diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5104040..e018836 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ is in the [`1.0.0-rc.0`](#100-rc0---2026-05-26) entry below.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- `os.time` normalises out-of-range date-table fields the way C `mktime` does
+  (e.g. `day = 0` is the last day of the previous month, `month = 13` is
+  January of the next year) instead of raising a `MatchError`.
+
 ## [1.0.2] - 2026-07-28
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/lib/lua/vm/stdlib/os.ex b/lib/lua/vm/stdlib/os.ex
index 3eea7a1..0e8a5d3 100644
--- a/lib/lua/vm/stdlib/os.ex
+++ b/lib/lua/vm/stdlib/os.ex
@@ -214,9 +214,17 @@ defmodule Lua.VM.Stdlib.Os do
     end
   end
 
+  # Lua 5.3 §6.9: date-table fields need not be within their valid ranges —
+  # C mktime normalises them (day = 0 is the last day of the previous month,
+  # month = 13 is January of the next year, hour = 25 rolls into the next day).
+  # Fold the month into the year, anchor on the 1st of that month, then add the
+  # remaining fields as a signed offset in seconds.
   defp naive_to_epoch(%{year: y, month: mo, day: d, hour: h, minute: mi, second: s}) do
-    {:ok, naive} = NaiveDateTime.new(y, mo, d, h, mi, s)
-    naive |> DateTime.from_naive!("Etc/UTC") |> DateTime.to_unix(:second)
+    months = y * 12 + (mo - 1)
+    first_of_month = Date.new!(Integer.floor_div(months, 12), Integer.mod(months, 12) + 1, 1)
+    base = first_of_month |> DateTime.new!(~T[00:00:00], "Etc/UTC") |> DateTime.to_unix(:second)
+
+    base + (d - 1) * 86_400 + h * 3_600 + mi * 60 + s
   end
 
   defp strip_utc_flag("!" <> rest), do: {rest, true}
diff --git a/test/lua/vm/stdlib/os_test.exs b/test/lua/vm/stdlib/os_test.exs
index 56a4641..25d07a9 100644
--- a/test/lua/vm/stdlib/os_test.exs
+++ b/test/lua/vm/stdlib/os_test.exs
@@ -81,4 +81,65 @@ defmodule Lua.VM.Stdlib.OsTest do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  # Lua 5.3 §6.9: date-table fields passed to os.time need not be within their
+  # valid ranges; they are normalised the way C mktime does.
+  describe "os.time field normalization" do
+    test "day = 0 is the last day of the previous month" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=9, day=0") == {2026, 8, 31, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=3, day=0") == {2026, 2, 28, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2028, month=3, day=0") == {2028, 2, 29, 12, 0, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "day = 0 of month 1 rolls back into December of the previous year" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=1, day=0") == {2025, 12, 31, 12, 0, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "month past December rolls into the next year" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=13, day=1") == {2027, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=12 + 1, day=0") == {2026, 12, 31, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=14, day=1") == {2027, 2, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=24, day=1") == {2027, 12, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=25, day=0") == {2027, 12, 31, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=25, day=1") == {2028, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=100, day=1") == {2034, 4, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "month below January rolls into the previous year" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=0, day=1") == {2025, 12, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=-1, day=1") == {2025, 11, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=-13, day=1") == {2024, 11, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "day past the end of the month overflows into the next month" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=2, day=30") == {2026, 3, 2, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2028, month=2, day=30") == {2028, 3, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=1, day=32") == {2026, 2, 1, 12, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=1, day=400") == {2027, 2, 4, 12, 0, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "negative day counts back across months and years" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=1, day=-40") == {2025, 11, 21, 12, 0, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "time fields overflow and underflow across days" do
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=12, day=31, hour=25") == {2027, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=-10") == {2025, 12, 31, 23, 59, 50}
+      assert normalize("year=2026, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=90") == {2026, 1, 1, 1, 30, 0}
+    end
+
+    test "in-range fields are unchanged" do
+      assert normalize("year=2000, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0") == {2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp normalize(fields) do
+    code = """
+    local t = os.date("!*t", os.time({#{fields}}))
+    return t.year, t.month, t.day, t.hour, t.min, t.sec
+    """
+
+    {[year, month, day, hour, min, sec], _} = Lua.eval!(code)
+    {year, month, day, hour, min, sec}
+  end
 end