diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatter.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatter.java
index a3e98a9e..e3073b03 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatter.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.values;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData;
-import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.StringUtils;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ValueUtils;
@@ -46,8 +47,10 @@ public class QValueFormatter
 {
    private static final QLogger LOG = QLogger.getLogger(QValueFormatter.class);
 
-   private static DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd h:mm a");
-   private static DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter     = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
+   private static DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter         = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd h:mm a");
+   private static DateTimeFormatter dateTimeWithZoneFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd h:mm a z");
+   private static DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter             = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
+   private static DateTimeFormatter localTimeFormatter        = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("h:mm a");
 
 
 
@@ -56,23 +59,6 @@ public class QValueFormatter
     *******************************************************************************/
    public static String formatValue(QFieldMetaData field, Serializable value)
    {
-      if(QFieldType.BOOLEAN.equals(field.getType()))
-      {
-         Boolean b = ValueUtils.getValueAsBoolean(value);
-         if(b == null)
-         {
-            return (null);
-         }
-         else if(b)
-         {
-            return ("Yes");
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            return ("No");
-         }
-      }
-
       return (formatValue(field.getDisplayFormat(), field.getName(), value));
    }
 
@@ -102,6 +88,22 @@ public class QValueFormatter
          return (null);
       }
 
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // try to apply some type-specific defaults, if we were requested to just format as a string. //
+      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      if("%s".equals(displayFormat))
+      {
+         if(value instanceof Boolean b)
+         {
+            return formatBoolean(b);
+         }
+
+         if(value instanceof LocalTime lt)
+         {
+            return formatLocalTime(lt);
+         }
+      }
+
       ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // if the field has a display format, try to apply it //
       ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -168,6 +170,26 @@ public class QValueFormatter
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static String formatDateTimeWithZone(ZonedDateTime dateTime)
+   {
+      return (dateTimeWithZoneFormatter.format(dateTime));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static String formatLocalTime(LocalTime localTime)
+   {
+      return (localTimeFormatter.format(localTime));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Make a string from a table's recordLabelFormat and fields, for a given record.
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -293,4 +315,25 @@ public class QValueFormatter
       }
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static String formatBoolean(Boolean b)
+   {
+      if(b == null)
+      {
+         return (null);
+      }
+      else if(b)
+      {
+         return ("Yes");
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         return ("No");
+      }
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatterTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatterTest.java
index 79d0d0bd..0bbf1a7e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatterTest.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/values/QValueFormatterTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.values;
 
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.time.Month;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.BaseTest;
@@ -76,6 +82,10 @@ class QValueFormatterTest extends BaseTest
       assertEquals("Yes", QValueFormatter.formatValue(new QFieldMetaData().withType(QFieldType.BOOLEAN), true));
       assertEquals("No", QValueFormatter.formatValue(new QFieldMetaData().withType(QFieldType.BOOLEAN), false));
 
+      assertNull(QValueFormatter.formatValue(new QFieldMetaData().withType(QFieldType.TIME), null));
+      assertEquals("5:00 AM", QValueFormatter.formatValue(new QFieldMetaData().withType(QFieldType.TIME), LocalTime.of(5, 0)));
+      assertEquals("5:00 PM", QValueFormatter.formatValue(new QFieldMetaData().withType(QFieldType.TIME), LocalTime.of(17, 0)));
+
       //////////////////////////////////////////////////
       // this one flows through the exceptional cases //
       //////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -177,4 +187,17 @@ class QValueFormatterTest extends BaseTest
       assertEquals("2", records.get(1).getDisplayValue("homeStateId")); // PVS NOT translated by this class.
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testFormatDates()
+   {
+      assertEquals("2023-02-01", QValueFormatter.formatDate(LocalDate.of(2023, Month.FEBRUARY, 1)));
+      assertEquals("2023-02-01 7:15 PM", QValueFormatter.formatDateTime(LocalDateTime.of(2023, Month.FEBRUARY, 1, 19, 15)));
+      assertEquals("2023-02-01 7:15 PM CST", QValueFormatter.formatDateTimeWithZone(ZonedDateTime.of(LocalDateTime.of(2023, Month.FEBRUARY, 1, 19, 15), ZoneId.of("US/Central"))));
+   }
+
 }
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