diff --git a/src/View/Helper/CrudViewHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/CrudViewHelper.php
index a7a7c59..b455940 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/CrudViewHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/CrudViewHelper.php
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@
 namespace CrudView\View\Helper;
 
 use BackedEnum;
+use Cake\Chronos\ChronosDate;
+use Cake\Chronos\ChronosTime;
 use Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException;
 use Cake\Database\Type\EnumLabelInterface;
 use Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface;
 use Cake\Datasource\SchemaInterface;
+use Cake\I18n\Date;
+use Cake\I18n\Time;
 use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
 use Cake\Utility\Text;
 use Cake\View\Form\EntityContext;
@@ -44,6 +48,9 @@ class CrudViewHelper extends Helper
      */
     protected array $_defaultConfig = [
         'fieldFormatters' => null,
+        'dateTimeFormat' => null,
+        'dateFormat' => null,
+        'timeFormat' => null,
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -152,12 +159,8 @@ public function introspect(string $field, mixed $value, array $options = []): ar
             return $this->formatBoolean($field, $value, $options);
         }
 
-        if (in_array($type, ['datetime', 'date', 'timestamp'])) {
-            return $this->formatDate($field, $value, $options);
-        }
-
-        if ($type === 'time') {
-            return $this->formatTime($field, $value, $options);
+        if (in_array($type, ['datetime', 'date', 'time', 'timestamp'], true)) {
+            return $this->formatDateTime($field, $value, $options);
         }
 
         if ($type !== null && str_starts_with($type, 'enum-')) {
@@ -207,33 +210,26 @@ public function formatBoolean(string $field, mixed $value, array $options): stri
      * @param array $options Options array.
      * @return string
      */
-    public function formatDate(string $field, mixed $value, array $options): string
+    public function formatDateTime(string $field, mixed $value, array $options): string
     {
         if ($value === null) {
             return $this->Html->badge(__d('crud', 'N/A'), ['class' => 'info']);
         }
 
-        return $this->Time->timeAgoInWords($value, $options);
-    }
+        if ($value instanceof Date) {
+            return $value->i18nFormat($options['format'] ?? $this->getConfig('dateFormat'));
+        }
 
-    /**
-     * Format a time for display
-     *
-     * @param string $field Name of field.
-     * @param mixed $value Value of field.
-     * @param array $options Options array.
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function formatTime(string $field, mixed $value, array $options): string
-    {
-        $format = $options['format'] ?? 'KK:mm:ss a';
-        /** @var string $value */
-        $value = $this->Time->format($value, $format, '');
-        if ($value === '') {
-            return $this->Html->badge(__d('crud', 'N/A'), ['class' => 'info']);
+        if ($value instanceof Time) {
+            return $value->i18nFormat($options['format'] ?? $this->getConfig('timeFormat'));
         }
 
-        return $value;
+        if ($value instanceof ChronosDate || $value instanceof ChronosTime) {
+            return (string)$value;
+        }
+
+        return $this->Time->i18nFormat($value, $options['format'] ?? $this->getConfig('dateTimeFormat'), '')
+            ?: $this->Html->badge(__d('crud', 'N/A'), ['class' => 'info']);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php b/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php
index 9248a6e..6a0d379 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/UsersFixture.php
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 class UsersFixture extends TestFixture
 {
     public array $records = [
-        ['username' => 'ADmad', 'birth_date' => '2000-01-01'],
+        ['username' => 'ADmad', 'birth_date' => '2000-01-15'],
     ];
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/CrudViewTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/CrudViewTest.php
index cee98ee..3f29216 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/CrudViewTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/CrudViewTest.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ public function testCreation()
         $expected = [
             'className' => 'CrudView.CrudView',
             'fieldFormatters' => ['datetime' => 'formatTime'],
+            'dateTimeFormat' => null,
+            'dateFormat' => null,
+            'timeFormat' => null,
         ];
         $result = $CrudView->CrudView->getConfig();
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/CrudViewHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/CrudViewHelperTest.php
index 6acec89..9307a7e 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/CrudViewHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/CrudViewHelperTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 namespace CrudView\Test\TestCase\View\Helper;
 
 use Cake\I18n\DateTime;
+use Cake\I18n\Time;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use Cake\View\View;
 use CrudView\View\Helper\CrudViewHelper;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public function setUp(): void
         static::setAppNamespace();
     }
 
-    public function testIntrospect()
+    public function testIntrospect(): void
     {
         $entity = $this->fetchTable('Blogs')->find()->first();
         $entity->created = new DateTime();
@@ -50,13 +51,7 @@ public function testIntrospect()
 
         $value = $entity->created;
         $result = $this->CrudView->introspect('created', $value);
-        $this->assertEquals('just now', $result);
-
-        $this->CrudView->setConfig('fieldFormatters', [
-            'datetime' => 'formatTime',
-        ]);
-        $result = $this->CrudView->introspect('created', $value);
-        $this->assertEquals($this->CrudView->Time->format($value, 'KK:mm:ss a'), $result);
+        $this->assertEquals($entity->created->i18nFormat(), $result);
 
         $result = $this->CrudView->introspect('created', 'invalid');
         $this->assertEquals('<span class="bg-info badge">N/A</span>', $result);
@@ -73,15 +68,31 @@ public function testIntrospect()
         $this->assertEquals('formatted time', $result);
     }
 
-    public function testProcess()
+    public function testProcess(): void
     {
         $entity = $this->fetchTable('Blogs')->find()
             ->contain('Users')
             ->first();
 
         $this->assertSame(
-            'on 1/1/00',
+            '1/15/00',
             $this->CrudView->process('user.birth_date', $entity)
         );
     }
+
+    public function testFormatDateTime(): void
+    {
+        $dateTime = new Time('14:00:00');
+
+        $result = $this->CrudView->formatDateTime('field', $dateTime, []);
+        $this->assertEquals('2:00 PM', $result);
+
+        Time::setToStringFormat('KK:mm:ss a');
+        $result = $this->CrudView->formatDateTime('field', $dateTime, []);
+        $this->assertEquals('02:00:00 PM', $result);
+
+        $dateTime = new DateTime('2021-01-20 14:00:00');
+        $result = $this->CrudView->formatDateTime('field', $dateTime, []);
+        $this->assertEquals('1/20/21, 2:00 PM', $result);
+    }
 }