diff --git a/base/dates/Dates.jl b/base/dates/Dates.jl
index cf5631a9f7244..b2551e94784d1 100644
--- a/base/dates/Dates.jl
+++ b/base/dates/Dates.jl
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ export Period, DatePeriod, TimePeriod,
        firstdayofquarter, lastdayofquarter,
        adjust, tonext, toprev, tofirst, tolast,
        # io.jl
-       ISODateTimeFormat, ISODateFormat, DateFormat, RFC1123Format, @dateformat_str
+       ISODateTimeFormat, ISODateFormat, ISOTimeFormat, DateFormat, RFC1123Format, @dateformat_str
 
 end # module
diff --git a/base/dates/io.jl b/base/dates/io.jl
index b31e28c35fd33..f7ce2480feffc 100644
--- a/base/dates/io.jl
+++ b/base/dates/io.jl
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ const CONVERSION_DEFAULTS = Dict{Type, Any}(
     Minute => Int64(0),
     Second => Int64(0),
     Millisecond => Int64(0),
+    Microsecond => Int64(0),
+    Nanosecond => Int64(0),
 )
 
 # Specifies the required fields in order to parse a TimeType
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ const CONVERSION_DEFAULTS = Dict{Type, Any}(
 const CONVERSION_TRANSLATIONS = Dict{Type{<:TimeType}, Tuple}(
     Date => (Year, Month, Day),
     DateTime => (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second, Millisecond),
+    Time => (Hour, Minute, Second, Millisecond, Microsecond, Nanosecond),
 )
 
 """
@@ -388,10 +391,12 @@ end
 # Standard formats
 const ISODateTimeFormat = DateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd\\THH:MM:SS.s")
 const ISODateFormat = DateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd")
+const ISOTimeFormat = DateFormat("HH:MM:SS.s")
 const RFC1123Format = DateFormat("e, dd u yyyy HH:MM:SS")
 
 default_format(::Type{DateTime}) = ISODateTimeFormat
 default_format(::Type{Date}) = ISODateFormat
+default_format(::Type{Time}) = ISOTimeFormat
 
 ### API
 
@@ -400,12 +405,12 @@ const Locale = Union{DateLocale, String}
 """
     DateTime(dt::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> DateTime
 
-Construct a `DateTime` by parsing the `dt` date string following the pattern given in
-the `format` string.
+Construct a `DateTime` by parsing the `dt` date time string following the
+pattern given in the `format` string.
 
-This method creates a `DateFormat` object each time it is called. If you are parsing many
-date strings of the same format, consider creating a [`DateFormat`](@ref) object once and using
-that as the second argument instead.
+This method creates a `DateFormat` object each time it is called. If you are
+parsing many date time strings of the same format, consider creating a
+[`DateFormat`](@ref) object once and using that as the second argument instead.
 """
 function DateTime(dt::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale::Locale=ENGLISH)
     parse(DateTime, dt, DateFormat(format, locale))
@@ -414,30 +419,55 @@ end
 """
     DateTime(dt::AbstractString, df::DateFormat) -> DateTime
 
-Construct a `DateTime` by parsing the `dt` date string following the pattern given in
-the [`DateFormat`](@ref) object. Similar to
-`DateTime(::AbstractString, ::AbstractString)` but more efficient when repeatedly parsing
-similarly formatted date strings with a pre-created `DateFormat` object.
+Construct a `DateTime` by parsing the `dt` date time string following the
+pattern given in the [`DateFormat`](@ref) object. Similar to
+`DateTime(::AbstractString, ::AbstractString)` but more efficient when
+repeatedly parsing similarly formatted date time strings with a pre-created
+`DateFormat` object.
 """
 DateTime(dt::AbstractString, df::DateFormat=ISODateTimeFormat) = parse(DateTime, dt, df)
 
 """
-    Date(dt::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> Date
+    Date(d::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> Date
 
