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diff --git a/text_test.go b/text_test.go
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+package pflag
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func setUpTime(t *time.Time) *FlagSet {
+	f := NewFlagSet("test", ContinueOnError)
+	f.TextVar(t, "time", time.Now(), "time stamp")
+	return f
+}
+
+func TestText(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		input    string
+		success  bool
+		expected time.Time
+	}{
+		{"2003-01-02T15:04:05Z", true, time.Date(2003, 1, 2, 15, 04, 05, 0, time.UTC)},
+		{"2003-01-02 15:05:01", false, time.Time{}}, //negative case, invalid layout
+		{"2024-11-22T03:01:02Z", true, time.Date(2024, 11, 22, 3, 1, 02, 0, time.UTC)},
+		{"2006-01-02T15:04:05+07:00", true, time.Date(2006, 1, 2, 15, 4, 5, 0, time.FixedZone("UTC+7", 7*60*60))},
+	}
+
+	devnull, _ := os.Open(os.DevNull)
+	os.Stderr = devnull
+	for i := range testCases {
+		var ts time.Time
+		f := setUpTime(&ts)
+		tc := &testCases[i]
+		arg := fmt.Sprintf("--time=%s", tc.input)
+		err := f.Parse([]string{arg})
+		if err != nil {
+			if tc.success {
+				t.Errorf("expected parsing to succeed, but got %q", err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if !tc.success {
+			t.Errorf("expected parsing failure, but parsing succeeded")
+			continue
+		}
+		parsedT := new(time.Time)
+		err = f.GetText("time", parsedT)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Got error trying to fetch the time flag: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !parsedT.Equal(tc.expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", tc.expected, parsedT)
+		}
+
+	}
+}