diff --git a/vlib/time/parse.c.v b/vlib/time/parse.c.v
index 7d6315fef5..5dacf5b4ec 100644
--- a/vlib/time/parse.c.v
+++ b/vlib/time/parse.c.v
@@ -5,6 +5,127 @@ module time
 
 import strconv
 
+const date_format_buffer = [u8(`0`), `0`, `0`, `0`, `-`, `0`, `0`, `-`, `0`, `0`]!
+const time_format_buffer = [u8(`0`), `0`, `:`, `0`, `0`, `:`, `0`, `0`]!
+
+fn validate_time_bounds(hour int, minute int, second int, nanosecond int) ! {
+	if hour < 0 || hour > 23 {
+		return error('invalid hour: ${hour}')
+	}
+	if minute < 0 || minute > 59 {
+		return error('invalid minute: ${minute}')
+	}
+	if second < 0 || second > 59 {
+		return error('invalid second: ${second}')
+	}
+	if nanosecond < 0 || nanosecond > 1_000_000_000 {
+		return error('invalid nanosecond: ${nanosecond}')
+	}
+}
+
+fn check_and_extract_time(s string) !(int, int, int, int) {
+	mut hour_ := 0
+	mut minute_ := 0
+	mut second_ := 0
+	mut nanosecond_ := 0
+
+	// Check if the string start in the format "HH:MM:SS"
+	for i := 0; i < time_format_buffer.len; i++ {
+		if time_format_buffer[i] == u8(`0`) {
+			if s[i] < u8(`0`) && s[i] > u8(`9`) {
+				return error('`HH:MM:SS` match error: expected digit, not `${s[i]}` in position ${i}')
+			} else {
+				if i < 2 {
+					hour_ = hour_ * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				} else if i < 5 {
+					minute_ = minute_ * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				} else {
+					second_ = second_ * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				}
+			}
+		} else if time_format_buffer[i] != s[i] {
+			return error('time separator error: expected `:`, not `${[s[i]].bytestr()}` in position ${i}')
+		}
+	}
+
+	if s.len == time_format_buffer.len + 1 {
+		if s[time_format_buffer.len] !in [u8(`Z`), `z`] {
+			return error('timezone error: expected "Z" or "z" at the end of the string')
+		}
+		validate_time_bounds(hour_, minute_, second_, nanosecond_)!
+		return hour_, minute_, second_, nanosecond_
+	}
+
+	if s.len < time_format_buffer.len + 1 {
+		return error('datetime string is too short')
+	}
+
+	if s[time_format_buffer.len] == u8(`.`) {
+		// Check if the string contains the nanoseconds part after the time part
+		if s.len < time_format_buffer.len + 1 {
+			return error('datetime string is too short')
+		}
+		// Check if the string start in the format ".NNNNNNNNN"
+		mut nanosecond_digits := 0
+		for i := time_format_buffer.len + 1; i < s.len; i++ {
+			if s[i] < u8(`0`) || s[i] > u8(`9`) {
+				if s[i] in [u8(`Z`), `z`] {
+					if i != s.len - 1 {
+						return error('timezone error: "Z" or "z" can only be at the end of the string')
+					}
+					break
+				} else if s[i] in [u8(`+`), `-`] {
+					break
+				}
+				return error('nanoseconds error: expected digit, not `${s[i]}` in position ${i}')
+			}
+			if !(i >= time_format_buffer.len + 1 + 9) {
+				// nanoseconds limit is 9 digits
+				nanosecond_ = nanosecond_ * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				nanosecond_digits++
+			}
+		}
+		if nanosecond_digits < 9 {
+			for i := 0; i < 9 - nanosecond_digits; i++ {
+				nanosecond_ *= 10
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	validate_time_bounds(hour_, minute_, second_, nanosecond_)!
+	return hour_, minute_, second_, nanosecond_
+}
+
+fn check_and_extract_date(s string) !(int, int, int) {
+	mut year := 0
+	mut month := 0
+	mut day := 0
+	// Check if the string start in the format "YYYY-MM-DD"
+	for i := 0; i < date_format_buffer.len; i++ {
+		if date_format_buffer[i] == u8(`0`) {
+			if s[i] < u8(`0`) && s[i] > u8(`9`) {
+				return error('`YYYY-MM-DD` match error: expected digit, not `${s[i]}` in position ${i}')
+			} else {
+				if i < 4 {
+					year = year * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				} else if i < 7 {
+					month = month * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				} else {
+					day = day * 10 + (s[i] - u8(`0`))
+				}
+			}
+		} else if date_format_buffer[i] != s[i] {
+			return error('date separator error:expected "${date_format_buffer[i]}", not `${s[i]}` in position ${i}')
+		}
+	}
+	if month < 1 || month > 12 {
+		return error('date error: invalid month ${month}')
+	}
+	if day < 1 || day > 31 {
+		return error('date error: invalid day ${day}')
+	}
+	return year, month, day
+}
+
 // parse_rfc3339 returns the time from a date string in RFC 3339 datetime format.
 // See also https://ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/ for a visual reference of
 // the differences between ISO-8601 and RFC 3339.
@@ -12,48 +133,152 @@ pub fn parse_rfc3339(s string) !Time {
 	if s == '' {
 		return error_invalid_time(0, 'datetime string is empty')
 	}
-	// Normalize the input before parsing. Good since iso8601 doesn't permit lower case `t` and `z`.
-	sn := s.replace_each(['t', 'T', 'z', 'Z'])
-	mut t := parse_iso8601(sn) or { Time{} }
-	// If parse_iso8601 DID NOT result in default values (i.e. date was parsed correctly)
-	if t != Time{} {
-		return t
+
+	if s.len < time_format_buffer.len {
+		return error('string is too short to parse')
 	}
 