-Construct a `Date` object by parsing a `dt` date string following the pattern given in the
-`format` string. Follows the same conventions as
-`DateTime(::AbstractString, ::AbstractString)`.
+Construct a `Date` by parsing the `d` date string following the pattern given
+in the `format` string.
+
+This method creates a `DateFormat` object each time it is called. If you are
+parsing many date strings of the same format, consider creating a
+[`DateFormat`](@ref) object once and using that as the second argument instead.
+"""
+function Date(d::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale::Locale=ENGLISH)
+    parse(Date, d, DateFormat(format, locale))
+end
+
+"""
+    Date(d::AbstractString, df::DateFormat) -> Date
+
+Parse a date from a date string `d` using a `DateFormat` object `df`.
+"""
+Date(d::AbstractString, df::DateFormat=ISODateFormat) = parse(Date, d, df)
+
+"""
+    Time(t::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale="english") -> Time
+
+Construct a `Time` by parsing the `t` time string following the pattern given
+in the `format` string.
+
+This method creates a `DateFormat` object each time it is called. If you are
+parsing many time strings of the same format, consider creating a
+[`DateFormat`](@ref) object once and using that as the second argument instead.
 """
-function Date(dt::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale::Locale=ENGLISH)
-    parse(Date, dt, DateFormat(format, locale))
+function Time(t::AbstractString, format::AbstractString; locale::Locale=ENGLISH)
+    parse(Time, t, DateFormat(format, locale))
 end
 
 """
-    Date(dt::AbstractString, df::DateFormat) -> Date
+    Time(t::AbstractString, df::DateFormat) -> Time
 
-Parse a date from a date string `dt` using a `DateFormat` object `df`.
+Parse a time from a time string `t` using a `DateFormat` object `df`.
 """
-Date(dt::AbstractString,df::DateFormat=ISODateFormat) = parse(Date, dt, df)
+Time(t::AbstractString, df::DateFormat=ISOTimeFormat) = parse(Time, t, df)
 
 @generated function format(io::IO, dt::TimeType, fmt::DateFormat{<:Any,T}) where T
     N = nfields(T)
diff --git a/test/dates/io.jl b/test/dates/io.jl
index b5090eef1086a..4a34d87859637 100644
--- a/test/dates/io.jl
+++ b/test/dates/io.jl
@@ -445,3 +445,42 @@ end
     # Ensure that no overflow occurs when using Int32 literals: Int32(10)^10
     @test Dates.parse_components("." * rpad(999, 10, '0'), Dates.DateFormat(".s")) == [Dates.Millisecond(999)]
 end
+
+# Time Parsing
+let
+    time_tuple(t::Dates.Time) = (
+        Dates.hour(t), Dates.minute(t), Dates.second(t),
+        Dates.millisecond(t), Dates.microsecond(t), Dates.nanosecond(t)
+    )
+
+    ## default ISOTimeFormat
+    t = Dates.Time("01")
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    t = Dates.Time("01:23")
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (1, 23, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    t = Dates.Time("01:23:45")
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (1, 23, 45, 0, 0, 0)
+    t = Dates.Time("01:23:45.678")
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (1, 23, 45, 678, 0, 0)
+
+    ## string format
+    t = Dates.Time("23:56:12.1", "HH:MM:SS.s")
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (23, 56, 12, 100, 0, 0)
+
+    ## precomputed DateFormat
+    t = Dates.Time("04:09:45.012", DateFormat("HH:MM:SS.s"))
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (4, 9, 45, 12, 0, 0)
+    t = Dates.Time("21 07", DateFormat("HH MM"))
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (21, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    t = Dates.Time("4.02", DateFormat("H.MM"))
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (4, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+    t = Dates.Time("1725", DateFormat("HHMM"))
+    @test time_tuple(t) == (17, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+
+    ## exceptions
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Dates.Time("24:00")  # invalid hours
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Dates.Time("00:60")  # invalid minutes
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Dates.Time("00:00:60")  # invalid seconds
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Dates.Time("20:03:20", DateFormat("HH:MM"))  # too much precision
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Dates.Time("10:33:51", DateFormat("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"))  # Time can't hold year/month/day
+end