diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Timestamp.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Timestamp.java
index 02bb98131366..618ef9c7211e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Timestamp.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Timestamp.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime;
 import org.threeten.bp.ZoneOffset;
 import org.threeten.bp.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import org.threeten.bp.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
+import org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
 
 /**
  * Represents a timestamp with nanosecond precision. Timestamps cover the range [0001-01-01,
@@ -47,6 +49,15 @@ public final class Timestamp implements Comparable<Timestamp>, Serializable {
 
   private static final DateTimeFormatter format = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME;
 
+  private static final DateTimeFormatter timestampParser =
+      new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+          .appendOptional(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME)
+          .optionalStart()
+          .appendOffsetId()
+          .optionalEnd()
+          .toFormatter()
+          .withZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+
   private final long seconds;
   private final int nanos;
 
@@ -170,7 +181,8 @@ public com.google.protobuf.Timestamp toProto() {
    * the timezone offset (always ends in "Z").
    */
   public static Timestamp parseTimestamp(String timestamp) {
-    Instant instant = Instant.parse(timestamp);
+    TemporalAccessor temporalAccessor = timestampParser.parse(timestamp);
+    Instant instant = Instant.from(temporalAccessor);
     return ofTimeSecondsAndNanos(instant.getEpochSecond(), instant.getNano());
   }
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/TimestampTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/TimestampTest.java
index 8a72abbee4e5..db9ede84dce1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/TimestampTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/TimestampTest.java
@@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ public void parseTimestamp() {
         .isEqualTo(Timestamp.ofTimeSecondsAndNanos(TEST_TIME_SECONDS, 0));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void parseTimestampWithoutTimeZoneOffset() {
+    assertThat(Timestamp.parseTimestamp("0001-01-01T00:00:00")).isEqualTo(Timestamp.MIN_VALUE);
+    assertThat(Timestamp.parseTimestamp("9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999"))
+        .isEqualTo(Timestamp.MAX_VALUE);
+    assertThat(Timestamp.parseTimestamp("2015-10-12T15:14:54"))
+        .isEqualTo(Timestamp.ofTimeSecondsAndNanos(TEST_TIME_SECONDS, 0));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void fromProto() {
     com.google.protobuf.Timestamp proto =