-	t_i := sn.index('T') or { -1 }
-	parts := if t_i != -1 { [sn[..t_i], sn[t_i + 1..]] } else { sn.split(' ') }
+	mut year, mut month, mut day := 0, 0, 0
+	mut hour_, mut minute_, mut second_, mut nanosecond_ := 0, 0, 0, 0
 
-	// Check if sn is date only
-	if !parts[0].contains_any(' Z') && parts[0].contains('-') {
-		year, month, day := parse_iso8601_date(sn)!
-		t = new(Time{
-			year:  year
-			month: month
-			day:   day
-		})
-		return t
+	is_time := if s.len >= time_format_buffer.len {
+		s[2] == u8(`:`) && s[5] == u8(`:`)
+	} else {
+		false
 	}
-	// Check if sn is time only
-	if !parts[0].contains('-') && parts[0].contains(':') {
-		mut hour_, mut minute_, mut second_, mut microsecond_, mut nanosecond_, mut unix_offset, mut is_local_time := 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, i64(0), true
-		hour_, minute_, second_, microsecond_, nanosecond_, unix_offset, is_local_time = parse_iso8601_time(parts[0])!
-		t = new(Time{
-			hour:       hour_
-			minute:     minute_
-			second:     second_
-			nanosecond: nanosecond_
-		})
-		if is_local_time {
-			return t // Time is already local time
+	if is_time {
+		return error('missing date part of RFC 3339')
+	}
+
+	is_date := if s.len >= date_format_buffer.len {
+		s[4] == u8(`-`) && s[7] == u8(`-`)
+	} else {
+		false
+	}
+
+	if is_date {
+		year, month, day = check_and_extract_date(s)!
+		if s.len == date_format_buffer.len {
+			return new(Time{
+				year:     year
+				month:    month
+				day:      day
+				is_local: false
+			})
 		}
-		mut unix_time := t.unix
-		if unix_offset < 0 {
-			unix_time -= (-unix_offset)
-		} else if unix_offset > 0 {
-			unix_time += unix_offset
+	}
+
+	is_datetime := if s.len >= date_format_buffer.len + 1 + time_format_buffer.len + 1 {
+		is_date && s[10] == u8(`T`)
+	} else {
+		false
+	}
+	if is_datetime {
+		// year, month, day := check_and_extract_date(s)!
+		hour_, minute_, second_, nanosecond_ = check_and_extract_time(s[date_format_buffer.len + 1..])!
+	}
+
+	mut timezone_start_position := 0
+
+	if is_datetime || is_time {
+		timezone_start_position = date_format_buffer.len + 1 + time_format_buffer.len
+		if s[timezone_start_position] == u8(`.`) {
+			timezone_start_position++
+
+			for s[timezone_start_position] !in [u8(`Z`), `z`, `+`, `-`] {
+				timezone_start_position++
+				if timezone_start_position == s.len {
+					return error('timezone error: expected "Z" or "z" or "+" or "-" in position ${timezone_start_position}, not "${[
+						s[timezone_start_position],
+					].bytestr()}"')
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	pos := date_format_buffer.len + time_format_buffer.len + 1
+	if pos >= s.len {
+		return error('timezone error: datetime string is too short')
+	}
+	if s[date_format_buffer.len + time_format_buffer.len + 1] !in [u8(`Z`), `z`, `+`, `-`, `.`] {
+		// RFC 3339 needs a timezone
+		return error('timezone error: expected "Z" or "z" or "+" or "-" in position ${
+			date_format_buffer.len + time_format_buffer.len + 1}, not "${[
+			s[date_format_buffer.len + time_format_buffer.len + 1],
+		].bytestr()}"')
+	} else {
+		if s[s.len - 1] in [u8(`Z`), `z`] {
+			return new(Time{
+				year:       year
+				month:      month
+				day:        day
+				hour:       hour_
+				minute:     minute_
+				second:     second_
+				nanosecond: nanosecond_
+				is_local:   false
+			})
+		} else {
+			// Check if the string contains the timezone part after the time part +00:00
+			if s.len < date_format_buffer.len + 1 + time_format_buffer.len + 6 {
+				return error('datetime string is too short')
+			}
+			if s[s.len - 3] != u8(`:`) {
+				return error('timezone separator error: expected ":", not `${[
+					s[date_format_buffer.len + time_format_buffer.len + 3],
+				].bytestr()}` in position ${date_format_buffer.len + time_format_buffer.len + 3}')
+			}
+
+			// Check if it is UTC time
+			if unsafe { vmemcmp(s.str + s.len - 5, '00:00'.str, 5) == 0 } {
+				return new(Time{
+					year:       year
+					month:      month
+					day:        day
+					hour:       hour_
+					minute:     minute_
+					second:     second_
+					nanosecond: nanosecond_
+					is_local:   false
+				})
+			}
+
+			is_negative := s[s.len - 6] == u8(`-`)
+
+			// To local time using the offset to add_seconds
+			mut offset_in_minutes := 0
+			mut offset_in_hours := 0
+			// offset hours
+			for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+				offset_in_hours = offset_in_minutes * 10 + (s[s.len - 5 + i] - u8(`0`))
+			}
+
+			// offset minutes
+			for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+				offset_in_minutes = offset_in_minutes * 10 + (s[s.len - 2 + i] - u8(`0`))
+			}
+
+			offset_in_minutes += offset_in_hours * 60
+
+			if !is_negative {
+				offset_in_minutes *= -1
+			}
+
+			mut time_to_be_returned := new(Time{
+				year:       year
+				month:      month
+				day:        day
+				hour:       hour_
+				minute:     minute_
+				second:     second_
+				nanosecond: nanosecond_
+				is_local:   false
+			})
+
+			time_to_be_returned = time_to_be_returned.add_seconds(offset_in_minutes * 60)
+
+			return time_to_be_returned
 		}
-		t = unix_nanosecond(i64(unix_time), t.nanosecond)
-		return t
 	}
 
