diff --git a/source/META-INF/groovy/org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule b/source/META-INF/groovy/org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule
index b89d8824..579abc68 100644
--- a/source/META-INF/groovy/org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule
+++ b/source/META-INF/groovy/org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 moduleName=filebot-format
-moduleVersion=2.5.0
-extensionClasses=net.filebot.cli.ScriptShellMethods,net.filebot.format.ExpressionFormatMethods,org.apache.groovy.dateutil.extensions.DateUtilExtensions
-staticExtensionClasses=org.apache.groovy.dateutil.extensions.DateUtilStaticExtensions
+moduleVersion=2.5.4
+extensionClasses=net.filebot.cli.ScriptShellMethods,net.filebot.format.ExpressionFormatMethods
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java b/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java
index f73dd51e..65613d22 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/format/ExpressionFormatMethods.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributeView;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.text.Normalizer;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.time.temporal.TemporalAmount;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -577,6 +580,14 @@ public class ExpressionFormatMethods {
 		return DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH).format(LocalTime.MIDNIGHT.plus(self));
 	}
 
+	public static String format(Date self, String format) {
+		return new SimpleDateFormat(format).format(self);
+	}
+
+	public static Date toDate(String self, String format) throws ParseException {
+		return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(self);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Episode utilities (EXPERIMENTAL)
 	 */