diff --git a/Koha/Template/Plugin/KohaDates.pm b/Koha/Template/Plugin/KohaDates.pm
index a5a48b6c92..d8c31beec5 100644
--- a/Koha/Template/Plugin/KohaDates.pm
+++ b/Koha/Template/Plugin/KohaDates.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ sub _parse_config_for_durations {
     return @results;
 }
 
+sub datetime_from_string {
+    my ( $self, @params ) = @_;
+    return dt_from_string( @params );
+}
+
 sub output_preference {
     my ( $self, @params ) = @_;
     return output_pref( @params );
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Letters/TemplateToolkit.t b/t/db_dependent/Letters/TemplateToolkit.t
index b807803db8..8c7f38c979 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/Letters/TemplateToolkit.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Letters/TemplateToolkit.t
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # along with Koha; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
 
 use Modern::Perl;
-use Test::More tests => 31;
+use Test::More tests => 32;
 use Test::MockModule;
 use Test::Warn;
 
@@ -1193,6 +1193,32 @@ EOF
     is( $letter->{content}, $expected_content );
 };
 
+subtest 'KohaDates::dt_from_string' => sub {
+    plan tests => 1;
+    my $code = 'TEST_DATE';
+    t::lib::Mocks::mock_preference('dateformat', 'metric'); # MM/DD/YYYY
+    my $biblio = $builder->build_object(
+        {
+            class => 'Koha::Biblios',
+            value => {
+                timestamp   => '2018-12-13 20:21:22',
+                datecreated => '2018-12-13'
+            }
+        }
+    );
+    my $template = q{[% USE KohaDates %][% KohaDates.datetime_from_string('2000-12-01').dmy %]};
+
+    reset_template({ template => $template, code => $code, module => 'test' });
+    my $letter = GetPreparedLetter(
+        module => 'test',
+        letter_code => $code,
+        tables => {
+            biblio => $biblio->biblionumber,
+        }
+    );
+    is( $letter->{content}, '01-12-2000' );
+};
+
 subtest 'Execute TT process in a DB transaction' => sub {
     plan tests => 2;
     my $code = 'TEST_TXN';