diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4dc36c88f..98f95032f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1499,9 +1499,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parse_datetime"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fecceaede7767a9a98058687a321bc91742eff7670167a34104afb30fc8757df"
+checksum = "3bbf4e25b13841080e018a1e666358adfe5e39b6d353f986ca5091c210b586a1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 831d4ae48..d6feeb0ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ num-traits = "0.2.16"
 number_prefix = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 onig = { version = "~6.4", default-features = false }
-parse_datetime = "0.4.0"
+parse_datetime = "0.5.0"
 phf = "0.11.2"
 phf_codegen = "0.11.2"
 platform-info = "2.0.2"
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 745fd5423..b5ab8993a 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     };
 
     let date_source = if let Some(date) = matches.get_one::<String>(OPT_DATE) {
-        if let Ok(duration) = parse_datetime::from_str(date.as_str()) {
+        let ref_time = Local::now();
+        if let Ok(new_time) = parse_datetime::parse_datetime_at_date(ref_time, date.as_str()) {
+            let duration = new_time.signed_duration_since(ref_time);
             DateSource::Human(duration)
         } else {
             DateSource::Custom(date.into())
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index 85eb97bc4..6555773ee 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ fn datetime_to_filetime<T: TimeZone>(dt: &DateTime<T>) -> FileTime {
     FileTime::from_unix_time(dt.timestamp(), dt.timestamp_subsec_nanos())
 }
 
+fn filetime_to_datetime(ft: &FileTime) -> Option<DateTime<Local>> {
+    Some(DateTime::from_timestamp(ft.unix_seconds(), ft.nanoseconds())?.into())
+}
+
 #[uucore::main]
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
@@ -88,35 +92,19 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     ) {
         (Some(reference), Some(date)) => {
             let (atime, mtime) = stat(Path::new(reference), !matches.get_flag(options::NO_DEREF))?;
-            if let Ok(offset) = parse_datetime::from_str(date) {
-                let seconds = offset.num_seconds();
-                let nanos = offset.num_nanoseconds().unwrap_or(0) % 1_000_000_000;
-
-                let ref_atime_secs = atime.unix_seconds();
-                let ref_atime_nanos = atime.nanoseconds();
-                let atime = FileTime::from_unix_time(
-                    ref_atime_secs + seconds,
-                    ref_atime_nanos + nanos as u32,
-                );
-
-                let ref_mtime_secs = mtime.unix_seconds();
-                let ref_mtime_nanos = mtime.nanoseconds();
-                let mtime = FileTime::from_unix_time(
-                    ref_mtime_secs + seconds,
-                    ref_mtime_nanos + nanos as u32,
-                );
-
-                (atime, mtime)
-            } else {
-                let timestamp = parse_date(date)?;
-                (timestamp, timestamp)
-            }
+            let atime = filetime_to_datetime(&atime).ok_or_else(|| {
+                USimpleError::new(1, "Could not process the reference access time")
+            })?;
+            let mtime = filetime_to_datetime(&mtime).ok_or_else(|| {
+                USimpleError::new(1, "Could not process the reference modification time")
+            })?;
+            (parse_date(atime, date)?, parse_date(mtime, date)?)
         }
         (Some(reference), None) => {
             stat(Path::new(reference), !matches.get_flag(options::NO_DEREF))?
         }
         (None, Some(date)) => {
-            let timestamp = parse_date(date)?;
+            let timestamp = parse_date(Local::now(), date)?;
             (timestamp, timestamp)
         }
         (None, None) => {
@@ -336,7 +324,7 @@ fn stat(path: &Path, follow: bool) -> UResult<(FileTime, FileTime)> {
     ))
 }
 
-fn parse_date(s: &str) -> UResult<FileTime> {
+fn parse_date(ref_time: DateTime<Local>, s: &str) -> UResult<FileTime> {
     // This isn't actually compatible with GNU touch, but there doesn't seem to
     // be any simple specification for what format this parameter allows and I'm
     // not about to implement GNU parse_datetime.
@@ -385,8 +373,7 @@ fn parse_date(s: &str) -> UResult<FileTime> {
         }
     }
 
-    if let Ok(duration) = parse_datetime::from_str(s) {
-        let dt = Local::now() + duration;
+    if let Ok(dt) = parse_datetime::parse_datetime_at_date(ref_time, s) {
         return Ok(datetime_to_filetime(&dt));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index c9c0d700e..7b659fc51 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -844,3 +844,15 @@ fn test_touch_dash() {
 
     ucmd.args(&["-h", "-"]).succeeds().no_stderr().no_stdout();
 }
+
+#[test]
+// Chrono panics for now
+#[ignore]
+fn test_touch_invalid_date_format() {
+    let (_at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let file = "test_touch_invalid_date_format";
+
+    ucmd.args(&["-m", "-t", "+1000000000000 years", file])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("touch: invalid date format ‘+1000000000000 years’");
+}