diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_instance.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_instance.html
index 9eeef9aa9b..4a60de4f58 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_instance.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_instance.html
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
                             {{ option.render }}
                         </div>
                     {% endfor %}
+                {% elif field|widget_type == 'datetimeinput' %}
+                    {{ field.value }}
                 {% else %}
                     {% render_field field class+="form-control" %}
                 {% endif %}
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/forms.py b/mayan/apps/common/forms.py
index 338b5cbc50..de34579cf6 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/forms.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/forms.py
@@ -40,27 +40,27 @@ class ChoiceForm(forms.Form):
 
 
 class DetailForm(forms.ModelForm):
-    def __init__(self, extra_fields=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.extra_fields = kwargs.pop('extra_fields', ())
         super(DetailForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        if extra_fields:
-            for extra_field in extra_fields:
-                result = return_attrib(self.instance, extra_field['field'])
-                label = 'label' in extra_field and extra_field['label'] or None
-                # TODO: Add others result types <=> Field types
-                if isinstance(result, models.query.QuerySet):
-                    self.fields[extra_field['field']] = \
-                        forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
-                            queryset=result, label=label)
-                else:
-                    self.fields[extra_field['field']] = forms.CharField(
-                        label=extra_field['label'],
-                        initial=escape(
-                            return_attrib(
-                                self.instance,
-                                extra_field['field'], None
-                            )
-                        ),
-                        widget=PlainWidget)
+
+        for extra_field in self.extra_fields:
+            result = return_attrib(self.instance, extra_field['field'])
+            label = 'label' in extra_field and extra_field['label'] or None
+            # TODO: Add others result types <=> Field types
+            if isinstance(result, models.query.QuerySet):
+                self.fields[extra_field['field']] = \
+                    forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
+                        queryset=result, label=label)
+            else:
+                self.fields[extra_field['field']] = forms.CharField(
+                    label=extra_field['label'],
+                    initial=return_attrib(
+                        self.instance,
+                        extra_field['field'], None
+                    ),
+                    widget=extra_field.get('widget', PlainWidget)
+                )
 
         for field_name, field in self.fields.items():
             if isinstance(field.widget, forms.widgets.SelectMultiple):
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/generics.py b/mayan/apps/common/generics.py
index c7cd02129f..d46dc87fc2 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/generics.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/generics.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.generic import (
     FormView as DjangoFormView, DetailView, TemplateView
 )
-from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, DeleteView, UpdateView
+from django.views.generic.edit import (
+    CreateView, DeleteView, ModelFormMixin, UpdateView
+)
 from django.views.generic.list import ListView
 
 from pure_pagination.mixins import PaginationMixin
@@ -332,12 +334,12 @@ class SingleObjectDeleteView(DeleteExtraDataMixin, ViewPermissionCheckMixin, Obj
             return result
 
 
-class SingleObjectDetailView(ViewPermissionCheckMixin, ObjectPermissionCheckMixin, ExtraContextMixin, DetailView):
+class SingleObjectDetailView(ViewPermissionCheckMixin, ObjectPermissionCheckMixin, ExtraContextMixin, ModelFormMixin, DetailView):
     template_name = 'appearance/generic_form.html'
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super(SingleObjectDetailView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
-        context.update({'read_only': True})
+        context.update({'read_only': True, 'form': self.get_form()})
         return context
 
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/utils.py b/mayan/apps/common/utils.py
index 1238d2efad..373c79dfa6 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/utils.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/utils.py
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ def get_descriptor(file_input, read=True):
         return file_input
 
 
-def render_date_object(date_time_object):
-    return force_text(formats.localize(date_time_object, use_l10n=True))
-
-
 def return_attrib(obj, attrib, arguments=None):
     try:
         if isinstance(attrib, types.FunctionType):