diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/jest.setup.ts b/packages/eds-core-react/jest.setup.ts
index 60c86044c2..2c0c6bf101 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/jest.setup.ts
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/jest.setup.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ expect.extend(toHaveNoViolations)
 // Workaround for jest-axe error: https://github.com/nickcolley/jest-axe/issues/147
 const { getComputedStyle } = window
 window.getComputedStyle = (elt) => getComputedStyle(elt)
+
+HTMLElement.prototype.showPopover = jest.fn()
+HTMLElement.prototype.hidePopover = jest.fn()
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.tsx
index 5b958c5f36..b67233820e 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.test.tsx
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ const mockResizeObserver = jest.fn(() => ({
 
 beforeAll(() => {
   window.ResizeObserver = mockResizeObserver
-  HTMLDivElement.prototype.showPopover = jest.fn()
-  HTMLDivElement.prototype.hidePopover = jest.fn()
 
   //https://github.com/TanStack/virtual/issues/641
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.spec.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.spec.tsx
index a374b74876..75aa77da31 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.spec.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { axe } from 'jest-axe'
 import { DatePicker } from './DatePicker'
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
 import { I18nProvider } from 'react-aria'
+import { useState } from 'react'
 
 describe('DatePicker', () => {
   it('Can render', () => {
@@ -27,6 +28,24 @@ describe('DatePicker', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('dd')).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true')
   })
 
+  it('should be nullable from outside', async () => {
+    const Comp = () => {
+      const [date, setDate] = useState<Date | null>(new Date(2024, 4, 1))
+      return (
+        <I18nProvider locale={'en-US'}>
+          <button type={'button'} onClick={() => setDate(null)}>
+            Reset
+          </button>
+          <DatePicker label={'Datepicker'} value={date} />
+        </I18nProvider>
+      )
+    }
+    render(<Comp />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('presentation')).toHaveTextContent('05/01/2024')
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByText('Reset'))
+    expect(screen.getByRole('presentation')).toHaveTextContent('mm/dd/yyyy')
+  })
+
   it('Should be possible to type', async () => {
     const onChange = jest.fn()
 
@@ -195,6 +214,6 @@ describe('DatePicker', () => {
       </I18nProvider>,
     )
 
-    expect(screen.getByRole('presentation')).toHaveTextContent('2024年05月04日')
+    expect(screen.getByRole('presentation')).toHaveTextContent('2024年05年04年')
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.stories.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.stories.tsx
index a8e458dada..74bbdcbed8 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.stories.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Autocomplete } from '../Autocomplete'
 import { NativeSelect } from '../Select'
 import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions'
 import { CalendarDate } from '@internationalized/date'
+import { I18nProvider } from 'react-aria'
 
 const meta: Meta<typeof DatePicker> = {
   title: 'Inputs/Dates/Datepicker',
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export const Introduction: StoryFn = (props: DatePickerProps) => {
     <DatePicker
       {...props}
       onChange={(v) => {
-        const str = v.toISOString()
+        const str = v?.toISOString()
         action('onChange')(str)
       }}
     />
@@ -82,6 +83,67 @@ export const DateTime: StoryFn = () => {
   )
 }
 
+export const CustomDisplayFormat: StoryFn = () => {
+  const [val, setValue] = useState(new Date())
+  return (
+    <DatePicker
+      formatOptions={{
+        year: 'numeric',
+        month: 'long',
+        day: '2-digit',
+      }}
+      value={val}
+      onChange={(v) => {
+        setValue(v)
+        action('onChange')(v?.toISOString())
+      }}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+export const CustomLocale: StoryFn = () => {
+  const [val, setValue] = useState(new Date())
+  const [locale, setLocale] = useState('en-US')
+  const locales = [
+    { value: 'en-US', label: 'English' },
+    { value: 'uk', label: 'Ukrainian' },
+    { value: 'sv-SE', label: 'Swedish' },
+    { value: 'zh-Hans', label: 'Chinese (Simplified)' },
+    { value: 'zh-Hant', label: 'Chinese (Traditional)' },
+  ]
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <NativeSelect
+        id={'locale-picker'}
+        label={'Select locale'}
+        onChange={(e) => setLocale(e.currentTarget.value)}
+        value={locale}
+      >
+        {locales.map((l) => (
+          <option value={l.value} key={l.value}>
+            {l.label}
+          </option>
+        ))}
+      </NativeSelect>{' '}
+      <br />
+      <I18nProvider locale={locale}>
+        <DatePicker
+          formatOptions={{
+            year: 'numeric',
+            month: 'long',
+            day: '2-digit',
+          }}
+          value={val}
+          onChange={(v) => {
+            setValue(v)
+            action('onChange')(v?.toISOString())
+          }}
+        />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
 const minusOneMonth = new Date()
 minusOneMonth.setMonth(minusOneMonth.getMonth() - 1)
 const plusOneMonth = new Date()
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.tsx
index 60feea4351..d017fd0790 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DatePicker.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { forwardRef, RefObject, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import {
+  forwardRef,
+  RefObject,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from 'react'
 import { DatePickerProps } from './props'
 import { Calendar } from './calendars/Calendar'
 import { DateField } from './fields/DateField'
@@ -42,11 +49,17 @@ export const DatePicker = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, DatePickerProps>(
       granularity,
       disabled: isDisabled,
       readOnly: isReadOnly,
+      formatOptions,
       ...props
     }: DatePickerProps,
     forwardedRef: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
   ) => {
     timezone = timezone ?? defaultTimezone
+    formatOptions = formatOptions ?? {
+      year: 'numeric',
+      month: '2-digit',
+      day: '2-digit',
+    }
     const [innerValue, setInnerValue] = useState<
       CalendarDate | CalendarDateTime
     >(() => {
@@ -133,8 +146,13 @@ export const DatePicker = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, DatePickerProps>(
         }
       : undefined
 