 	return error_invalid_time(9, 'malformed date')
@@ -310,6 +535,6 @@ fn parse_iso8601_time(s string) !(int, int, int, int, int, i64, bool) {
 	if plus_min_z == `+` {
 		unix_offset *= -1
 	}
-	// eprintln('parse_iso8601_time s: $s | hour_: $hour_ | minute_: $minute_ | second_: $second_ | microsecond_: $microsecond_ | nanosecond_: $nanosecond_ | unix_offset: $unix_offset | is_local_time: $is_local_time')
+	// eprintln('parse_iso8601_time s: $s | hour_: $hour_ | minute_: $minute_ | second_: $second_ | microsecond_: $microsecond_ | nanosecond_: $nanosecond_ | unix_offset: $unix_offset | is_local: $is_local_time')
 	return hour_, minute_, second_, microsecond_, nanosecond_, unix_offset, is_local_time
 }
diff --git a/vlib/time/parse_test.v b/vlib/time/parse_test.v
index 1e76384e9f..26e8480ee3 100644
--- a/vlib/time/parse_test.v
+++ b/vlib/time/parse_test.v
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import time
 fn test_parse() {
 	s := '2018-01-27 12:48:34'
 	t := time.parse(s) or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t.year == 2018 && t.month == 1 && t.day == 27 && t.hour == 12 && t.minute == 48
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ fn test_parse_invalid() {
 fn test_parse_rfc2822() {
 	s1 := 'Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:07:45 GMT'
 	t1 := time.parse_rfc2822(s1) or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${s1} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${s1} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t1.year == 2019 && t1.month == 12 && t1.day == 12 && t1.hour == 6 && t1.minute == 7
@@ -36,8 +34,7 @@ fn test_parse_rfc2822() {
 	assert t1.unix() == 1576130865
 	s2 := 'Thu 12 Dec 2019 06:07:45 +0800'
 	t2 := time.parse_rfc2822(s2) or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${s2} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${s2} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t2.year == 2019 && t2.month == 12 && t2.day == 12 && t2.hour == 6 && t2.minute == 7
@@ -73,8 +70,7 @@ fn test_parse_iso8601() {
 	]
 	for i, format in formats {
 		t := time.parse_iso8601(format) or {
-			eprintln('>>> failing format: ${format} | err: ${err}')
-			assert false
+			assert false, '>>> failing format: ${format} | err: ${err}'
 			continue
 		}
 		year := times[i][0]
@@ -97,8 +93,7 @@ fn test_parse_iso8601() {
 fn test_parse_iso8601_local() {
 	format := '2020-06-05T15:38:06.015959'
 	t := time.parse_iso8601(format) or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${format} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${format} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t.year == 2020
@@ -135,8 +130,7 @@ fn test_parse_iso8601_invalid() {
 fn test_parse_iso8601_date_only() {
 	format := '2020-06-05'
 	t := time.parse_iso8601(format) or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${format} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${format} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t.year == 2020
@@ -150,12 +144,21 @@ fn test_parse_iso8601_date_only() {
 
