diff --git a/src/kibana/components/courier/data_source/_abstract.js b/src/kibana/components/courier/data_source/_abstract.js
index 253fa2e7f943b..148d714e7bee6 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/courier/data_source/_abstract.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/courier/data_source/_abstract.js
@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ define(function (require) {
           }
           flatState.body.fields = ['*', '_source'];
 
+          _.each(flatState.index.fields.byType['date'], function (field) {
+            if (field.indexed) {
+              flatState.body.script_fields = flatState.body.script_fields || {};
+              flatState.body.script_fields[field.name] = {
+                script: 'doc["' + field.name + '"].value'
+              };
+            }
+          });
 
           /**
            * Create a filter that can be reversed for filters with negate set
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/index_patterns/_field_formats.js b/src/kibana/components/index_patterns/_field_formats.js
index f9bdbdc3c7967..a78d6e6f9f20a 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/index_patterns/_field_formats.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/index_patterns/_field_formats.js
@@ -48,15 +48,17 @@ define(function (require) {
         ],
         name: 'string',
         convert: function (val) {
-          if (_.isObject(val)) {
-            return JSON.stringify(val);
-          }
-          else if (val == null) {
-            return '';
-          }
-          else {
-            return '' + val;
-          }
+          return formatField(val, function (val) {
+            if (_.isObject(val)) {
+              return JSON.stringify(val);
+            }
+            else if (val == null) {
+              return '';
+            }
+            else {
+              return '' + val;
+            }
+          });
         }
       },
       {
@@ -65,7 +67,13 @@ define(function (require) {
         ],
         name: 'date',
         convert: function (val) {
-          return moment(val).format(config.get('dateFormat'));
+          return formatField(val, function (val) {
+            if (_.isNumber(val) || _.isDate(val)) {
+              return moment(val).format(config.get('dateFormat'));
+            } else {
+              return val;
+            }
+          });
         }
       },
       {
@@ -73,9 +81,11 @@ define(function (require) {
           'ip'
         ],
         name: 'ip',
-        convert: function (ip) {
-          if (!isFinite(ip)) return ip;
-          return [ip >>> 24, ip >>> 16 & 0xFF, ip >>> 8 & 0xFF, ip & 0xFF].join('.');
+        convert: function (val) {
+          return formatField(val, function (val) {
+            if (!isFinite(val)) return val;
+            return [val >>> 24, val >>> 16 & 0xFF, val >>> 8 & 0xFF, val & 0xFF].join('.');
+          });
         }
       },
       {
@@ -84,11 +94,25 @@ define(function (require) {
         ],
         name: 'kilobytes',
         convert: function (val) {
-          return (val / 1024).toFixed(3) + ' kb';
+          return formatField(val, function (val) {
+            return (val / 1024).toFixed(3) + ' kb';
+          });
         }
       }
     ];
 
