diff --git a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverter.java b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverter.java
index b640c85a51..d16e735f2a 100644
--- a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverter.java
+++ b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverter.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class CharSequenceValueConverter implements ValueConverter<CharSequence>
 
     @Override
     public CharSequence convertTimeMillis(long value) {
-        return String.valueOf(value);
+        return DateFormatter.format(new Date(value));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverterTest.java b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5543e2f909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/CharSequenceValueConverterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.handler.codec;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class CharSequenceValueConverterTest {
+
+    private final CharSequenceValueConverter converter = CharSequenceValueConverter.INSTANCE;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBoolean() {
+        assertTrue(converter.convertToBoolean(converter.convertBoolean(true)));
+        assertFalse(converter.convertToBoolean(converter.convertBoolean(false)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testByte() {
+        assertEquals(Byte.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToByte(converter.convertByte(Byte.MAX_VALUE)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testChar() {
+        assertEquals(Character.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToChar(converter.convertChar(Character.MAX_VALUE)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDouble() {
+        assertEquals(Double.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToDouble(converter.convertDouble(Double.MAX_VALUE)), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFloat() {
+        assertEquals(Float.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToFloat(converter.convertFloat(Float.MAX_VALUE)), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInt() {
+        assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToInt(converter.convertInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShort() {
+        assertEquals(Short.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToShort(converter.convertShort(Short.MAX_VALUE)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLong() {
+        assertEquals(Long.MAX_VALUE, converter.convertToLong(converter.convertLong(Long.MAX_VALUE)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTimeMillis() {
+        // Zero out the millis as this is what the convert is doing as well.
+        long millis = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000) * 1000;
+        assertEquals(millis, converter.convertToTimeMillis(converter.convertTimeMillis(millis)));
+    }
+}