 fn check_invalid_date(s string) {
 	if date := time.parse(s) {
-		eprintln('invalid date: "${s}" => "${date}"')
-		assert false
+		assert false, 'invalid date: "${s}" => "${date}"'
 	}
 	assert true
 }
 
+fn invalid_rfc3339(s string) string {
+	if date := time.parse_rfc3339(s) {
+		assert false, 'invalid date: "${s}" => "${date}"'
+	} else {
+		assert true
+		return err.str()
+	}
+	return ''
+}
+
 fn test_invalid_dates_should_error_during_parse() {
 	check_invalid_date('-99999-12-20 00:00:00')
 	check_invalid_date('99999-12-20 00:00:00')
@@ -175,17 +178,48 @@ fn test_parse_rfc3339() {
 	pairs := [
 		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.080254511Z', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.080254'],
 		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.072697474Z', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.072697'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.1234Z', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.123400'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.001234Z', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.001234'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32Z', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32+00:00', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32-00:00', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32-01:00', '2015-01-06 16:47:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32+01:00', '2015-01-06 14:47:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32-01:10', '2015-01-06 16:57:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32+01:10', '2015-01-06 14:37:32.000000'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.1234-00:00', '2015-01-06 15:47:32.123400'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.1234+01:00', '2015-01-06 14:47:32.123400'],
+		['2015-01-06T15:47:32.1234-01:00', '2015-01-06 16:47:32.123400'],
+		['2015-01-06T22:59:59-00:10', '2015-01-06 23:09:59.000000'],
+		['1979-05-27T07:32:00-08:00', '1979-05-27 15:32:00.000000'],
+		['2024-10-19T22:47:08-00:00', '2024-10-19 22:47:08.000000'],
+		['2024-10-19T22:47:08.9+00:00', '2024-10-19 22:47:08.900000'],
+		['2024-10-20T01:47:08+03:00', '2024-10-19 22:47:08.000000'],
+		['2024-10-20T01:47:08.981+03:00', '2024-10-19 22:47:08.981000'],
 	]
 	for pair in pairs {
 		input, expected := pair[0], pair[1]
 		res := time.parse_rfc3339(input) or {
-			eprintln('>>> failing input: ${input} | err: ${err}')
-			assert false
+			assert false, '>>> failing input: ${input} | err: ${err}'
 			return
 		}
 		output := res.format_ss_micro()
 		assert expected == output
 	}
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('22:47:08Z') == 'missing date part of RFC 3339'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('01:47:08.981+03:00') == 'missing date part of RFC 3339'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-00') == 'date error: invalid day 0'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-32') == 'date error: invalid day 32'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-88') == 'date error: invalid day 88'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-00-01') == 'date error: invalid month 0'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-13-01') == 'date error: invalid month 13'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-77-01') == 'date error: invalid month 77'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-01T24:47:08Z') == 'invalid hour: 24'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-01T99:47:08Z') == 'invalid hour: 99'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-01T23:60:08Z') == 'invalid minute: 60'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-01T23:99:08Z') == 'invalid minute: 99'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-01T23:59:60Z') == 'invalid second: 60'
+	assert invalid_rfc3339('2006-01-01T23:59:99Z') == 'invalid second: 99'
 }
 
 fn test_ad_second_to_parse_result_in_2001() {
@@ -205,8 +239,7 @@ fn test_ad_second_to_parse_result_pre_2001() {
 fn test_parse_format() {
 	mut s := '2018-01-27 12:48:34'
 	mut t := time.parse_format(s, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss') or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t.year == 2018 && t.month == 1 && t.day == 27 && t.hour == 12 && t.minute == 48
@@ -214,8 +247,7 @@ fn test_parse_format() {
 
