diff --git a/esphome/core/time.cpp b/esphome/core/time.cpp
index add671701f..f7aa4fdddb 100644
--- a/esphome/core/time.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/time.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ bool ESPTime::strptime(const std::string &time_to_parse, ESPTime &esp_time) {
     esp_time.hour = hour;
     esp_time.minute = minute;
     esp_time.second = second;
+  } else if (sscanf(time_to_parse.c_str(), "%04hu-%02hhu-%02hhu %02hhu:%02hhu %n", &year, &month, &day,  // NOLINT
+                    &hour,                                                                               // NOLINT
+                    &minute, &num) == 5 &&                                                               // NOLINT
+             num == time_to_parse.size()) {
+    esp_time.year = year;
+    esp_time.month = month;
+    esp_time.day_of_month = day;
+    esp_time.hour = hour;
+    esp_time.minute = minute;
+    esp_time.second = 0;
   } else if (sscanf(time_to_parse.c_str(), "%02hhu:%02hhu:%02hhu %n", &hour, &minute, &second, &num) == 3 &&  // NOLINT
              num == time_to_parse.size()) {
     esp_time.hour = hour;