diff --git a/src/common/datetimefmt.cpp b/src/common/datetimefmt.cpp
index 18249416d2..33fa84573a 100644
--- a/src/common/datetimefmt.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datetimefmt.cpp
@@ -1753,6 +1753,10 @@ wxDateTime::ParseDateTime(const wxString& date, wxString::const_iterator *end)
         while ( endDate != date.end() && wxIsspace(*endDate) )
             ++endDate;
 
+        // Skip possible 'T' separator in front of time component
+        if ( endDate != date.end() && *endDate == 'T' )
+            ++endDate;
+
         const wxString timestr(endDate, date.end());
         if ( !dtTime.ParseTime(timestr, &endTime) )
             return false;
diff --git a/tests/datetime/datetimetest.cpp b/tests/datetime/datetimetest.cpp
index e0e22353d9..3d4c735342 100644
--- a/tests/datetime/datetimetest.cpp
+++ b/tests/datetime/datetimetest.cpp
@@ -1440,6 +1440,15 @@ void DateTimeTestCase::TestDateTimeParse()
             false
         },
 
+        {
+            // with 'T' separator
+            "2010-01-04T14:30",
+            {  4, wxDateTime::Jan, 2010, 14, 30,  0 },
+            true,
+            "",
+            false
+        },
+
         {
             // date after time
             "14:30:00 2020-01-04",