diff --git a/src/addons/mod/assign/services/assign.ts b/src/addons/mod/assign/services/assign.ts
index 09f6281dd..c213cb8eb 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/assign/services/assign.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/assign/services/assign.ts
@@ -1559,6 +1559,7 @@ export type AddonModAssignParticipant = {
     customfields?: { // User custom fields (also known as user profile fields).
         type: string; // The type of the custom field - text field, checkbox...
         value: string; // The value of the custom field.
+        displayvalue: string; // @since 4.2.Formatted value of the custom field.
         name: string; // The name of the custom field.
         shortname: string; // The shortname of the custom field - to be able to build the field class in the code.
     }[];
diff --git a/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/addon-user-profile-field-datetime.html b/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/addon-user-profile-field-datetime.html
index 19b3d16de..3638e01b8 100644
--- a/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/addon-user-profile-field-datetime.html
+++ b/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/addon-user-profile-field-datetime.html
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <ion-item *ngIf="!edit && field && field.name">
     <ion-label>
         <p class="item-heading">{{ field.name }}</p>
-        <p>{{ valueNumber * 1000 | coreFormatDate }}</p>
+        <p *ngIf="valueNumber">{{ valueNumber * 1000 | coreFormatDate }}</p>
+        <p *ngIf="displayValue">{{ displayValue }}</p>
     </ion-label>
 </ion-item>
 
diff --git a/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/datetime.ts b/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/datetime.ts
index 1a48918f5..c97a0400a 100644
--- a/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/datetime.ts
+++ b/src/addons/userprofilefield/datetime/component/datetime.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export class AddonUserProfileFieldDatetimeComponent extends CoreUserProfileField
     format?: string;
     min?: string;
     max?: string;
-    valueNumber = 0;
+    valueNumber?: number;
+    displayValue?: string;
     monthNames?: string[];
     displayTimezone?: string;
 
@@ -46,6 +47,12 @@ export class AddonUserProfileFieldDatetimeComponent extends CoreUserProfileField
      * @param field Field to render.
      */
     protected initForNonEdit(field: CoreUserProfileField): void {
+        if (field.displayvalue) {
+            this.displayValue = field.displayvalue;
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         this.valueNumber = Number(field.value);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/features/user/classes/base-profilefield-component.ts b/src/core/features/user/classes/base-profilefield-component.ts
index d7dbb2907..7730b2c59 100644
--- a/src/core/features/user/classes/base-profilefield-component.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/user/classes/base-profilefield-component.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export abstract class CoreUserProfileFieldBaseComponent implements OnInit {
      * @param field Field to render.
      */
     protected initForNonEdit(field: CoreUserProfileField): void {
-        this.value = field.value;
+        this.value = field.displayvalue ?? field.value;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/features/user/services/user.ts b/src/core/features/user/services/user.ts
index 209fe3c06..267b92123 100644
--- a/src/core/features/user/services/user.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/user/services/user.ts
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ export type CoreUserPreference = {
 export type CoreUserProfileField = {
     type: string; // The type of the custom field - text field, checkbox...
     value: string; // The value of the custom field.
+    displayvalue: string; // @since 4.2. Formatted value of the custom field.
     name: string; // The name of the custom field.
     shortname: string; // The shortname of the custom field - to be able to build the field class in the code.
 };