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+import dayjs from 'dayjs';
+import utc from 'dayjs/plugin/utc';
+import { UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk';
+import { MetaTable } from '../utils/globals';
+import Base from '../models/Base';
+import Model from '../models/Model';
+import { throwTimeoutError } from './ncUpgradeErrors';
+import type { BaseType } from 'nocodb-sdk';
+import type { NcUpgraderCtx } from './NcUpgrader';
+import type { XKnex } from '../db/CustomKnex';
+import type { Knex } from 'knex';
+
+dayjs.extend(utc);
+
+function getTnPath(knex: XKnex, tb: Model) {
+  const schema = (knex as any).searchPath?.();
+  const clientType = knex.clientType();
+  if (clientType === 'mssql' && schema) {
+    return knex.raw('??.??', [schema, tb.table_name]).toQuery();
+  } else if (clientType === 'snowflake') {
+    return [
+      knex.client.config.connection.database,
+      knex.client.config.connection.schema,
+      tb.table_name,
+    ].join('.');
+  } else {
+    return tb.table_name;
+  }
+}
+
+export default async function ({ ncMeta }: NcUpgraderCtx) {
+  const bases: BaseType[] = await ncMeta.metaList2(null, null, MetaTable.BASES);
+  for (const _base of bases) {
+    const base = new Base(_base);
+
+    // skip if the project_id is missing
+    if (!base.project_id) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const project = await ncMeta.metaGet2(null, null, MetaTable.PROJECT, {
+      id: base.project_id,
+    });
+
+    // skip if the project is missing
+    if (!project) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // skip if the base is not meta
+    if (!base.is_meta) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const isProjectDeleted = project.deleted;
+
+    const knex: Knex = ncMeta.knexConnection;
+
+    const models = await base.getModels(ncMeta);
+
+    // used in timeout error message
+    const timeoutErrorInfo = {
+      projectTitle: project.title,
+      connection: knex.client.config.connection,
+    };
+
+    for (const model of models) {
+      try {
+        // if the table is missing in database, skip
+        if (!(await knex.schema.hasTable(getTnPath(knex, model)))) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        const updateRecords = [];
+
+        // get all date times columns
+        // and filter out the columns that are missing in database
+        const columns = await (await Model.get(model.id, ncMeta))
+          .getColumns(ncMeta)
+          .then(async (columns) => {
+            const filteredColumns = [];
+            for (const column of columns) {
+              if (column.uidt !== UITypes.DateTime && !column.pk) continue;
+              if (
+                !(await knex.schema.hasColumn(
+                  getTnPath(knex, model),
+                  column.column_name,
+                ))
+              )
+                continue;
+              filteredColumns.push(column);
+            }
+            return filteredColumns;
+          });
+
+        const dateTimeColumns = columns
+          .filter((c) => c.uidt === UITypes.DateTime)
+          .map((c) => c.column_name);
+
+        if (dateTimeColumns.length === 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        const primaryKeys = columns
+          .filter((c) => c.pk)
+          .map((c) => c.column_name);
+
+        const records = await knex(getTnPath(knex, model)).select();
+
+        for (const record of records) {
+          const where = primaryKeys
+            .map((key) => {
+              return { [key]: record[key] };
+            })
+            .reduce((acc, val) => Object.assign(acc, val), {});
+
+          for (const dateTimeColumn of dateTimeColumns) {
+            updateRecords.push(
+              await knex(getTnPath(knex, model))
+                .update({
+                  [dateTimeColumn]: dayjs(record[dateTimeColumn])
+                    .utc()
+                    .format(
+                      knex.clientType().startsWith('mysql')
+                        ? 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'
+                        : 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ',
+                    ),
+                })
+                .where(where),
+            );
+          }
+        }
+        await Promise.all(updateRecords);
+      } catch (e) {
+        // ignore the error related to deleted project
+        if (!isProjectDeleted) {
+          // throw the custom timeout error message if applicable
+          throwTimeoutError(e, timeoutErrorInfo);
+          // throw general error
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}