diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.install b/core/modules/views/views.install
index e8e3e5e..8d07c29 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.install
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.install
@@ -11,3 +11,86 @@
 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();
+  $ids = [];
+
+  foreach ($config_factory->listAll('views.view.') as $view_config_name) {
+    $view = $config_factory->getEditable($view_config_name);
+
+    $displays = $view->get('display');
+
+    // @todo
+    // - only operate on field on entities
+    // - handle timeago
+
+    foreach ($displays as $display_name => $display) {
+      if ($display['display_options']['row']['type'] === 'fields') {
+        foreach ($display['display_options']['fields'] as $field_name => $field) {
+          if ($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']) ? $field['timezone'] : '';
+
+            if ($date_format === 'time ago') {
+              // Update the field to use the Field API formatter.
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.plugin_id", 'field');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.type", 'timestamp_ago');
+
+              // Add the new settings
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.future_format", '@interval hence');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.past_format", '@interval ago');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.granularity", 2);
+            }
+            elseif ($date_format === 'raw time ago') {
+              // Update the field to use the Field API formatter.
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.plugin_id", 'field');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.type", 'timestamp_ago');
+
+              // Add the new settings
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.future_format", '@interval');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.past_format", '@interval');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.granularity", 2);
+            }
+            else {
+              // Update the field to use the Field API formatter.
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.plugin_id", 'field');
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.type", 'timestamp');
+
+              // Add the new settings
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.date_format", $date_format);
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.custom_date_format", $custom_date_format);
+              $view->set("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.settings.timezone", $timezone);
+            }
+
+            // Remove the old settings.
+            $view->clear("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.date_format");
+            $view->clear("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.custom_date_format");
+            $view->clear("display.$display_name.display_options.fields.$field_name.timezone");
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    $view->save();
+  }
+
+  return \Drupal::translation()->translate('Updated field plugins for views: @ids', ['@views' => implode(', ', array_unique($ids))]);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @} End of "addtogroup updates-8.0.0-beta".
+ */