+    // innerValue is used as a fallback, especially for uncontrolled inputs, so it needs to be reset when value / defaultValue is reset
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (!defaultValue && !value) setInnerValue(null)
+    }, [defaultValue, value])
+
     return (
-      <DatePickerProvider timezone={timezone}>
+      <DatePickerProvider timezone={timezone} formatOptions={formatOptions}>
         <FieldWrapper
           isOpen={isOpen}
           readonly={fieldProps.isReadOnly}
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DateRangePicker.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DateRangePicker.tsx
index 1eeec9f095..e49fc8af2c 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DateRangePicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/DateRangePicker.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { forwardRef, RefObject, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import {
+  forwardRef,
+  RefObject,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from 'react'
 import { DateRangePickerProps } from './props'
 import { RangeCalendar } from './calendars/RangeCalendar'
 import { calendar_date_range, warning_outlined } from '@equinor/eds-icons'
@@ -35,6 +42,7 @@ export const DateRangePicker = forwardRef(
       Header,
       timezone,
       defaultValue,
+      formatOptions,
       disabled: isDisabled,
       readOnly: isReadOnly,
       ...props
@@ -42,6 +50,11 @@ export const DateRangePicker = forwardRef(
     forwardedRef: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
   ) => {
     timezone = timezone ?? defaultTimezone
+    formatOptions = formatOptions ?? {
+      year: 'numeric',
+      month: '2-digit',
+      day: '2-digit',
+    }
     const [innerValue, setInnerValue] = useState<RangeValue<DateValue>>(() => {
       const initialValue = value ?? defaultValue
       if (initialValue) {
@@ -134,8 +147,15 @@ export const DateRangePicker = forwardRef(
       ? Object.values(formattedValue).join(' - ')
       : null
 
+    // innerValue is used as a fallback, especially for uncontrolled inputs, so it needs to be reset when value / defaultValue is reset
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const val = defaultValue ?? value
+      if (!defaultValue && !value) setInnerValue(null)
+      if (!val?.from && !val?.to) setInnerValue(null)
+    }, [defaultValue, value])
+
     return (
-      <DatePickerProvider timezone={timezone}>
+      <DatePickerProvider timezone={timezone} formatOptions={formatOptions}>
         <FieldWrapper
           isOpen={isOpen}
           color={state.isInvalid ? 'warning' : props.variant}
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/Datepicker.docs.mdx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/Datepicker.docs.mdx
index cb669ba0ee..9a96da9261 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/Datepicker.docs.mdx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/Datepicker.docs.mdx
@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@ Datepicker for selecting a single date, built on [react-aria](https://react-spec
 
 ## Usage
 
+### Custom display format
+
+In some cases it's useful to display the date in a different format than the default. This can be done by passing a `formatOptions` prop, which uses the [Intl.DateTimeFormat](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DateTimeFormat) options.
+
+For example, to display the date as `dd MMMM yyyy`:
+```
+<DatePicker
+  formatOptions={{ day: '2-digit', month: 'long', year: 'numeric' }} />
+```
+
+<Canvas of={ComponentStories.CustomDisplayFormat} />
+
+### Custom locale
+
+In some cases it's useful to display the date in a different locale than the default, e.g. if your app has a locale-picker.
+This can be done by wrapping the component with [I18nProvider](https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/I18nProvider.html) from react-aria, which supports all the locales that Intl.DateTimeFormat does.
+
+```
+<I18nProvider locale={'en-US'}>
+  <DatePicker />
+</I18nProvider>
+```
+
+<Canvas of={ComponentStories.CustomLocale} />
+
 ### Min / Max values
 
