updateAttribute('customer', 'created_at', 'frontend_input', $datetimeType); // implement new input filter for datetime type attribute $attribute = $installer->getAttribute('customer', 'created_at'); $attributeBind = array( 'input_filter' => $datetimeType, ); $attributeWhere = $installer->getConnection()->quoteInto('attribute_id=?', $attribute['attribute_id']); $installer->getConnection()->update($installer->getTable('customer/eav_attribute'), $attributeBind, $attributeWhere);