diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunction.java
index 87ed7a2922..17aa76557f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunction.java
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ private DefaultFunctionResolver date() {
     return define(BuiltinFunctionName.DATE.getName(),
         impl(nullMissingHandling(DateTimeFunction::exprDate), DATE, STRING),
         impl(nullMissingHandling(DateTimeFunction::exprDate), DATE, DATE),
-        impl(nullMissingHandling(DateTimeFunction::exprDate), DATE, TIME),
         impl(nullMissingHandling(DateTimeFunction::exprDate), DATE, DATETIME),
         impl(nullMissingHandling(DateTimeFunction::exprDate), DATE, TIMESTAMP));
   }
@@ -652,9 +651,6 @@ private ExprValue exprConvertTZ(ExprValue startingDateTime, ExprValue fromTz, Ex
    * @return ExprValue.
    */
   private ExprValue exprDate(ExprValue exprValue) {
-    if (exprValue.type() == TIME) {
-      return new ExprDateValue(LocalDate.now());
-    }
     if (exprValue instanceof ExprStringValue) {
       try {
         return new ExprDateValue(exprValue.stringValue());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/utils/DateTimeFormatters.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/utils/DateTimeFormatters.java
index 53aa479115..2556aed8d8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/utils/DateTimeFormatters.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/utils/DateTimeFormatters.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class DateTimeFormatters {
 
   public static final DateTimeFormatter DATE_TIME_FORMATTER_VARIABLE_NANOS_OPTIONAL =
       new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
-          .appendPattern("[uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm:ss][HH:mm:ss][uuuu-MM-dd]")
+          .appendPattern("[uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm:ss][uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm][HH:mm:ss][HH:mm][uuuu-MM-dd]")
           .appendFraction(
               ChronoField.NANO_OF_SECOND,
               MIN_FRACTION_SECONDS,
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunctionTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunctionTest.java
index 7cfb7a372a..9e8f31aa71 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunctionTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/expression/datetime/DateTimeFunctionTest.java
@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ public void date() {
     assertEquals(new ExprDateValue("2020-08-17 12:12:00"), eval(expr));
     assertEquals("date(DATE '2020-08-17')", expr.toString());
 
-    expr = dsl.date(dsl.time(DSL.literal("12:12:00")));
+    expr = dsl.date(DSL.literal(new ExprDateValue("2020-08-17 12:12")));
     assertEquals(DATE, expr.type());
-    assertEquals(new ExprDateValue(LocalDate.now()), expr.valueOf(null));
+    assertEquals(new ExprDateValue("2020-08-17 12:12"), eval(expr));
+    assertEquals("date(DATE '2020-08-17')", expr.toString());
 
     expr = dsl.date(DSL.literal("2020-02-30"));
     assertEquals(nullValue(), expr.valueOf(null));
@@ -809,11 +810,21 @@ public void time() {
     assertEquals(new ExprTimeValue("01:01:01"), eval(expr));
     assertEquals("time(TIME '01:01:01')", expr.toString());
 
+    expr = dsl.time(DSL.literal(new ExprTimeValue("01:01")));
+    assertEquals(TIME, expr.type());
+    assertEquals(new ExprTimeValue("01:01"), eval(expr));
+    assertEquals("time(TIME '01:01')", expr.toString());
+
     expr = dsl.time(DSL.literal(new ExprTimeValue("2019-04-19 01:01:01")));
     assertEquals(TIME, expr.type());
     assertEquals(new ExprTimeValue("2019-04-19 01:01:01"), eval(expr));
     assertEquals("time(TIME '01:01:01')", expr.toString());
 
+    expr = dsl.time(DSL.literal(new ExprTimeValue("2019-04-19 01:01")));
+    assertEquals(TIME, expr.type());
+    assertEquals(new ExprTimeValue("2019-04-19 01:01"), eval(expr));
+    assertEquals("time(TIME '01:01')", expr.toString());
+
     expr = dsl.time(DSL.literal(new ExprTimeValue("01:01:01.0123")));
     assertEquals(TIME, expr.type());
     assertEquals(new ExprTimeValue("01:01:01.0123"), eval(expr));