diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/tests/modules/aggregator_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_aggregator_items.yml b/core/modules/aggregator/tests/modules/aggregator_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_aggregator_items.yml
index 281cddea4fc..db7b2035cd5 100644
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/tests/modules/aggregator_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_aggregator_items.yml
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/tests/modules/aggregator_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_aggregator_items.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ display:
           table: aggregator_item
           field: timestamp
           id: timestamp
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: medium
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: aggregator_item
           entity_field: timestamp
         author:
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/config/optional/views.view.block_content.yml b/core/modules/block_content/config/optional/views.view.block_content.yml
index d0b9c557a34..f25b3ab3404 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/config/optional/views.view.block_content.yml
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/config/optional/views.view.block_content.yml
@@ -290,12 +290,14 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: short
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
           entity_type: block_content
           entity_field: changed
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: short
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
         operations:
           id: operations
           table: block_content
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/config/optional/views.view.comments_recent.yml b/core/modules/comment/config/optional/views.view.comments_recent.yml
index 6f9c5cd92f2..5e2bb894b10 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/config/optional/views.view.comments_recent.yml
+++ b/core/modules/comment/config/optional/views.view.comments_recent.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ display:
           table: comment_field_data
           field: changed
           relationship: none
-          plugin_id: date
+          plugin_id: field
           group_type: group
           admin_label: ''
           label: ''
@@ -163,9 +163,11 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: 'time ago'
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
+          type: timestamp_ago
+          settings:
+            future_format: '@interval hence'
+            past_format: '@interval ago'
+            granularity: 2
           entity_type: comment
           entity_field: changed
       filters:
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/tests/modules/comment_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_comment_rest.yml b/core/modules/comment/tests/modules/comment_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_comment_rest.yml
index 0c74efa0174..851edfd35d2 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/tests/modules/comment_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_comment_rest.yml
+++ b/core/modules/comment/tests/modules/comment_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_comment_rest.yml
@@ -246,10 +246,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: long
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: long
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
         comment_body:
           id: comment_body
           table: comment__comment_body
diff --git a/core/modules/file/config/optional/views.view.files.yml b/core/modules/file/config/optional/views.view.files.yml
index 5e727fb0524..8a9cdf04c39 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/config/optional/views.view.files.yml
+++ b/core/modules/file/config/optional/views.view.files.yml
@@ -448,10 +448,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: medium
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: medium
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: file
           entity_field: created
         changed:
@@ -502,10 +504,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: medium
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: medium
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: file
           entity_field: changed
         count:
diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml
index c8201f2d144..150cf1fed41 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml
@@ -294,10 +294,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: short
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: short
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: node
           entity_field: changed
         operations:
diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.glossary.yml b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.glossary.yml
index 63bf6f7fa89..eab49b7af8e 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.glossary.yml
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.glossary.yml
@@ -172,8 +172,12 @@ display:
           table: node_field_data
           field: changed
           label: 'Last update'
-          date_format: long
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: long
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
           relationship: none
           group_type: group
           admin_label: ''
@@ -217,8 +221,6 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
           entity_type: node
           entity_field: changed
       arguments:
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/NodeRevision.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/NodeRevision.php
index d01f7e83723..502d47f4cdc 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/NodeRevision.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/NodeRevision.php
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ class NodeRevision extends WizardPluginBase {
     $display_options['fields']['changed']['alter']['html'] = FALSE;
     $display_options['fields']['changed']['hide_empty'] = FALSE;
     $display_options['fields']['changed']['empty_zero'] = FALSE;
-    $display_options['fields']['changed']['plugin_id'] = 'date';
+    $display_options['fields']['changed']['plugin_id'] = 'field';
+    $display_options['fields']['changed']['type'] = 'timestamp';
+    $display_options['fields']['changed']['settings']['date_format'] = 'medium';
+    $display_options['fields']['changed']['settings']['custom_date_format'] = '';
+    $display_options['fields']['changed']['settings']['timezone'] = '';
 
     /* Field: Content revision: Title */
     $display_options['fields']['title']['id'] = 'title';
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/tests/modules/rest_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_serializer_display_field.yml b/core/modules/rest/tests/modules/rest_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_serializer_display_field.yml
index 7f7769d2947..2b981f0bf71 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/tests/modules/rest_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_serializer_display_field.yml
+++ b/core/modules/rest/tests/modules/rest_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_serializer_display_field.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ display:
           id: created
           table: views_test_data
           field: created
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: medium
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
       sorts:
         created:
           id: created
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.php b/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d8da457fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains database additions to drupal-8.bare.standard.php.gz for testing the
+ * upgrade path of https://www.drupal.org/node/2455125.
