diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeType.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeType.java
index a29cd3528..1809c24de 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeType.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeType.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.time.zone.ZoneRulesException;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ public class DateTimeType implements PrimitiveType, State, Command, Comparable<D
     private static final DateTimeFormatter PARSER_TZ_RFC = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DATE_PARSE_PATTERN_WITH_TZ_RFC);
     private static final DateTimeFormatter PARSER_TZ_ISO = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DATE_PARSE_PATTERN_WITH_TZ_ISO);
 
+    private static final Pattern DATE_PARSE_PATTERN_WITH_SPACE = Pattern
+            .compile("\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}.*");
+
     // internal patterns for formatting
     private static final String DATE_FORMAT_PATTERN_WITH_TZ_RFC = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm[:ss[.SSSSSSSSS]]Z";
     private static final DateTimeFormatter FORMATTER_TZ_RFC = DateTimeFormatter
@@ -84,7 +88,11 @@ public class DateTimeType implements PrimitiveType, State, Command, Comparable<D
         try {
             // direct parsing (date and time)
             try {
-                date = parse(zonedValue);
+                if (DATE_PARSE_PATTERN_WITH_SPACE.matcher(zonedValue).matches()) {
+                    date = parse(zonedValue.substring(0, 10) + "T" + zonedValue.substring(11));
+                } else {
+                    date = parse(zonedValue);
+                }
             } catch (DateTimeParseException fullDtException) {
                 // time only
                 try {
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/test/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeTypeTest.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/test/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeTypeTest.java
index a12b7032f..9b42d301c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/test/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeTypeTest.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core/src/test/java/org/openhab/core/library/types/DateTimeTypeTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 /**
  * @author Thomas Eichstaedt-Engelen - Initial contribution
@@ -260,6 +261,22 @@ public class DateTimeTypeTest {
         assertTrue(dt1.compareTo(dt1) == 0);
     }
 
+    // This can only test explicit time zones, as we cannot mock the system default time zone
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = { //
+            "2024-09-05T15:30:00Z", //
+            "2024-09-05 15:30Z", //
+            "2024-09-05 16:30+0100", //
+            "2024-09-05T17:30:00.000+0200", //
+            "2024-09-05T17:30:00.000+02:00" //
+    })
+    public void parserTest(String input) {
+        ZonedDateTime zdtReference = ZonedDateTime.parse("2024-09-05T15:30:00Z");
+
+        ZonedDateTime zdt = new DateTimeType(input).getZonedDateTime().withZoneSameInstant(zdtReference.getZone());
+        assertThat(zdt, is(zdtReference));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void zonedParsingTest() {
         DateTimeType dt1 = new DateTimeType("2019-06-12T17:30:00Z");