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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package cubejs
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

diff --git a/docs/pages/product/apis-integrations/core-data-apis.mdx b/docs/pages/product/apis-integrations/core-data-apis.mdx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ tools][ref-viz-tools]. Some of the features with partial support are listed belo
 | [Hierarchies][ref-hierarchies] | [Microsoft Power BI][ref-powerbi] via the [DAX API][ref-dax-api]<br/>[Cube Cloud for Excel][ref-cube-cloud-for-excel]<br/>[Cube Cloud for Sheets][ref-cube-cloud-for-sheets]<br/>[Tableau][ref-tableau] via [Semantic Layer Sync][ref-sls]<br/><br/>Also, supported in [Playground][ref-playground] |
 | Flat [folders][ref-folders] | [Microsoft Power BI][ref-powerbi] via the [DAX API][ref-dax-api]<br/>[Microsoft Excel][ref-excel] via the [MDX API][ref-mdx-api]<br/>[Cube Cloud for Excel][ref-cube-cloud-for-excel]<br/>[Cube Cloud for Sheets][ref-cube-cloud-for-sheets]<br/>[Tableau][ref-tableau] via [Semantic Layer Sync][ref-sls]<br/>[Apache Superset][ref-superset] via [Semantic Layer Sync][ref-sls]<br/>[Preset][ref-preset] via [Semantic Layer Sync][ref-sls]<br/><br/>Also, supported in [Playground][ref-playground] |
 | Nested [folders][ref-folders] | [Microsoft Power BI][ref-powerbi] via the [DAX API][ref-dax-api]<br/>[Microsoft Excel][ref-excel] via the [MDX API][ref-mdx-api] |
+| [Custom time formats][ref-custom-time-formats] | [Microsoft Excel][ref-excel] via the [MDX API][ref-mdx-api]<br/><br/>Also, supported in [Playground][ref-playground] and [Workbooks][ref-workbooks] |
 
 ## Authentication methods
 
@@ -77,4 +78,5 @@ tools][ref-viz-tools]:
 [ref-superset]: /product/configuration/visualization-tools/superset
 [ref-preset]: /product/configuration/visualization-tools/superset
 [ref-playground]: /product/administration/workspace/playground
-
+[ref-custom-time-formats]: /product/data-modeling/reference/types-and-formats#custom-time-formats
+[ref-workbooks]: /product/exploration/workbooks
diff --git a/docs/pages/product/data-modeling/reference/types-and-formats.mdx b/docs/pages/product/data-modeling/reference/types-and-formats.mdx
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ engine][link-tesseract]. Tesseract is currently in preview. Use the
 
 </WarningBox>
 
-Unlike the `number` type which is used for calculations on measures (e.g., 
+Unlike the `number` type which is used for calculations on measures (e.g.,
 `SUM(revenue) / COUNT(*)`), `number_agg` indicates that the `sql` parameter contains
 a direct SQL aggregate function.
 
-The `sql` parameter is required and must include a custom aggregate function that returns a numeric 
+The `sql` parameter is required and must include a custom aggregate function that returns a numeric
 value.
 
 <CodeTabs>
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ cubes:
 
 </CodeTabs>
 
-Note that the type of the target column should be `TIMESTAMP`. 
-If your time-based column is type `DATE` or another temporal type, 
+Note that the type of the target column should be `TIMESTAMP`.
+If your time-based column is type `DATE` or another temporal type,
 you should cast it to a timestamp in the `sql` parameter of the dimension.
 
 <ReferenceBox>
@@ -998,8 +998,104 @@ cubes:
 
 </CodeTabs>
 
+### Custom time formats
+
+Dimensions with `time` type support custom formatting using
+[POSIX strftime][link-strftime] format strings with [d3-time-format][link-d3-time-format] extensions.
+
+<InfoBox>
+
+Custom time formatting is subject to support in [visualization tools][ref-viz-tools].
+Check [APIs & Integrations][ref-apis-support] for details.
+
+</InfoBox>
+
+<CodeTabs>
+
+```javascript
+cube(`orders`, {
+  // ...
+
+  dimensions: {
+    created_at: {
+      sql: `created_at`,
+      type: `time`,
+      format: `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S`
+    }
+  }
+})
+```
+
+```yaml
+cubes:
+  - name: orders
+    # ...
+
+    dimensions:
+      - name: created_at
+        sql: created_at
+        type: time
+        format: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+```
+
+</CodeTabs>
+
+#### Common format examples
+
+| Format string | Example output |
+|---------------|----------------|
+| `%m/%d/%Y %H:%M` | 12/04/2025 14:30 |
+| `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S` | 2025-12-04 14:30:00 |
+| `%B %d, %Y` | December 04, 2025 |
+| `%b %d, %Y` | Dec 04, 2025 |
+| `%I:%M %p` | 02:30 PM |
+| `%A, %B %d` | Thursday, December 04 |
+| `Q%q %Y` | Q4 2025 |
+| `Week %V, %Y` | Week 49, 2025 |
+
+#### Supported format specifiers
+
+| Specifier | Description |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| `%a` | Abbreviated weekday name |
+| `%A` | Full weekday name |
+| `%b` | Abbreviated month name |
+| `%B` | Full month name |
+| `%c` | Locale's date and time |
+| `%d` | Day of month [01,31] |
+| `%e` | Space-padded day of month |
+| `%f` | Microseconds |
+| `%g` | ISO 8601 year without century |
+| `%G` | ISO 8601 year with century |
+| `%H` | Hour (24-hour) [00,23] |
+| `%I` | Hour (12-hour) [01,12] |
+| `%j` | Day of year [001,366] |
+| `%L` | Milliseconds |
+| `%m` | Month [01,12] |
+| `%M` | Minute [00,59] |
+| `%p` | AM or PM |
+| `%q` | Quarter [1,4] |
+| `%Q` | Milliseconds since UNIX epoch |
+| `%s` | Seconds since UNIX epoch |
+| `%S` | Second [00,61] |
+| `%u` | Monday-based weekday [1,7] |
+| `%U` | Sunday-based week number [00,53] |
+| `%V` | ISO 8601 week number |
+| `%w` | Sunday-based weekday [0,6] |
+| `%W` | Monday-based week number [00,53] |
+| `%x` | Locale's date |
+| `%X` | Locale's time |
+| `%y` | Year without century [00,99] |
+| `%Y` | Year with century |
+| `%Z` | Time zone name |
+| `%%` | Literal percent sign |
+
 [ref-string-time-dims]: /product/data-modeling/recipes/string-time-dimensions
 [ref-schema-ref-preaggs-rollup]:
   /product/data-modeling/reference/pre-aggregations#rollup
 [ref-calculated-measures]: /product/data-modeling/concepts/calculated-members#calculated-measures
 [ref-drilldowns]: /product/apis-integrations/recipes/drilldowns
+[link-strftime]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/strptime.html
+[link-d3-time-format]: https://d3js.org/d3-time-format
+[ref-viz-tools]: /product/configuration/visualization-tools
+[ref-apis-support]: /product/apis-integrations/core-data-apis#data-modeling
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "command": {
     "bootstrap": {

