diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers/arrow_parser_wrapper.py b/pandas/io/parsers/arrow_parser_wrapper.py
index 86bb5f190e403..658942a41fd6c 100644
--- a/pandas/io/parsers/arrow_parser_wrapper.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers/arrow_parser_wrapper.py
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ def _finalize_pandas_output(self, frame: DataFrame) -> DataFrame:
             except TypeError as err:
                 # GH#44901 reraise to keep api consistent
                 raise ValueError(str(err)) from err
+            
+        self._set_date_column_dtype(frame, date_columns=["date_column1", "date_column2"], dtype="timestamp[ns][pyarrow]")
+
         return frame
 
     def _validate_usecols(self, usecols) -> None:
@@ -306,4 +309,23 @@ def read(self) -> DataFrame:
 
             else:
                 frame = table.to_pandas()
+        
         return self._finalize_pandas_output(frame)
+
+
+    def _set_date_column_dtype(self, frame: DataFrame, date_columns: list, dtype: str):
+        """
+        Sets the dtype for specified date columns in the DataFrame.
+        
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        frame : DataFrame
+            The DataFrame to modify.
+        date_columns : list
+            List of column names that are date columns.
+        dtype : str
+            The dtype to apply to these columns, e.g., 'datetime64[ns]'.
+        """
+        for col in date_columns:
+            if col in frame.columns:
+                frame[col] = frame[col].astype(dtype)