diff --git a/vlib/toml/ast/types.v b/vlib/toml/ast/types.v
index 515a7c6d2a..fd7ee5e0fe 100644
--- a/vlib/toml/ast/types.v
+++ b/vlib/toml/ast/types.v
@@ -231,8 +231,9 @@ pub fn (t Time) str() string {
 // DateTime is the data representation of a TOML date-time type (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.milli`).
 // DateTime types can appear only as values in TOML documents.
 pub struct DateTime {
-pub:
+pub mut:
 	text string
+pub:
 	pos  token.Position
 	date Date
 	time Time
diff --git a/vlib/toml/decoder/decoder.v b/vlib/toml/decoder/decoder.v
index c3543c1dc4..042163c612 100644
--- a/vlib/toml/decoder/decoder.v
+++ b/vlib/toml/decoder/decoder.v
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ fn (d Decoder) modify(mut value ast.Value) ? {
 			mut v := &(value as ast.Number)
 			d.decode_number(mut v) ?
 		}
+		ast.DateTime {
+			mut v := &(value as ast.DateTime)
+			d.decode_date_time(mut v) ?
+		}
 		else {}
 	}
 }
@@ -205,9 +209,10 @@ pub fn decode_quoted_escapes(mut q ast.Quoted) ? {
 	q.text = decoded_s
 }
 
-// decode_unicode_escape returns an error if `esc_unicode` is not
-// a valid Unicode escape sequence. `esc_unicode` is expected to be
-// prefixed with either `u` or `U`.
+// decode_unicode_escape decodes the Unicode escape sequence `esc_unicode`.
+// The sequence is expected to be prefixed with either `u` or `U`.
+// decode_unicode_escape returns the decoded rune as
+// a string, it's integer value and it's length.
 fn decode_unicode_escape(esc_unicode string) ?(string, int, int) {
 	is_long_esc_type := esc_unicode.starts_with('U')
 	mut sequence := esc_unicode[1..]
@@ -224,3 +229,30 @@ fn decode_unicode_escape(esc_unicode string) ?(string, int, int) {
 	rn := rune(i64_val)
 	return '$rn', int(i64_val), sequence_len
 }
+
+// decode_date_time decodes the `dt ast.DateTime`.
+fn (d Decoder) decode_date_time(mut dt ast.DateTime) ? {
+	// Expand milliseconds that are only 1 char
+	if dt.text.contains('.') {
+		yymmddhhmmss := dt.text.all_before('.')
+		rest := dt.text.all_after('.')
+		z := if rest.contains('Z') { 'Z' } else { '' }
+		mut ms := rest
+		mut offset := ''
+		if rest.contains('+') {
+			offset = '+' + rest.all_after('+')
+			ms = rest.all_before('+')
+		} else if rest.contains('-') {
+			offset = '-' + rest.all_after('-')
+			ms = rest.all_before('-')
+		}
+		if z != '' {
+			ms = ms.replace('Z', '')
+		}
+		if ms.len > 1 {
+			return
+		}
+		ms = ms + '0'.repeat(6 - ms.len) + z
+		dt.text = yymmddhhmmss + '.' + ms + offset
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vlib/toml/tests/burntsushi.toml-test_test.v b/vlib/toml/tests/burntsushi.toml-test_test.v
index f7cc234142..0eed4d5631 100644
--- a/vlib/toml/tests/burntsushi.toml-test_test.v
+++ b/vlib/toml/tests/burntsushi.toml-test_test.v
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ const (
 	valid_value_exceptions = [
 		// Integer
 		'integer/long.toml', // TODO awaits BUG fix with strconv.parse_int('-9223372036854775808')
-		// Date-time
-		'datetime/milliseconds.toml',
 	]
 
 	jq                     = os.find_abs_path_of_executable('jq') or { '' }