Date format of custom date field changed between 5.2 and 6.1.4. Now displayed relative to current date instead for near-terma and future dates

Question

we have a custom date field that is commonly used in various search filter result sets.  Since we upgraded from 5.2.7 to 6.1.4, that field is being displayed as a number of days relative to today, i.e. "5 days" instead of the mm/dd/yyyy format.  Where is that controlled? How to change it?

Charles Watson · Accepted Answer

figured out the "jira.lf.date.relativize" property appears to control this and is "true" by default.  Going to change it in the jira-config.properties file to false and see if that make the difference. Haven't been able to find any documentation about this behavior changing between releases.