diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 23c18c573b9147b7aaa88a8d1d2f26748e803501..000d3e529722f73321f87084a457d878de037704 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -733,8 +733,8 @@ static int has_epoch_timestamp(const char *nameline)
 		" "
 		"[0-2][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:00(\\.0+)?"
 		" "
-		"([-+][0-2][0-9][0-5][0-9])\n";
-	const char *timestamp = NULL, *cp;
+		"([-+][0-2][0-9]:?[0-5][0-9])\n";
+	const char *timestamp = NULL, *cp, *colon;
 	static regex_t *stamp;
 	regmatch_t m[10];
 	int zoneoffset;
@@ -764,8 +764,11 @@ static int has_epoch_timestamp(const char *nameline)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	zoneoffset = strtol(timestamp + m[3].rm_so + 1, NULL, 10);
-	zoneoffset = (zoneoffset / 100) * 60 + (zoneoffset % 100);
+	zoneoffset = strtol(timestamp + m[3].rm_so + 1, (char **) &colon, 10);
+	if (*colon == ':')
+		zoneoffset = zoneoffset * 60 + strtol(colon + 1, NULL, 10);
+	else
+		zoneoffset = (zoneoffset / 100) * 60 + (zoneoffset % 100);
 	if (timestamp[m[3].rm_so] == '-')
 		zoneoffset = -zoneoffset;
 
diff --git a/t/t4132-apply-removal.sh b/t/t4132-apply-removal.sh
index bb1ffe3b6cfe491137b34993fe2e3bed99908dff..a2bc1cd37d852a9cab79c946bf88ee9dc958b460 100755
--- a/t/t4132-apply-removal.sh
+++ b/t/t4132-apply-removal.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	epocWest="1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800" &&
 	 epocGMT="1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000" &&
 	epocEast="1970-01-01 09:00:00.000000000 +0900" &&
+	epocWest2="1969-12-31 16:00:00 -08:00" &&
 
 	sed -e "s/TS0/$epocWest/" -e "s/TS1/$timeWest/" <c >createWest.patch &&
 	sed -e "s/TS0/$epocEast/" -e "s/TS1/$timeEast/" <c >createEast.patch &&
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	sed -e "s/TS0/$timeWest/" -e "s/TS1/$epocWest/" <d >removeWest.patch &&
 	sed -e "s/TS0/$timeEast/" -e "s/TS1/$epocEast/" <d >removeEast.patch &&
 	sed -e "s/TS0/$timeGMT/" -e "s/TS1/$epocGMT/" <d >removeGMT.patch &&
+	sed -e "s/TS0/$timeWest/" -e "s/TS1/$epocWest2/" <d >removeWest2.patch &&
 
 	echo something >something &&
 	>empty