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/api-gateway
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/package.json b/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@cubejs-backend/api-gateway",
   "description": "Cube.js API Gateway",
   "author": "Cube Dev, Inc.",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/cube-js/cube.git",
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
     "dist/src/*"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/native": "1.6.0",
-    "@cubejs-backend/query-orchestrator": "1.6.0",
-    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/native": "1.6.1",
+    "@cubejs-backend/query-orchestrator": "1.6.1",
+    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.1",
     "@ungap/structured-clone": "^0.3.4",
     "assert-never": "^1.4.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "zod": "^4.1.13"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.1",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
     "@types/jest": "^29",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-athena-driver/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cubejs-athena-driver/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/athena-driver
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 **Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/athena-driver

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-athena-driver/package.json b/packages/cubejs-athena-driver/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@cubejs-backend/athena-driver",
   "description": "Cube.js Athena database driver",
   "author": "Cube Dev, Inc.",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/cube-js/cube.git",
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-athena": "^3.22.0",
     "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.22.0",
-    "@cubejs-backend/base-driver": "1.6.0",
-    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/base-driver": "1.6.1",
+    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.1",
     "sqlstring": "^2.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.0",
-    "@cubejs-backend/testing-shared": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.1",
+    "@cubejs-backend/testing-shared": "1.6.1",
     "@types/ramda": "^0.27.40",
     "typescript": "~5.2.2"
   },

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-cloud/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cubejs-backend-cloud/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/cloud
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 **Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/cloud

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-cloud/package.json b/packages/cubejs-backend-cloud/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cubejs-backend/cloud",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "Cube Cloud package",
   "main": "dist/src/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.24.5",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.24.5",
-    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.8",
     "@types/jest": "^29",
     "jest": "^29",
     "typescript": "~5.2.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@cubejs-backend/dotenv": "^9.0.2",
-    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.1",
     "chokidar": "^3.5.1",
     "env-var": "^6.3.0",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-maven/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cubejs-backend-maven/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/maven
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 **Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/maven

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-maven/package.json b/packages/cubejs-backend-maven/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@cubejs-backend/maven",
   "description": "Cube.js Maven Wrapper for java dependencies downloading",
   "author": "Cube Dev, Inc.",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
     "dist/src/*"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.19",
     "xmlbuilder2": "^2.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.1",
     "@types/jest": "^29",
     "@types/node": "^20",
     "jest": "^29",

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-native/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cubejs-backend-native/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/native
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 **Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/native

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-native/package.json b/packages/cubejs-backend-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cubejs-backend/native",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "author": "Cube Dev, Inc.",
   "description": "Native module for Cube.js (binding to Rust codebase)",
   "main": "dist/js/index.js",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "dist/js"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.1",
     "@types/jest": "^29",
     "@types/node": "^20",
     "cargo-cp-artifact": "^0.1.9",
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/cubesql": "1.6.0",
-    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/cubesql": "1.6.1",
+    "@cubejs-backend/shared": "1.6.1",
     "@cubejs-infra/post-installer": "^0.0.7"
   },
   "resources": {

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+**Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/shared
+
 # [1.6.0](https://github.com/cube-js/cube/compare/v1.5.16...v1.6.0) (2025-12-18)
 
 **Note:** Version bump only for package @cubejs-backend/shared

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/package.json b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cubejs-backend/shared",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "Shared code for Cube.js backend packages",
   "main": "dist/src/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.0",
+    "@cubejs-backend/linter": "1.6.1",
     "@types/bytes": "^3.1.5",
     "@types/cli-progress": "^3.9.1",
     "@types/decompress": "^4.2.7",

diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ const variables: Record<string, (...args: any) => any> = {
     .default('30')
     .asInt(),
   cubeStoreRollingWindowJoin: () => get('CUBEJS_CUBESTORE_ROLLING_WINDOW_JOIN')
-    .default('false')
+    .default('true')
     .asBoolStrict(),
   allowUngroupedWithoutPrimaryKey: () => get('CUBEJS_ALLOW_UNGROUPED_WITHOUT_PRIMARY_KEY')
     .default(get('CUBESQL_SQL_PUSH_DOWN').default('true').asString())