diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index f051e66dcc..4e800b5c8d 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static char *find_name_gnu(const char *line, char *def, int p_value)
 	return squash_slash(strbuf_detach(&name, NULL));
 }
 
-static size_t tz_len(const char *line, size_t len)
+static size_t sane_tz_len(const char *line, size_t len)
 {
 	const char *tz, *p;
 
@@ -467,6 +467,24 @@ static size_t tz_len(const char *line, size_t len)
 	return line + len - tz;
 }
 
+static size_t tz_with_colon_len(const char *line, size_t len)
+{
+	const char *tz, *p;
+
+	if (len < strlen(" +08:00") || line[len - strlen(":00")] != ':')
+		return 0;
+	tz = line + len - strlen(" +08:00");
+
+	if (tz[0] != ' ' || (tz[1] != '+' && tz[1] != '-'))
+		return 0;
+	p = tz + 2;
+	if (!isdigit(*p++) || !isdigit(*p++) || *p++ != ':' ||
+	    !isdigit(*p++) || !isdigit(*p++))
+		return 0;
+
+	return line + len - tz;
+}
+
 static size_t date_len(const char *line, size_t len)
 {
 	const char *date, *p;
@@ -561,7 +579,9 @@ static size_t diff_timestamp_len(const char *line, size_t len)
 	if (!isdigit(end[-1]))
 		return 0;
 
-	n = tz_len(line, end - line);
+	n = sane_tz_len(line, end - line);
+	if (!n)
+		n = tz_with_colon_len(line, end - line);
 	end -= n;
 
 	n = short_time_len(line, end - line);
@@ -733,8 +753,8 @@ 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 +784,11 @@ 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 bb1ffe3b6c..a2bc1cd37d 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
diff --git a/t/t4135-apply-weird-filenames.sh b/t/t4135-apply-weird-filenames.sh
index 1e5aad57ab..bf5dc57286 100755
--- a/t/t4135-apply-weird-filenames.sh
+++ b/t/t4135-apply-weird-filenames.sh
@@ -72,4 +72,20 @@ test_expect_success 'whitespace-damaged traditional patch' '
 	test_cmp expected postimage.txt
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'traditional patch with colon in timezone' '
+	echo postimage >expected &&
+	reset_preimage &&
+	rm -f "post image.txt" &&
+	git apply "$vector/funny-tz.diff" &&
+	test_cmp expected "post image.txt"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'traditional, whitespace-damaged, colon in timezone' '
+	echo postimage >expected &&
+	reset_preimage &&
+	rm -f "post image.txt" &&
+	git apply "$vector/damaged-tz.diff" &&
+	test_cmp expected "post image.txt"
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t4135/damaged-tz.diff b/t/t4135/damaged-tz.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07aaf08370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4135/damaged-tz.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+diff -urN -X /usr/people/jes/exclude-linux linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-vanilla/post image.txt linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/post image.txt
+--- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-vanilla/post image.txt 1969-12-31 16:00:00 -08:00
++++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/post image.txt 2005-04-12 02:14:06 -07:00
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++postimage
diff --git a/t/t4135/funny-tz.diff b/t/t4135/funny-tz.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..998e3a867e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4135/funny-tz.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+diff -urN -X /usr/people/jes/exclude-linux linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-vanilla/post image.txt linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/post image.txt
+--- linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3-vanilla/post image.txt	1969-12-31 16:00:00 -08:00
++++ linux-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/post image.txt	2005-04-12 02:14:06 -07:00
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++postimage