pods-framework / pods

			// Try field format.

			$date_local = $this->createFromFormat( $format, (string) $value );

			if ( $date instanceof DateTime ) {

				$value = $date->format( $format );

			} elseif ( $date_local instanceof DateTime ) {

				$value = $date_local->format( $format );

			} else {

				$value = date_i18n( $format, strtotime( (string) $value ) );

			}

		} elseif ( 0 === (int) pods_v( static::$type . '_allow_empty', $options, 1 ) ) {

			$value = date_i18n( $format );

		if ( ! empty( $value ) && ! in_array( $value, array( '0000-00-00', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '00:00:00' ), true ) ) {

			$date = $this->createFromFormat( $original_format, (string) $value, $return_timestamp );

			if ( $date instanceof DateTime ) {

				$value = $date->format( $new_format );

			} elseif ( false !== $date ) {

				$date = strtotime( (string) $value );

				$value = date_i18n( $new_format, $date );

			}

		} else {

			$value = date_i18n( $new_format );

		}