diff --git a/demo/src/screens/componentScreens/DateTimePickerScreen.tsx b/demo/src/screens/componentScreens/DateTimePickerScreen.tsx
index 1161c55f9c..d7a3a4a346 100644
--- a/demo/src/screens/componentScreens/DateTimePickerScreen.tsx
+++ b/demo/src/screens/componentScreens/DateTimePickerScreen.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default class DateTimePickerScreen extends Component {
             value={new Date('2015-03-25T12:00:00-06:30')}
           />
           <Text text60R marginT-40>
-            Custom Input
+            Custom Input (date)
           </Text>
           <DateTimePicker
             migrateTextField
@@ -71,6 +71,23 @@ export default class DateTimePickerScreen extends Component {
             placeholder={'Select a date'}
             renderInput={this.renderCustomInput}
             dateFormat={'MMM D, YYYY'}
+            // useLightDate
+            // dateFormat={'{mm}-{dd}-{yyyy}'}
+            // value={new Date('2015-03-25T12:00:00-06:30')}
+          />
+          <Text text60R marginT-40>
+            Custom Input (time)
+          </Text>
+          <DateTimePicker
+            migrateTextField
+            containerStyle={{marginVertical: 20}}
+            mode={'time'}
+            label={'Time'}
+            placeholder={'Select a date'}
+            renderInput={this.renderCustomInput}
+            timeFormat={'h:mm A'}
+            // useLightDate
+            // timeFormat={'{HH}:{mm}'}
             // value={new Date('2015-03-25T12:00:00-06:30')}
           />
         </View>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc95ddd755..3582d71673 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-uilib": "file:./eslint-rules",
     "gh-pages": "^1.1.0",
     "jest": "^29.2.1",
+    "light-date": "^1.2.0",
     "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "0.73.7",
     "mocha": "^5.0.0",
     "moment": "^2.24.0",
diff --git a/src/components/dateTimePicker/index.tsx b/src/components/dateTimePicker/index.tsx
index 87999999d4..fadd106421 100644
--- a/src/components/dateTimePicker/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dateTimePicker/index.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import React, {
   ForwardedRef
 } from 'react';
 import {StyleProp, StyleSheet, ViewStyle} from 'react-native';
-import {DateTimePickerPackage as RNDateTimePicker, MomentPackage as moment} from '../../optionalDependencies';
+import {
+  DateTimePickerPackage as RNDateTimePicker,
+  MomentPackage as moment,
+  LightDatePackage as LightDate
+} from '../../optionalDependencies';
 import {useDidUpdate} from '../../hooks';
 import {Colors} from '../../style';
 import Assets from '../../assets';
@@ -107,6 +111,11 @@ export type DateTimePickerProps = Omit<TextFieldProps, 'value' | 'onChange'> & {
    * Should migrate to the new TextField implementation
    */
   migrateTextField?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Use the LightDate library instead of moment.
+   * Only send if you have both installed and you prefer using LightDate (moment is the default).
+   */
+  useLightDate?: boolean;
 };
 
 type DateTimePickerPropsInternal = DateTimePickerProps & BaseComponentInjectedProps;
@@ -145,6 +154,7 @@ const DateTimePicker = forwardRef((props: DateTimePickerPropsInternal, ref: Forw
     useCustomTheme,
     testID,
     migrateTextField = true,
+    useLightDate,
     ...others
   } = props;
 
@@ -161,14 +171,26 @@ const DateTimePicker = forwardRef((props: DateTimePickerPropsInternal, ref: Forw
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!RNDateTimePicker) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
       console.error(`RNUILib DateTimePicker component requires installing "@react-native-community/datetimepicker" dependency`);
     }
   }, []);
 
+  const format =
+    moment && (!LightDate || !useLightDate)
+      ? // @ts-expect-error
+      (date: Date, format: string) => moment(date).format(format)
+      : LightDate
+        ? // @ts-expect-error
+        (date: Date, format: string) => LightDate.format(date, format)
+        : undefined;
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!moment && (dateFormat || timeFormat)) {
-      console.error(`RNUILib DateTimePicker component with date/time format requires installing "moment" dependency`);
+    if (!format && (dateFormat || timeFormat)) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+      console.error(`RNUILib DateTimePicker component with date/time format requires installing "moment" or "light-date" dependency`);
     }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [dateFormat, timeFormat]);
 
   useDidUpdate(() => {
@@ -199,14 +221,14 @@ const DateTimePicker = forwardRef((props: DateTimePickerPropsInternal, ref: Forw
         case MODES.DATE:
           return dateFormatter
             ? dateFormatter(value)
-            : dateFormat && moment
-              ? moment(value).format(dateFormat)
+            : dateFormat && format
+              ? format(value, dateFormat)
               : value.toLocaleDateString();
         case MODES.TIME:
           return timeFormatter
             ? timeFormatter(value)
-            : timeFormat && moment
-              ? moment(value).format(timeFormat)
+            : timeFormat && format
+              ? format(value, timeFormat)
               : value.toLocaleTimeString();
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/optionalDependencies/LightDatePackage.ts b/src/optionalDependencies/LightDatePackage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57e8dd98ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/optionalDependencies/LightDatePackage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+let LightDatePackage: typeof import('light-date') | undefined;
+try {
+  LightDatePackage = require('light-date');
+} catch (error) {}
+
+export default LightDatePackage;
diff --git a/src/optionalDependencies/index.ts b/src/optionalDependencies/index.ts
index fa6c28eff6..9310b57742 100644
--- a/src/optionalDependencies/index.ts
+++ b/src/optionalDependencies/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export {default as DateTimePickerPackage} from './DateTimePickerPackage';
 export {default as FlashListPackage} from './FlashListPackage';
 export {default as BlurViewPackage} from './BlurViewPackage';
 export {default as MomentPackage} from './MomentPackage';
+export {default as LightDatePackage} from './LightDatePackage';
 export {default as NetInfoPackage} from './NetInfoPackage';
 export {default as HapticFeedbackPackage} from './HapticFeedbackPackage';
 export {default as SvgPackage} from './SvgPackage';