diff --git a/changelog/fix-date-type b/changelog/fix-date-type
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30c8abe3ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fix-date-type
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+
+Format the display of created date for payment intent instead of timestamp.
diff --git a/includes/admin/class-wc-rest-payments-payment-intents-create-controller.php b/includes/admin/class-wc-rest-payments-payment-intents-create-controller.php
index 37b711ebc2e..882cda6ab5b 100644
--- a/includes/admin/class-wc-rest-payments-payment-intents-create-controller.php
+++ b/includes/admin/class-wc-rest-payments-payment-intents-create-controller.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public function get_item_schema() {
 					'context'     => [ 'view' ],
 				],
 				'created'  => [
-					'description' => __( 'Timestamp for when the payment intent was created.', 'woocommerce-payments' ),
+					'description' => __( 'The date when the payment intent was created.', 'woocommerce-payments' ),
 					'type'        => 'string',
 					'context'     => [ 'view' ],
 				],
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public function prepare_item_for_response( $item, $request ) {
 		$prepared_item['id']             = $item->get_id();
 		$prepared_item['amount']         = $item->get_amount();
 		$prepared_item['currency']       = $item->get_currency();
-		$prepared_item['created']        = $item->get_created()->getTimestamp();
+		$prepared_item['created']        = $item->get_created()->format( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' );
 		$prepared_item['customer']       = $item->get_customer_id();
 		$prepared_item['payment_method'] = $item->get_payment_method_id();
 		$prepared_item['status']         = $item->get_status();