diff --git a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeCustomFormatter.php b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeCustomFormatter.php
index 678ddc8..96df6c5 100644
--- a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeCustomFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeCustomFormatter.php
@@ -31,39 +31,6 @@ public static function defaultSettings() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
-    $elements = array();
-
-    foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-      $output = '';
-      if (!empty($item->date)) {
-        /** @var \Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime $date */
-        $date = $item->date;
-
-        if ($this->getFieldSetting('datetime_type') == 'date') {
-          // A date without time will pick up the current time, use the default.
-          datetime_date_default_time($date);
-        }
-        $this->setTimeZone($date);
-
-        $output = $this->formatDate($date);
-      }
-      $elements[$delta] = [
-        '#markup' => $output,
-        '#cache' => [
-          'contexts' => [
-            'timezone',
-          ],
-        ],
-      ];
-    }
-
-    return $elements;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   protected function formatDate($date) {
     $format = $this->getSetting('date_format');
     $timezone = $this->getSetting('timezone_override');
diff --git a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeDefaultFormatter.php b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeDefaultFormatter.php
index 03c92ae..e9975d6 100644
--- a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeDefaultFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeDefaultFormatter.php
@@ -31,59 +31,6 @@ public static function defaultSettings() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
-    $elements = array();
-
-    foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-      $output = '';
-      $iso_date = '';
-
-      if ($item->date) {
-        /** @var \Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime $date */
-        $date = $item->date;
-
-        if ($this->getFieldSetting('datetime_type') == 'date') {
-          // A date without time will pick up the current time, use the default.
-          datetime_date_default_time($date);
-        }
-
-        // Create the ISO date in Universal Time.
-        $iso_date = $date->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:s") . 'Z';
-
-        $this->setTimeZone($date);
-
-        $output = $this->formatDate($date);
-      }
-
-      // Display the date using theme datetime.
-      $elements[$delta] = array(
-        '#cache' => [
-          'contexts' => [
-            'timezone',
-          ],
-        ],
-        '#theme' => 'time',
-        '#text' => $output,
-        '#html' => FALSE,
-        '#attributes' => array(
-          'datetime' => $iso_date,
-        ),
-      );
-      if (!empty($item->_attributes)) {
-        $elements[$delta]['#attributes'] += $item->_attributes;
-        // Unset field item attributes since they have been included in the
-        // formatter output and should not be rendered in the field template.
-        unset($item->_attributes);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return $elements;
-
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   protected function formatDate($date) {
     $format_type = $this->getSetting('format_type');
     $timezone = $this->getSetting('timezone_override') ?: $date->getTimezone()->getName();
diff --git a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeFormatterBase.php b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeFormatterBase.php
index be9df38..1468e51 100644
--- a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeFormatterBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimeFormatterBase.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
@@ -118,6 +119,59 @@ public function settingsSummary() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
+    $elements = array();
+
+    foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
+      $output = '';
+      $iso_date = '';
+
+      if ($item->date) {
+        /** @var \Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime $date */
+        $date = $item->date;
+
+        if ($this->getFieldSetting('datetime_type') == 'date') {
+          // A date without time will pick up the current time, use the default.
+          datetime_date_default_time($date);
+        }
+
+        // Create the ISO date in Universal Time.
+        $iso_date = $date->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:s") . 'Z';
+
+        $this->setTimeZone($date);
+
+        $output = $this->formatDate($date);
+      }
+
+      // Display the date using theme datetime.
+      $elements[$delta] = array(
+        '#cache' => [
+          'contexts' => [
+            'timezone',
+          ],
+        ],
+        '#theme' => 'time',
+        '#text' => $output,
+        '#html' => FALSE,
+        '#attributes' => array(
+          'datetime' => $iso_date,
+        ),
+      );
+      if (!empty($item->_attributes)) {
+        $elements[$delta]['#attributes'] += $item->_attributes;
+        // Unset field item attributes since they have been included in the
+        // formatter output and should not be rendered in the field template.
+        unset($item->_attributes);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $elements;
+
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Creates a formatted date value as a string.
    *
    * @param object $date
diff --git a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimePlainFormatter.php b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimePlainFormatter.php
index 683d75c..a73df4c 100644
--- a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimePlainFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/DateTimePlainFormatter.php
@@ -21,39 +21,6 @@ class DateTimePlainFormatter extends DateTimeFormatterBase {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
-    $elements = array();
-
-    foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-      $output = '';
-      if (!empty($item->date)) {
-        /** @var \Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime $date */
-        $date = $item->date;
-
-        if ($this->getFieldSetting('datetime_type') == 'date') {
-          // A date without time will pick up the current time, use the default.
-          datetime_date_default_time($date);
-        }
-        $this->setTimeZone($date);
-
-        $output = $this->formatDate($date);
-      }
-      $elements[$delta] = [
-        '#cache' => [
-          'contexts' => [
-            'timezone',
-          ],
-        ],
-        '#markup' => $output,
-      ];
-    }
-
-    return $elements;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   protected function formatDate($date) {
     $format = $this->getFieldSetting('datetime_type') == DateTimeItem::DATETIME_TYPE_DATE ? DATETIME_DATE_STORAGE_FORMAT : DATETIME_DATETIME_STORAGE_FORMAT;
     $timezone = $this->getSetting('timezone_override');