diff --git a/src/parse/_lib/constants.ts b/src/parse/_lib/constants.ts
index 4fbfb67f16..ec9f8d2f51 100644
--- a/src/parse/_lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/parse/_lib/constants.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export const numericPatterns = {
   threeDigits: /^\d{1,3}/, // 0 to 999
   fourDigits: /^\d{1,4}/, // 0 to 9999
 
+  exactTwoDigits: /^\d{2}/, // 00 to 99
+  exactThreeDigits: /^\d{3}/, // 000 to 999
+  exactFourDigits: /^\d{4}/, // 0000 to 9999
+
   anyDigitsSigned: /^-?\d+/,
   singleDigitSigned: /^-?\d/, // 0 to 9, -0 to -9
   twoDigitsSigned: /^-?\d{1,2}/, // 0 to 99, -0 to -99
diff --git a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour0to23Parser.ts b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour0to23Parser.ts
index 0a31e74e7a..50908b0ae4 100644
--- a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour0to23Parser.ts
+++ b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour0to23Parser.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Match } from "../../../locale/types.js";
 import { numericPatterns } from "../constants.js";
 import { Parser } from "../Parser.js";
 import type { ParseFlags, ParseResult } from "../types.js";
-import { parseNDigits, parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
+import { parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
 
 export class Hour0to23Parser extends Parser<number> {
   priority = 70;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class Hour0to23Parser extends Parser<number> {
       case "Ho":
         return match.ordinalNumber(dateString, { unit: "hour" });
       default:
-        return parseNDigits(token.length, dateString);
+        return parseNumericPattern(numericPatterns.exactTwoDigits, dateString);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour1to12Parser.ts b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour1to12Parser.ts
index e2e9a02b6b..f8b9188531 100644
--- a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour1to12Parser.ts
+++ b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/Hour1to12Parser.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Match } from "../../../locale/types.js";
 import { numericPatterns } from "../constants.js";
 import { Parser } from "../Parser.js";
 import type { ParseFlags, ParseResult } from "../types.js";
-import { parseNDigits, parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
+import { parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
 
 export class Hour1to12Parser extends Parser<number> {
   priority = 70;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class Hour1to12Parser extends Parser<number> {
       case "ho":
         return match.ordinalNumber(dateString, { unit: "hour" });
       default:
-        return parseNDigits(token.length, dateString);
+        return parseNumericPattern(numericPatterns.exactTwoDigits, dateString);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/MinuteParser.ts b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/MinuteParser.ts
index 01d3e79e01..a068368bea 100644
--- a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/MinuteParser.ts
+++ b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/MinuteParser.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Match } from "../../../locale/types.js";
 import { numericPatterns } from "../constants.js";
 import { Parser } from "../Parser.js";
 import type { ParseFlags, ParseResult } from "../types.js";
-import { parseNDigits, parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
+import { parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
 
 export class MinuteParser extends Parser<number> {
   priority = 60;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class MinuteParser extends Parser<number> {
       case "mo":
         return match.ordinalNumber(dateString, { unit: "minute" });
       default:
-        return parseNDigits(token.length, dateString);
+        return parseNumericPattern(numericPatterns.exactTwoDigits, dateString);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/SecondParser.ts b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/SecondParser.ts
index 51c8f82f61..82d90f5ba0 100644
--- a/src/parse/_lib/parsers/SecondParser.ts
+++ b/src/parse/_lib/parsers/SecondParser.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Match } from "../../../locale/types.js";
 import { numericPatterns } from "../constants.js";
 import { Parser } from "../Parser.js";
 import type { ParseFlags, ParseResult } from "../types.js";
-import { parseNDigits, parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
+import { parseNumericPattern } from "../utils.js";
 
 export class SecondParser extends Parser<number> {
   priority = 50;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class SecondParser extends Parser<number> {
       case "so":
         return match.ordinalNumber(dateString, { unit: "second" });
       default:
-        return parseNDigits(token.length, dateString);
+        return parseNumericPattern(numericPatterns.exactTwoDigits, dateString);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/parse/test.ts b/src/parse/test.ts
index 12800656b6..bc462413f2 100644
--- a/src/parse/test.ts
+++ b/src/parse/test.ts
@@ -2259,6 +2259,13 @@ describe("parse", () => {
       expect(result instanceof Date && isNaN(result.getTime())).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it("H, h, m, s parsers returns Invalid Date if the digits of `formatString` does not match exactly that of the `datestring`", () => {
+      ["HH", "hh", "mm", "ss"].forEach((token) => {
+        const result = parse("1", token, referenceDate);
+        assert(result instanceof Date && isNaN(result.getTime()));
+      });
+    });
+
     it("parses normally if the remaining input is just whitespace", () => {
       const result = parse("2016-11-05   \n", "yyyy-MM-dd", referenceDate);
       expect(result).toEqual(new Date(2016, 10 /* Nov */, 5));