diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/formatters.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/formatters.js
index f792d5b173..075c03da71 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/formatters.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/formatters.js
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ frappe.form.formatters = {
 			return "<div style='text-align: right'>" + value + "</div>";
 		}
 	},
-	Data: function(value) {
+	Data: function(value, df) {
+		if (df && df.options == "URL") {
+			return `<a href="${value}" title="Open Link" target="_blank">${value}</a>`;
+		}
 		return value==null ? "" : value;
 	},
 	Select: function(value) {
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ frappe.form.formatters = {
 		return value || "";
 	},
 	DateRange: function(value) {
-		if($.isArray(value)) {
+		if(Array.isArray(value)) {
 			return __("{0} to {1}", [frappe.datetime.str_to_user(value[0]), frappe.datetime.str_to_user(value[1])]);
 		} else {
 			return value || "";
diff --git a/frappe/utils/__init__.py b/frappe/utils/__init__.py
index 274e6ca3fb..7c8ac9ff48 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/__init__.py
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ def validate_url(txt, throw=False):
 	except Exception:
 		if throw:
 			frappe.throw(
-				frappe._(
-					"'{0}' is not a valid URL"
-				).format('<strong>' + txt +'</strong>')
+				frappe._("'{0}' is not a valid URL").format(frappe.bold(txt))
 			)
 	
 	return False