+ */
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+
+$connection = Database::getConnection();
+
+// Structure of a view with timestamp fields.
+$views_configs = [];
+
+$views_configs[] = \Drupal\Component\Serialization\Yaml::decode(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.yml'));
+
+foreach ($views_configs as $views_config) {
+$connection->insert('config')
+  ->fields(array(
+      'collection',
+      'name',
+      'data',
+    ))
+  ->values(array(
+      'collection' => '',
+      'name' => 'views.view.' . $views_config['id'],
+      'data' => serialize($views_config),
+    ))
+  ->execute();
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.yml b/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3c1b630fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+uuid: e693b165-0e14-4dee-9909-9f0892037c23
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  module:
+    - user
+id: update_test
+label: 'Update Test'
+module: views
+description: ''
+tag: ''
+base_table: users_field_data
+base_field: uid
+core: 8.x
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: 0
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access user profiles'
+      cache:
+        type: tag
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: false
+          distinct: false
+          replica: false
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: false
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: true
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: none
+        options:
+          items_per_page: 0
+          offset: 0
+      style:
+        type: default
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        name:
+          id: name
+          table: users_field_data
+          field: name
+          entity_type: user
+          entity_field: name
+          label: ''
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            make_link: false
+            absolute: false
+            trim: false
+            word_boundary: false
+            ellipsis: false
+            strip_tags: false
+            html: false
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          plugin_id: field
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: user_name
+          settings: {  }
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+        created:
+          id: created
+          table: users_field_data
+          field: created
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: false
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          date_format: long
+          custom_date_format: ''
+          timezone: Africa/Abidjan
+          entity_type: user
+          entity_field: created
+          plugin_id: date
+        created_1:
+          id: created_1
+          table: users_field_data
+          field: created
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: false
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          date_format: 'raw time ago'
+          custom_date_format: ''
+          timezone: ''
+          entity_type: user
+          entity_field: created
+          plugin_id: date
+        created_2:
+          id: created_2
+          table: users_field_data
+          field: created
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: false
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          date_format: 'time ago'
+          custom_date_format: ''
+          timezone: ''
+          entity_type: user
+          entity_field: created
+          plugin_id: date
+      filters: {  }
+      sorts: {  }
+      title: 'Update Test'
+      header: {  }
+      footer: {  }
+      empty: {  }
+      relationships: {  }
+      arguments: {  }
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - user.permissions
+      cacheable: false
+  block_1:
+    display_plugin: block
+    id: block_1
+    display_title: Block
+    position: 1
+    display_options:
+      display_extenders: {  }
+      allow:
+        items_per_page: false
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - user.permissions
+      cacheable: false
diff --git a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml
index 3ae6695df3d..0644e803c70 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml
@@ -396,10 +396,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: 'raw time ago'
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp_ago
+          settings:
+            future_format: '@interval'
+            past_format: '@interval'
+            granularity: 2
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: created
         access:
@@ -450,10 +452,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: 'time ago'
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp_ago
+          settings:
+            future_format: '@interval hence'
+            past_format: '@interval ago'
+            granularity: 2
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: access
         operations:
diff --git a/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_changed.yml b/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_changed.yml
index 65c98996b9c..5df2ab4ed6b 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_changed.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_changed.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ display:
           table: users_field_data
           field: changed
           label: 'Updated date'
-          date_format: html_date
-          plugin_id: date
+          plugin_id: field
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: html_date
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: changed
       filters: {  }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php b/core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php
index 894d1ae4f42..a9bc03e51ab 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class EntityViewsData implements EntityHandlerInterface, EntityViewsDataInterfac
       case 'timestamp':
       case 'created':
       case 'changed':
-        $views_field['field']['id'] = 'date';
+        $views_field['field']['id'] = 'field';
         $views_field['argument']['id'] = 'date';
         $views_field['filter']['id'] = 'date';
         $views_field['sort']['id'] = 'date';
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/GlossaryTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/GlossaryTest.php
index 72854e90e7e..d5a6aaef910 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/GlossaryTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/GlossaryTest.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class GlossaryTest extends ViewTestBase {
     $this->assertPageCacheContextsAndTags(
       $url,
       [
+        'timezone',
         'languages:' . LanguageInterface::TYPE_CONTENT,
         'languages:' . LanguageInterface::TYPE_INTERFACE,
         'theme',
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Update/EntityViewsDataUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Update/EntityViewsDataUpdateTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba8db1f3793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Update/EntityViewsDataUpdateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\Update\EntityViewsDataUpdateTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Update;
+
+use Drupal\system\Tests\Update\UpdatePathTestBase;
+use Drupal\views\Views;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the upgrade path for views field plugins.