 Limits on min/max can be set to restrict the dates that can be selected. In this example, it's set as the current month excluding first/last date
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/fields/DateSegment.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/fields/DateSegment.tsx
index d9be492cad..2a8c30a49e 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/fields/DateSegment.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/fields/DateSegment.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import {
   DateFieldState,
   DateSegment as IDateSegment,
 } from '@react-stately/datepicker'
-import { KeyboardEvent, useRef } from 'react'
-import { useDateSegment } from 'react-aria'
+import { KeyboardEvent, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useDateFormatter, useDateSegment } from 'react-aria'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 import { tokens } from '@equinor/eds-tokens'
+import { useDatePickerContext } from '../utils/context'
 
 const Segment = styled.div<{
   $placeholder: boolean
@@ -32,12 +33,29 @@ export function DateSegment({
   state: DateFieldState
   segment: IDateSegment
 }) {
+  const { formatOptions, timezone } = useDatePickerContext()
+  const formatter = useDateFormatter(formatOptions)
+  const parts = state.value
+    ? formatter.formatToParts(state.value.toDate(timezone))
+    : []
+  const part = parts.find((p) => p.type === segment.type)
+  const value = part?.value ?? segment.text
+
+  const [focus, setFocus] = useState(false)
   const ref = useRef(null)
   const { segmentProps } = useDateSegment(segment, state, ref)
 
   return (
     <Segment
       {...segmentProps}
+      onFocus={(e) => {
+        setFocus(true)
+        segmentProps.onFocus(e)
+      }}
+      onBlur={(e) => {
+        setFocus(false)
+        segmentProps.onBlur(e)
+      }}
       $invalid={state.isInvalid}
       $disabled={state.isDisabled}
       $placeholder={segment.isPlaceholder}
@@ -53,9 +71,11 @@ export function DateSegment({
       ref={ref}
       className={`segment ${segment.isPlaceholder ? 'placeholder' : ''}`}
     >
-      {segment.isPlaceholder || segment.type === 'literal'
-        ? segment.text
-        : segment.text.padStart(segment.type === 'year' ? 4 : 2, '0')}
+      {focus
+        ? segment.isPlaceholder || segment.type === 'literal'
+          ? segment.text
+          : segment.text.padStart(segment.type === 'year' ? 4 : 2, '0')
+        : value}
     </Segment>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/props.ts b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/props.ts
index 5f86947d07..d2abdfe3f5 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/props.ts
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/props.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { MutableRefObject, ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { CalendarState, RangeCalendarState } from '@react-stately/calendar'
 import { Variants } from '../types'
 import { HelperTextProps } from '../InputWrapper/HelperText'
+import { DateFormatterOptions } from 'react-aria'
 
 type DateRange = { from: Date | null; to: Date | null }
 
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ export type DatePickerProps = Partial<{
    * Granularity of the time field if enabled
    */
   granularity?: 'hour' | 'minute' | 'second'
+  /**
+   * Format options for the datepicker input field
+   * Only applies when input is blurred
+   */
+  formatOptions?: DateFormatterOptions
 }>
 
 export type DateTimePickerProps = Omit<
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/context.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/context.tsx
index b7b0d3406f..776f3d993e 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/context.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/context.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { createContext, ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { createContext, ReactNode, useContext } from 'react'
+import { DateFormatterOptions } from 'react-aria'
 
 type DatePickerContextValue = {
   timezone: string
+  formatOptions?: DateFormatterOptions
 }
 
 const intl = new Intl.DateTimeFormat()
@@ -13,13 +15,18 @@ const DatePickerContext = createContext<DatePickerContextValue>({
 
 export const DatePickerProvider = ({
   timezone,
+  formatOptions,
   children,
 }: DatePickerContextValue & { children: ReactNode }) => {
   return (
     <DatePickerContext.Provider
-      value={{ timezone: timezone ?? defaultTimezone }}
+      value={{ timezone: timezone ?? defaultTimezone, formatOptions }}
     >
       {children}
     </DatePickerContext.Provider>
   )
 }
+
+export const useDatePickerContext = () => useContext(DatePickerContext)
+export const useTimezone = () => useDatePickerContext().timezone
+export const useCustomFormat = () => useDatePickerContext().formatOptions
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/timezone.ts b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/timezone.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e31ec610ba..0000000000
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/Datepicker/utils/timezone.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-const intl = new Intl.DateTimeFormat()
-export const tz = intl.resolvedOptions().timeZone
diff --git a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/jest.setup.ts b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/jest.setup.ts
index 3dd4737bee..ed0cdee1a8 100644
--- a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/jest.setup.ts
+++ b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/jest.setup.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ expect.extend(toHaveNoViolations)
 // Workaround for jest-axe error: https://github.com/nickcolley/jest-axe/issues/147
 const { getComputedStyle } = window
 window.getComputedStyle = (elt) => getComputedStyle(elt)
+
+HTMLElement.prototype.showPopover = jest.fn()
+HTMLElement.prototype.hidePopover = jest.fn()
diff --git a/packages/eds-lab-react/jest.setup.ts b/packages/eds-lab-react/jest.setup.ts
index 625b3f5c9a..4bc62c1324 100644
--- a/packages/eds-lab-react/jest.setup.ts
+++ b/packages/eds-lab-react/jest.setup.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom'
 import 'jest-styled-components'
+
+HTMLElement.prototype.showPopover = jest.fn()
+HTMLElement.prototype.hidePopover = jest.fn()