 	s = '2018-November-27 12:48:20'
 	t = time.parse_format(s, 'YYYY-MMMM-DD HH:mm:ss') or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t.year == 2018 && t.month == 11 && t.day == 27 && t.hour == 12 && t.minute == 48
@@ -223,8 +255,7 @@ fn test_parse_format() {
 
 	s = '18-1-2 0:8:2'
 	t = time.parse_format(s, 'YY-M-D H:m:s') or {
-		eprintln('> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}')
-		assert false
+		assert false, '> failing format: ${s} | err: ${err}'
 		return
 	}
 	assert t.year == 2018 && t.month == 1 && t.day == 2 && t.hour == 0 && t.minute == 8
@@ -233,6 +264,6 @@ fn test_parse_format() {
 	// This should always fail, because we test if M and D allow for a 01 value which they shouldn't
 	s = '2018-01-02 1:8:2'
 	t = time.parse_format(s, 'YYYY-M-D H:m:s') or { return }
-	eprintln('> failing for datetime: ${s}, the datetime string should not have passed the format "YYYY-M-D H:m:s"')
-	assert false
+
+	assert false, '> failing for datetime: ${s}, the datetime string should not have passed the format "YYYY-M-D H:m:s"'
 }
diff --git a/vlib/toml/checker/checker.v b/vlib/toml/checker/checker.v
index 305200b722..15ae7ec675 100644
--- a/vlib/toml/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/toml/checker/checker.v
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ pub const allowed_basic_escape_chars = [`u`, `U`, `b`, `t`, `n`, `f`, `r`, `"`,
 // utf8_max is the largest inclusive value of the Unicodes scalar value ranges.
 const utf8_max = 0x10FFFF
 
+fn toml_parse_time(s string) !time.Time {
+	if s.len > 3 && s[2] == `:` {
+		// complete the partial time, with an arbitrary date:
+		return time.parse_rfc3339('0001-01-01T' + s)
+	}
+	return time.parse_rfc3339(s)!
+}
+
 // Checker checks a tree of TOML `ast.Value`'s for common errors.
 pub struct Checker {
 pub:
@@ -318,8 +326,21 @@ fn (c &Checker) check_date_time(dt ast.DateTime) ! {
 				col:     dt.pos.col + split[0].len
 			}
 		})!
-		// Use V's builtin functionality to validate the string
-		time.parse_rfc3339(lit) or {
+		// Simulate a time offset if it's missing then it can be checked. Already toml supports local time and rfc3339 don't.
+		mut has_time_offset := false
+		for ch in lit#[19..] {
+			if ch in [u8(`-`), `+`, `Z`] {
+				has_time_offset = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		mut lit_with_offset := lit
+		if !has_time_offset {
+			lit_with_offset += 'Z'
+		}
+
+		toml_parse_time(lit_with_offset) or {
 			return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
 				' "${lit}" is not a valid RFC 3339 Date-Time format string "${err}". In ...${c.excerpt(dt.pos)}...')
 		}
@@ -352,8 +373,7 @@ fn (c &Checker) check_date(date ast.Date) ! {
 		return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
 			' "${lit}" does not have a valid RFC 3339 day indication in ...${c.excerpt(date.pos)}...')
 	}
-	// Use V's builtin functionality to validate the string
-	time.parse_rfc3339(lit) or {
+	toml_parse_time(lit) or {
 		return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
 			' "${lit}" is not a valid RFC 3339 Date format string "${err}". In ...${c.excerpt(date.pos)}...')
 	}
@@ -380,8 +400,22 @@ fn (c &Checker) check_time(t ast.Time) ! {
 		return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
 			' "${lit}" is not a valid RFC 3339 Time format string in ...${c.excerpt(t.pos)}...')
 	}
-	// Use V's builtin functionality to validate the time string
-	time.parse_rfc3339(parts[0]) or {
+
+	// Simulate a time offset if it's missing then it can be checked. Already toml supports local time and rfc3339 don't.
+	mut has_time_offset := false
+	for ch in parts[0]#[8..] {
+		if ch in [u8(`-`), `+`, `Z`] {
+			has_time_offset = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	mut part_with_offset := parts[0]
+	if !has_time_offset {
+		part_with_offset += 'Z'
+	}
+
+	toml_parse_time(part_with_offset) or {
 		return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
 			' "${lit}" is not a valid RFC 3339 Time format string "${err}". In ...${c.excerpt(t.pos)}...')
 	}