diff --git a/src/selmer/filters.clj b/src/selmer/filters.clj
index e4bf6da..54d7f24 100644
--- a/src/selmer/filters.clj
+++ b/src/selmer/filters.clj
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ map. The rest of the arguments are optional and are always strings."
                      @(resolve 'jsonista.core/write-value-as-string)
                      (catch Exception e
                        (fn [_]
-                         (throw (ex-info "Supported JSON libraries: cheshire, clojure.data.json or 
-                                          jsonista. Provide one of these on the classpath to enable 
+                         (throw (ex-info "Supported JSON libraries: cheshire, clojure.data.json or
+                                          jsonista. Provide one of these on the classpath to enable
                                           the json filter." {} e))))))))))
 
 (def valid-date-formats
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ map. The rest of the arguments are optional and are always strings."
             (.atZone (ZoneId/systemDefault))
             (.toLocalDateTime))
 
+        (instance? java.time.Instant d)
+        (-> (.atZone ^java.time.Instant d (ZoneId/systemDefault))
+            (.toLocalDateTime))
+
         :else
         (throw (IllegalArgumentException. (str d " is not a valid date format.")))))
 
@@ -234,10 +238,11 @@ map. The rest of the arguments are optional and are always strings."
                                       (Locale/getDefault))]
                 (String/format locale fmt (into-array Object [n]))))
 
-            ;;; Formats a date with default locale, expects an instance of DateTime (Joda Time) or Date.
+            ;;; Formats a date with default locale. Supports a wide range of
+            ;;; date types (incl. java.util.Date, java.time.Instant, java.sql.Date)
             ;;; The format can be a key from valid-date-formats or a manually defined format
             ;;; Look in
-            ;;; http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormat.html
+            ;;; https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api//java.base/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html
             ;;; for formatting help.
             ;;; You can also format time with this.
             ;;; An optional locale for formatting can be given as second parameter
diff --git a/test/selmer/core_test.clj b/test/selmer/core_test.clj
index b47d47b..68d3a01 100644
--- a/test/selmer/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/selmer/core_test.clj
@@ -869,7 +869,9 @@
 
 (deftest filter-date
   (let [date (java.util.Date.)
-        firstofmarch (java.util.Date. 114 2 1)]
+        date-inst (.toInstant date)
+        firstofmarch (java.util.Date. 114 2 1)
+        firstofmarch-inst (.toInstant firstofmarch)]
     (is (= "" (render "{{d|date:\"yyyy-MM-dd\"}}" {:d nil})))
     (is (= (.format (java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") date)
            (render "{{f|date:\"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss\"}}" {:f date})))
@@ -883,7 +885,20 @@
     (is (= "2014/3/1 00:00" (render "{{d|date:shortDateTime:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch})))
     (is (= "2014年3月1日 00:00:00" (render "{{d|date:mediumDateTime:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch})))
     (is (= "2014年3月1日" (render "{{d|date:longDate:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch})))
-    (is (= "2014 Mar 1" (render "{{d|date:longDate:en_US}}" {:d firstofmarch})))))
+    (is (= "2014 Mar 1" (render "{{d|date:longDate:en_US}}" {:d firstofmarch})))
+    (is (= (.format (java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") date)
+           (render "{{f|date:\"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss\"}}" {:f date-inst})))
+    (is (= (.format (java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "MMMM" (java.util.Locale. "fr")) firstofmarch)
+           (render "{{f|date:\"MMMM\":fr}}" {:f firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "00:00" (render "{{d|date:shortTime:en_US}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "00:00" (render "{{d|date:shortTime:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014-03-01" (render "{{d|date:shortDate:en_US}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014/3/1" (render "{{d|date:shortDate:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014-03-01 00:00" (render "{{d|date:shortDateTime:en_US}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014/3/1 00:00" (render "{{d|date:shortDateTime:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014年3月1日 00:00:00" (render "{{d|date:mediumDateTime:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014年3月1日" (render "{{d|date:longDate:zh}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))
+    (is (= "2014 Mar 1" (render "{{d|date:longDate:en_US}}" {:d firstofmarch-inst})))))
 
 (deftest filter-hash-md5
   (is (= "acbd18db4cc2f85cedef654fccc4a4d8"