diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/DefaultDateTypeAdapter.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/DefaultDateTypeAdapter.java
index b5dffe24fb..52f68371b1 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/DefaultDateTypeAdapter.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/DefaultDateTypeAdapter.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.ParsePosition;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ private Date deserializeToDate(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
     }
 
     try {
-      return ISO8601Utils.parse(s, new ParsePosition(0));
+      return ISO8601Utils.parseFully(s);
     } catch (ParseException e) {
       throw new JsonSyntaxException(
           "Failed parsing '" + s + "' as Date; at path " + in.getPreviousPath(), e);
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601Utils.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601Utils.java
index 606d6c7146..89772a6f04 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601Utils.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601Utils.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  *
  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime">this specification</a>
  */
-// Date parsing code from Jackson databind ISO8601Utils.java
+// Date parsing code from Jackson databind ISO8601Utils.java, with modifications
 // https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/blob/2.8/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/ISO8601Utils.java
 @SuppressWarnings("MemberName") // legacy class name
 public final class ISO8601Utils {
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ public static String format(Date date, boolean millis, TimeZone tz) {
    * @param pos The position to start parsing from, updated to where parsing stopped.
    * @return the parsed date
    * @throws ParseException if the date is not in the appropriate format
+   * @deprecated For Gson-internal usage prefer {@link #parseFully(String)}.<br>
+   *     For external users: {@code ISO8601Utils} is a Gson-internal class; prefer {@code java.time}
+   *     for date parsing.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static Date parse(String date, ParsePosition pos) throws ParseException {
     Exception fail = null;
     try {
@@ -237,14 +241,18 @@ public static Date parse(String date, ParsePosition pos) throws ParseException {
       if (timezoneIndicator == 'Z') {
         timezone = TIMEZONE_UTC;
         offset += 1;
+
+        if (date.length() > offset) {
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Trailing data after time zone 'Z'");
+        }
       } else if (timezoneIndicator == '+' || timezoneIndicator == '-') {
         String timezoneOffset = date.substring(offset);
+        offset += timezoneOffset.length();
 
         // When timezone has no minutes, we should append it, valid timezones are, for example:
         // +00:00, +0000 and +00
         timezoneOffset = timezoneOffset.length() >= 5 ? timezoneOffset : timezoneOffset + "00";
 
-        offset += timezoneOffset.length();
         // 18-Jun-2015, tatu: Minor simplification, skip offset of "+0000"/"+00:00"
         if (timezoneOffset.equals("+0000") || timezoneOffset.equals("+00:00")) {
           timezone = TIMEZONE_UTC;
@@ -308,6 +316,25 @@ public static Date parse(String date, ParsePosition pos) throws ParseException {
     throw ex;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Fully parses a date string.
+   *
+   * <p>Delegates to {@link #parse(String, ParsePosition)} and verifies that the given string was
+   * fully parsed.
+   */
+  public static Date parseFully(String dateStr) throws ParseException {
+    ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
+    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, pos);
+
+    int parseEnd = pos.getIndex();
+    if (parseEnd != dateStr.length()) {
+      // Note: Should be effectively unreachable because `ISO8601Utils#parse` already throws if
+      // there is unrelated trailing data; but keep this check here to be safe
+      throw new ParseException("Failed to fully parse date [" + dateStr + "]", parseEnd);
+    }
+    return date;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if the expected character exist at the given offset in the value.
    *
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601UtilsTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601UtilsTest.java
index 1c2d254dec..51e4792e8a 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601UtilsTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/util/ISO8601UtilsTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.ParsePosition;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ public void testDateFormatWithTimezone() {
   @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
   public void testDateParseWithDefaultTimezone() throws ParseException {
     String dateStr = "2018-06-25";
-    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, new ParsePosition(0));
+    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr);
     Date expectedDate = new GregorianCalendar(2018, Calendar.JUNE, 25).getTime();
     assertThat(date).isEqualTo(expectedDate);
   }
@@ -87,20 +86,20 @@ public void testDateParseWithDefaultTimezone() throws ParseException {
   @Test
   public void testDateParseInvalidDay() {
     String dateStr = "2022-12-33";
-    assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, new ParsePosition(0)));
+    assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testDateParseInvalidMonth() {
     String dateStr = "2022-14-30";
-    assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, new ParsePosition(0)));
+    assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr));
   }
 
   @Test
   @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
   public void testDateParseWithTimezone() throws ParseException {
     String dateStr = "2018-06-25T00:00:00-03:00";
-    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, new ParsePosition(0));
+    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr);
     GregorianCalendar calendar = createUtcCalendar();
     calendar.set(2018, Calendar.JUNE, 25, 3, 0);
     Date expectedDate = calendar.getTime();
@@ -111,16 +110,55 @@ public void testDateParseWithTimezone() throws ParseException {
   @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
   public void testDateParseSpecialTimezone() throws ParseException {
     String dateStr = "2018-06-25T00:02:00-02:58";
-    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, new ParsePosition(0));
+    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr);
     GregorianCalendar calendar = createUtcCalendar();
     calendar.set(2018, Calendar.JUNE, 25, 3, 0);
     Date expectedDate = calendar.getTime();
     assertThat(date).isEqualTo(expectedDate);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
+  public void testDateParseShortZeroTimezone() throws ParseException {
+    // timezone "+00" is extended by parser to "+0000"
+    String dateStr = "2018-06-25T00:00:00+00";
+    Date date = ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr);
+    GregorianCalendar calendar = createUtcCalendar();
+    calendar.set(2018, Calendar.JUNE, 25, 0, 0);
+    Date expectedDate = calendar.getTime();
+    assertThat(date).isEqualTo(expectedDate);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDateParseInvalidTime() {
     String dateStr = "2018-06-25T61:60:62-03:00";
-    assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parse(dateStr, new ParsePosition(0)));
+    assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDateParseInvalidZTimezone() {
+    String dateStr = "2018-06-25T00:02:00Z10";
+    var e = assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr));
+    assertThat(e)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .isEqualTo("Failed to parse date [\"" + dateStr + "\"]: Trailing data after time zone 'Z'");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDateParseNoTimezoneIndicator() {
+    String dateStr = "2018-06-25T00:02:00";
+    var e = assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr));
+    assertThat(e)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .isEqualTo("Failed to parse date [\"" + dateStr + "\"]: No time zone indicator");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDateParseInvalidTimezoneIndicator() {
+    String dateStr = "2018-06-25T00:02:00X";
+    var e = assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> ISO8601Utils.parseFully(dateStr));
+    assertThat(e)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .isEqualTo("Failed to parse date [\"" + dateStr + "\"]: Invalid time zone indicator 'X'");
   }
 }