999, 1969, 2069, NA),
+    month = c(1, 2, 7, 12, NA),
+    day = c(1, 9, 13, 28, NA),
+    hour = c(0, 7, 23, NA),
+    min = c(0, 59, NA),
+    sec = c(0, 59, NA)
+  ) %>%
+    tibble()
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(composed_date = make_date(year, month, day)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df
+  )
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(composed_date_r_obj = make_date(1999, 12, 31)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df
+  )
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(composed_datetime = make_datetime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df,
+    # the make_datetime binding uses strptime which does not support tz, hence
+    # a mismatch in tzone attribute (ARROW-12820)
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(
+        composed_datetime_r_obj = make_datetime(1999, 12, 31, 14, 15, 16)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df,
+    # the make_datetime binding uses strptime which does not support tz, hence
+    # a mismatch in tzone attribute (ARROW-12820)
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+})
+
+test_that("ISO_datetime & ISOdate", {
+  test_df <- expand.grid(
+    year = c(1999, 1969, 2069, NA),
+    month = c(1, 2, 7, 12, NA),
+    day = c(1, 9, 13, 28, NA),
+    hour = c(0, 7, 23, NA),
+    min = c(0, 59, NA),
+    sec = c(0, 59, NA)
+  ) %>%
+    tibble()
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(composed_date = ISOdate(year, month, day)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df,
+    # the make_datetime binding uses strptime which does not support tz, hence
+    # a mismatch in tzone attribute (ARROW-12820)
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(composed_date_r_obj = ISOdate(1999, 12, 31)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df,
+    # the make_datetime binding uses strptime which does not support tz, hence
+    # a mismatch in tzone attribute (ARROW-12820)
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+
+  # the default `tz` for base::ISOdatetime is "", but in Arrow it's "UTC"
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(
+        composed_datetime = ISOdatetime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, tz = "UTC")) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df,
+    # the make_datetime binding uses strptime which does not support tz, hence
+    # a mismatch in tzone attribute (ARROW-12820)
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+
+  compare_dplyr_binding(
+    .input %>%
+      mutate(
+        composed_datetime_r_obj = ISOdatetime(1999, 12, 31, 14, 15, 16)) %>%
+      collect(),
+    test_df,
+    # the make_datetime binding uses strptime which does not support tz, hence
+    # a mismatch in tzone attribute (ARROW-12820)
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+})