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2455125
+ *
+ * @group Update
+ */
+class EntityViewsDataUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    $this->databaseDumpFiles = [
+      __DIR__ . '/../../../../system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.bare.standard.php.gz',
+      __DIR__ . '/../../../../system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8.views-entity-views-data-2455125.php',
+    ];
+
+    parent::setUp();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that field plugins are updated properly.
+   */
+  public function testUpdateHookN() {
+    $this->runUpdates();
+
+    // Load and initialize our test view.
+    $view = Views::getView('update_test');
+    $view->initHandlers();
+
+    // Extract the fields from the test view that were updated.
+    /** @var \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\Field $field */
+    $created = $view->field['created'];
+    /** @var \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\Field $field */
+    $created_1 = $view->field['created_1'];
+    /** @var \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\Field $field */
+    $created_2 = $view->field['created_2'];
+
+    // Make sure the plugins were converted from date to field.
+    $this->assertEqual($created->getPluginId(), 'field', 'created has correct plugin_id');
+    $this->assertEqual($created_1->getPluginId(), 'field', 'created has correct plugin_id');
+    $this->assertEqual($created_2->getPluginId(), 'field', 'created has correct plugin_id');
+
+    // Check options on 'created'.
+    $options = $created->options;
+    $this->assertEqual($options['type'], 'timestamp');
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('date_format', $options));
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('custom_date_format', $options));
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('timezone', $options));
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['date_format'], 'long');
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['custom_date_format'], '');
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['timezone'], 'Africa/Abidjan');
+
+    // Check options on 'created'.
+    $options = $created_1->options;
+    $this->assertEqual($options['type'], 'timestamp_ago');
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('date_format', $options));
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('custom_date_format', $options));
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('timezone', $options));
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['future_format'], '@interval');
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['past_format'], '@interval');
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['granularity'], 2);
+
+    // Check options on 'created'.
+    $options = $created_2->options;
+    $this->assertEqual($options['type'], 'timestamp_ago');
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('date_format', $options));
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('custom_date_format', $options));
+    $this->assertFalse(array_key_exists('timezone', $options));
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['future_format'], '@interval hence');
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['past_format'], '@interval ago');
+    $this->assertEqual($options['settings']['granularity'], 2);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_click_sort.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_click_sort.yml
index f5ada7adfd9..19f6a8edea7 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_click_sort.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_click_sort.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ display:
           table: views_test_data
           field: created
           label: created
-          plugin_id: date
+          plugin_id: field
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: medium
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
       access:
         type: none
       cache:
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_destroy.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_destroy.yml
index bf0df9a8f01..3350996d2c9 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_destroy.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_destroy.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ display:
           field: created
           id: created
           table: node_field_data
-          plugin_id: date
+          plugin_id: field
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: medium
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
           entity_type: node
           entity_field: created
         nid:
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_style_opml.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_style_opml.yml
index 2764a8f934f..1342c70a86d 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_style_opml.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_style_opml.yml
@@ -251,10 +251,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          date_format: html_date
-          custom_date_format: ''
-          timezone: ''
-          plugin_id: date
+          type: timestamp
+          settings:
+            date_format: html_date
+            custom_date_format: ''
+            timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: aggregator_feed
           entity_field: modified
       filters: {  }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.install b/core/modules/views/views.install
index e8e3e5e7df7..5615747d27a 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.install
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.install
@@ -11,3 +11,111 @@
 function views_install() {
   module_set_weight('views', 10);
 }
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup updates-8.0.0-beta
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Update views field plugins.