+    function formatField(value, fn) {
+      if (_.isArray(value)) {
+        if (value.length === 1) {
+          return fn(value[0]);
+        } else {
+          return JSON.stringify(_.map(value, fn));
+        }
+      } else {
+        return fn(value);
+      }
+    }
+
     formats.byType = _.transform(formats, function (byType, formatter) {
       formatter.types.forEach(function (type) {
         var list = byType[type] || (byType[type] = []);
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/_field_formats.js b/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/_field_formats.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b9fd3063c9be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/_field_formats.js
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+define(function (require) {
+  return ['Field Formatters', function () {
+    var _ = require('lodash');
+    var moment = require('moment');
+
+    var _config;
+    var formatters;
+    var formatter;
+    var types = [
+      'number',
+      'boolean',
+      'date',
+      'ip',
+      'attachment',
+      'geo_point',
+      'geo_shape',
+      'string',
+      'conflict'
+    ];
+
+    function formatFn(typeOrName) {
+      return (formatters.byName[typeOrName] || formatters.defaultByType[typeOrName]).convert;
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(module('kibana'));
+    beforeEach(inject(function (Private, $injector, config) {
+      _config = config;
+      formatters = Private(require('components/index_patterns/_field_formats'));
+    }));
+
+    it('should be an Object', function () {
+      expect(formatters).to.be.an(Object);
+    });
+
+    it('should have formatters indexed by type and by name', function () {
+      expect(formatters.byType).to.be.an(Object);
+      expect(formatters.byName).to.be.an(Object);
+    });
+
+    it('should have 1 or more formatters for each of ' + types.join(','), function () {
+      _.each(types, function (type) {
+        expect(formatters.byType[type]).to.be.an(Array);
+        _.each(formatters.byType[type], function (formatter) {
+          expect(formatter.convert).to.be.a(Function);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should expose default formatters for each type', function () {
+      _.each(types, function (type) {
+        expect(formatters.defaultByType[type]).to.be.an(Object);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('Array handling', function () {
+
+      it('should unwrap single item arrays', function () {
+        formatter = formatFn('string');
+        expect(formatter(['foo'])).to.not.be.an(Array);
+        expect(formatter(['foo'])).to.be('foo');
+      });
+
+      it('should stringify arrays longer than 1 element', function () {
+        formatter = formatFn('ip');
+        expect(formatter([0, 2130706433])).to.not.be.an(Array);
+        expect(formatter([0, 2130706433])).to.be('["0.0.0.0","127.0.0.1"]');
+      });
+    });
+
+
+    describe('string formatter', function () {
+
+      beforeEach(function () {
+        formatter = formatFn('string');
+      });
+
+      it('should the string value of the field', function () {
+        expect(formatter('foo')).to.be('foo');
+        expect(formatter(5)).to.be('5');
+      });
+
+      it('should return JSON for objects', function () {
+        expect(formatter({foo: true})).to.be('{"foo":true}');
+      });
+
+      it('should return an empty string for null', function () {
+        expect(formatter(null)).to.be('');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('date formatter', function () {
+
+      var dateFormat = 'YYYY-MM-DD';
+      beforeEach(function () {
+        _config.set('dateFormat', dateFormat);
+        formatter = formatFn('date');
+      });
+
+      it('should format numbers', function () {
+        expect(formatter(0)).to.be(moment(0).format(dateFormat));
+      });
+
+      it('should format dates', function () {
+        expect(formatter(new Date(0))).to.be(moment(0).format(dateFormat));
+      });
+
+      it('should not format strings', function () {
+        expect(formatter('2014-11')).to.be('2014-11');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+
+    describe('ip formatter', function () {
+
+      beforeEach(function () {
+        formatter = formatFn('ip');
+      });
+
+      it('should format numbers', function () {
+        expect(formatter(2130706433)).to.be('127.0.0.1');
+      });
+
+      it('should coerce numbers that are strings', function () {
+        expect(formatter('2130706433')).to.be('127.0.0.1');
+      });
+
+      it('should not coerce strings that are not numbers', function () {
+        expect(formatter('foo')).to.be('foo');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('kilobyte formatter', function () {
+      beforeEach(function () {
+        formatter = formatFn('kilobytes');
+      });
+
+      it('should be a function', function () {
+        expect(formatter).to.be.a(Function);
+      });
+
+      it('should format a number as kilobytes', function () {
+        expect(formatter(1024)).to.be('1.000 kb');
+      });
+    });
+
+  }];
+});
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diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/index.js b/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/index.js
index df54955f18be2..59fcc306cabe1 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/index.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/index_pattern/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ define(function (require) {
     run(require('specs/components/index_pattern/_cast_mapping_type'));
     run(require('specs/components/index_pattern/_map_field'));
     run(require('specs/components/index_pattern/_pattern_to_wildcard'));
+    run(require('specs/components/index_pattern/_field_formats'));
     function run(mod) { describe(mod[0], mod[1]); }
   });
 });
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