diff --git a/text/transformer.go b/text/transformer.go
index 5056358..d01c0eb 100644
--- a/text/transformer.go
+++ b/text/transformer.go
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ var (
 	colorsNumberNegative = Colors{FgHiRed}
 	colorsNumberZero     = Colors{}
 	colorsURL            = Colors{Underline, FgBlue}
+	rfc3339Milli         = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00"
+	rfc3339Micro         = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000000Z07:00"
+
+	possibleTimeLayouts = []string{
+		time.RFC3339,
+		rfc3339Milli, // strfmt.DateTime.String()'s default layout
+		rfc3339Micro,
+		time.RFC3339Nano,
+	}
 )
 
 // Transformer helps format the contents of an object to the user's liking.
@@ -138,9 +147,14 @@ func NewTimeTransformer(layout string, location *time.Location) Transformer {
 		rsp := fmt.Sprint(val)
 		if valTime, ok := val.(time.Time); ok {
 			rsp = formatTime(valTime)
-		} else if valStr, ok := val.(string); ok {
-			if valTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, valStr); err == nil {
-				rsp = formatTime(valTime)
+		} else {
+			// cycle through some supported layouts to see if the string form
+			// of the object matches any of these layouts
+			for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+				if valTime, err := time.Parse(possibleTimeLayout, rsp); err == nil {
+					rsp = formatTime(valTime)
+					break
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return rsp
diff --git a/text/transformer_test.go b/text/transformer_test.go
index e9bec90..e96de29 100644
--- a/text/transformer_test.go
+++ b/text/transformer_test.go
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ func TestNewTimeTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := "2010-11-12T12:14:15-08:00"
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inStr))
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime))
+	for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime.Format(possibleTimeLayout)), possibleTimeLayout)
+	}
 
 	location, err = time.LoadLocation("Asia/Singapore")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -156,6 +159,9 @@ func TestNewTimeTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	expected = "Sat Nov 13 04:14:15 +08 2010"
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inStr))
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime))
+	for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime.Format(possibleTimeLayout)), possibleTimeLayout)
+	}
 
 	location, err = time.LoadLocation("Europe/London")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -163,6 +169,9 @@ func TestNewTimeTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	expected = "2010-11-12T20:14:15Z"
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inStr))
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime))
+	for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime.Format(possibleTimeLayout)), possibleTimeLayout)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNewUnixTimeTransformer(t *testing.T) {