+ */
+function views_update_8001(&$sandbox) {
+  $config_factory = \Drupal::configFactory();
+  $ids = [];
+  $message = NULL;
+  $ago_formats = [
+    'time ago',
+    'time hence',
+    'time span',
+    'raw time ago',
+    'raw time hence',
+    'raw time span',
+    'inverse time span',
+  ];
+
+  foreach ($config_factory->listAll('views.view.') as $view_config_name) {
+    $view = $config_factory->getEditable($view_config_name);
+
+    $displays = $view->get('display');
+
+    foreach ($displays as $display_name => $display) {
+      if (!empty($display['display_options']['fields'])) {
+        foreach ($display['display_options']['fields'] as $field_name => $field) {
+          if (isset($field['entity_type']) && $field['plugin_id'] === 'date') {
+            $ids[] = $view->get('id');
+
+            // Grab the settings we need to move to a different place in the
+            // config schema.
+            $date_format = !empty($field['date_format']) ? $field['date_format'] : 'medium';
+            $custom_date_format = !empty($field['custom_date_format']) ? $field['custom_date_format'] : '';
+            $timezone = !empty($field['timezone']) ? $field['timezone'] : '';
+
+            // Save off the base part of the config path we are updating.
+            $base = "display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name";
+
+            if (in_array($date_format, $ago_formats)) {
+              // Update the field to use the Field API formatter.
+              $view->set($base . '.plugin_id', 'field');
+              $view->set($base . '.type', 'timestamp_ago');
+
+              // Ensure the granularity is an integer, which is defined in the
+              // field.formatter.settings.timestamp_ago schema.
+              $granularity = is_numeric($custom_date_format) ? (int) $custom_date_format : 2;
+
+              // Add the new settings.
+              if ($date_format === 'time ago' || $date_format === 'time hence' || $date_format === 'time span') {
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.future_format', '@interval hence');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.past_format', '@interval ago');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.granularity', $granularity);
+              }
+              elseif ($date_format === 'raw time ago' || $date_format === 'raw time hence') {
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.future_format', '@interval');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.past_format', '@interval');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.granularity', $granularity);
+              }
+              elseif ($date_format === 'raw time span') {
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.future_format', '@interval');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.past_format', '-@interval');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.granularity', $granularity);
+              }
+              elseif ($date_format === 'inverse time span') {
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.future_format', '-@interval');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.past_format', '@interval');
+                $view->set($base . '.settings.granularity', $granularity);
+              }
+            }
+            else {
+              // Update the field to use the Field API formatter.
+              $view->set($base . '.plugin_id', 'field');
+              $view->set($base . '.type', 'timestamp');
+
+              // Add the new settings, and make sure everything is a string
+              // to conform with the field.formatter.settings.timestamp schema.
+              $view->set($base . '.settings.date_format', (string) $date_format);
+              $view->set($base . '.settings.custom_date_format', (string) $custom_date_format);
+              $view->set($base . '.settings.timezone', (string) $timezone);
+            }
+
+            // Remove the old settings.
+            $view->clear($base . '.date_format');
+            $view->clear($base . '.custom_date_format');
+            $view->clear($base . '.timezone');
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    $view->save(TRUE);
+  }
+
+  if (!empty($ids)) {
+    $message = \Drupal::translation()->translate('Updated field plugins for views: @ids', ['@ids' => implode(', ', array_unique($ids))]);
+  }
+
+  return $message;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @} End of "addtogroup updates-8.0.0-beta".
+ */