diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 403d131da..4bee1e814 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION_NAME=1.6.46-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=1.6.47-SNAPSHOT
 VERSION_CODE=1
 GROUP=org.smartregister
 POM_SETTING_DESCRIPTION=OpenSRP Client Core Application
diff --git a/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/Column.java b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/Column.java
index e67d14b17..63c983c82 100644
--- a/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/Column.java
+++ b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/Column.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping;
 
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
 /**
  * Created by keyman on 2/21/2018.
  */
@@ -7,5 +9,11 @@
 public class Column {
     public String column_name;
     public String type;
+    @SerializedName("data_type")
+    public String dataType;
+    @SerializedName("source_format")
+    public String sourceFormat;
+    @SerializedName("save_format")
+    public String saveFormat;
     public JsonMapping json_mapping;
 }
diff --git a/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/ColumnType.java b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/ColumnType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3692b91e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/domain/jsonmapping/ColumnType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping;
+
+public interface ColumnType {
+    String Date = "date";
+    String String = "string";
+}
diff --git a/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJava.java b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJava.java
index d6851fcf4..0cda2b6f4 100644
--- a/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJava.java
+++ b/opensrp-app/src/main/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJava.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.ClientClassification;
 import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.ClientField;
 import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.Column;
+import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.ColumnType;
 import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.JsonMapping;
 import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.Rule;
 import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.Table;
@@ -25,14 +26,18 @@
 import org.smartregister.util.AssetHandler;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import timber.log.Timber;
+
 import static org.smartregister.event.Event.FORM_SUBMITTED;
 
 public class ClientProcessorForJava {
@@ -417,7 +422,8 @@ public void processCaseModel(Event event, Client client, Column column, ContentV
                     // in Content value
                     if (columnValue != null) {
                         columnValue = getHumanReadableConceptResponse(columnValue, segment);
-                        contentValues.put(columnName, columnValue);
+                        String formattedValue = getFormattedValue(column, columnValue);
+                        contentValues.put(columnName, formattedValue);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -449,8 +455,41 @@ public void processCaseModel(Event event, Client client, Column column, ContentV
                 }
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.e(TAG, e.toString(), e);
+            Timber.e(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reformat the data to be persisted in the database.
+     * This function will reformat dates with supplied types for storage in the DB
+     * @param column
+     * @param columnValue
+     * @return
+     */
+    protected String getFormattedValue(Column column, String columnValue) {
+        // covert the column if its a formatted column with both
+
+        String dataType = StringUtils.isNotBlank(column.dataType) ? column.dataType : "";
+        switch (dataType) {
+            case ColumnType.Date:
+                if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(column.saveFormat) && StringUtils.isNotBlank(column.sourceFormat)) {
+                    try {
+                        Date sourceDate = new SimpleDateFormat(column.sourceFormat, Locale.getDefault()).parse(columnValue);
+                        return new SimpleDateFormat(column.saveFormat, Locale.getDefault()).format(sourceDate);
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        Timber.e(e);
+                    }
+                }
+            case ColumnType.String:
+                if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(column.saveFormat)) {
+                    return String.format(column.saveFormat, columnValue);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                return columnValue;
         }
+
+        return columnValue;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/opensrp-app/src/test/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJavaTest.java b/opensrp-app/src/test/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJavaTest.java
index 4bcc2f76d..e26a46488 100644
--- a/opensrp-app/src/test/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJavaTest.java
+++ b/opensrp-app/src/test/java/org/smartregister/sync/ClientProcessorForJavaTest.java
@@ -7,14 +7,48 @@
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.powermock.reflect.Whitebox;
 import org.smartregister.BaseUnitTest;
 import org.smartregister.domain.db.Event;
+import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.Column;
+import org.smartregister.domain.jsonmapping.ColumnType;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
 
 public class ClientProcessorForJavaTest extends BaseUnitTest {
 
     @Mock
     private Context context;
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetFormattedValueDate() throws Exception {
+        ClientProcessorForJava clientProcessor = new ClientProcessorForJava(context);
+
+        Column column = new Column();
+        column.dataType = ColumnType.Date;
+        column.saveFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd";
+        column.sourceFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy";
+        String columnValue = "16-04-2019";
+
+        String res = Whitebox.invokeMethod(clientProcessor, "getFormattedValue", column, columnValue);
+
+        assertEquals(res, "2019-04-16");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetFormattedValueString() throws Exception {
+        ClientProcessorForJava clientProcessor = new ClientProcessorForJava(context);
+
+        Column column = new Column();
+        column.dataType = ColumnType.String;
+        column.saveFormat = "Sheila is %s";
+        String columnValue = "smart";
+
+        String res = Whitebox.invokeMethod(clientProcessor, "getFormattedValue", column, columnValue);
+
+        assertEquals(res, "Sheila is smart");
+    }
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {