diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index f27844c98ccff6..50a2821530ddab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -2659,9 +2659,11 @@ requires, and these work on all supported platforms.
 |           | number.                        | 2014, ..., 9998, 9999  |       |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 |  ``%z``   | UTC offset in the form         | (empty), +0000,        | \(6)  |
-|           | ``±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]]`` (empty  | -0400, +1030,          |       |
-|           | string if the object is        | +063415,               |       |
-|           | naive).                        | -030712.345216         |       |
+|           | ``±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]]``.        | -0400, +1030,          |       |
+|           | For :meth:`!strptime`,         | +063415, +04,          |       |
+|           | ``±HH[MM[SS[.ffffff]]]``       | -030712.345216         |       |
+|           | (empty string if the object is |                        |       |
+|           | naive).                        |                        |       |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 |  ``%Z``   | Time zone name (empty string   | (empty), UTC, GMT      | \(6)  |
 |           | if the object is naive).       |                        |       |
@@ -2684,9 +2686,11 @@ convenience.
 |           | digits.                        |                        |       |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 | ``%:z``   | UTC offset in the form         | (empty), +00:00,       | \(6)  |
-|           | ``±HH:MM[:SS[.ffffff]]``       | -04:00, +10:30,        |       |
-|           | (empty string if the object is | +06:34:15,             |       |
-|           | naive).                        | -03:07:12.345216       |       |
+|           | ``±HH:MM[:SS[.ffffff]]``.      | -04:00, +10:30,        |       |
+|           | For :meth:`!strptime`,         | +06:34:15, +04,        |       |
+|           | ``±HH[:MM[:SS[.ffffff]]]``     | -03:07:12.345216       |       |
+|           | (empty string if the object is |                        |       |
+|           | naive).                        |                        |       |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 
 The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms, because Python
@@ -2822,7 +2826,7 @@ Notes:
 
    ``%z``
       :meth:`~.datetime.utcoffset` is transformed into a string of the form
-      ``±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]]``, where ``HH`` is a 2-digit string giving the number
+      ``±HH[MM[SS[.ffffff]]]``, where ``HH`` is a 2-digit string giving the number
       of UTC offset hours, ``MM`` is a 2-digit string giving the number of UTC
       offset minutes, ``SS`` is a 2-digit string giving the number of UTC offset
       seconds and ``ffffff`` is a 6-digit string giving the number of UTC
@@ -2871,6 +2875,10 @@ Notes:
       aware :class:`.datetime` object will be produced. The ``tzinfo`` of the
       result will be set to a :class:`timezone` instance.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: next
+      The ``%z`` and ``%:z`` directives in :meth:`~.datetime.strptime`
+      now accept time zone offsets in ``±HH`` format (for example, ``+03``).
+
 (7)
    When used with the :meth:`~.datetime.strptime` method, ``%U`` and ``%W`` are only used
    in calculations when the day of the week and the calendar year (``%Y``)
diff --git a/Lib/_strptime.py b/Lib/_strptime.py
index 0d81ff6765e1ed..fbea97ff31046d 100644
--- a/Lib/_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/_strptime.py
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ def __init__(self, locale_time=None):
             'y': r"(?P<y>\d\d)",
             'Y': r"(?P<Y>\d\d\d\d)",
             # See gh-121237: "z" must support colons for backwards compatibility.
-            'z': r"(?P<z>([+-]\d\d:?[0-5]\d(:?[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,6})?)?)|(?-i:Z))?",
-            ':z': r"(?P<colon_z>([+-]\d\d:[0-5]\d(:[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,6})?)?)|(?-i:Z))?",
+            'z': r"(?P<z>([+-]\d\d(:?[0-5]\d(:?[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,6})?)?)?)|(?-i:Z))?",
+            ':z': r"(?P<colon_z>([+-]\d\d(:[0-5]\d(:[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,6})?)?)?)|(?-i:Z))?",
             'A': self.__seqToRE(self.locale_time.f_weekday, 'A'),
             'a': self.__seqToRE(self.locale_time.a_weekday, 'a'),
             'B': self.__seqToRE(_fixmonths(self.locale_time.f_month[1:]), 'B'),
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ def parse_int(s):
                 if z == 'Z':
                     gmtoff = 0
                 else:
-                    if z[3] == ':':
+                    if len(z) != 3 and z[3] == ':':
                         z = z[:3] + z[4:]
                         if len(z) > 5:
                             if z[5] != ':':
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def parse_int(s):
                                 raise ValueError(msg)
                             z = z[:5] + z[6:]
                     hours = int(z[1:3])
-                    minutes = int(z[3:5])
+                    minutes = int(z[3:5] or 0)
                     seconds = int(z[5:7] or 0)
                     gmtoff = (hours * 60 * 60) + (minutes * 60) + seconds
                     gmtoff_remainder = z[8:]
diff --git a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
index 97eec618932aa5..8b0502917c2976 100644
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
@@ -3016,6 +3016,10 @@ def test_strptime(self):
 
         strptime = self.theclass.strptime
 
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("+01", "%z").utcoffset(), 1 * HOUR)
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("+01", "%:z").utcoffset(), 1 * HOUR)
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("-10", "%z").utcoffset(), -10 * HOUR)
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("-10", "%:z").utcoffset(), -10 * HOUR)
         self.assertEqual(strptime("+0002", "%z").utcoffset(), 2 * MINUTE)
         self.assertEqual(strptime("-0002", "%z").utcoffset(), -2 * MINUTE)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -3056,6 +3060,8 @@ def test_strptime(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError): strptime("-2400", "%z")
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError): strptime("-000", "%z")
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError): strptime("z", "%z")
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError): strptime("+3", "%z")
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError): strptime("-7", "%z")
 
     def test_strptime_ampm(self):
         dt = datetime(1999, 3, 17, 0, 44, 55, 2)
@@ -4185,6 +4191,10 @@ def test_strptime(self):
 
     def test_strptime_tz(self):
         strptime = self.theclass.strptime
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("+01", "%z").utcoffset(), 1 * HOUR)
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("+01", "%:z").utcoffset(), 1 * HOUR)
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("-10", "%z").utcoffset(), -10 * HOUR)
+        self.assertEqual(strptime("-10", "%:z").utcoffset(), -10 * HOUR)
         self.assertEqual(strptime("+0002", "%z").utcoffset(), 2 * MINUTE)
         self.assertEqual(strptime("-0002", "%z").utcoffset(), -2 * MINUTE)
         self.assertEqual(
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index fd8525feb88d53..3e4ced27954398 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ def test_offset(self):
         self.assertEqual(offset_fraction, -1)
 
         cases = [
+            ("-01", -one_hour, 0),
+            ("+09", 9 * one_hour, 0),
             ("+01:00", one_hour, 0),
             ("-01:30", -(one_hour + half_hour), 0),
             ("-01:30:30", -(one_hour + half_hour + half_minute), 0),
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-21-07-34-37.gh-issue-128074.qeCRrp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-21-07-34-37.gh-issue-128074.qeCRrp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8016216949e6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-21-07-34-37.gh-issue-128074.qeCRrp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Update input time zone format from ``±HHMM[SS[.ffffff]]`` to
+``±HH[MM[SS[.ffffff]]]`` for :meth:`datetime.date.strptime`,
+:meth:`datetime.datetime.strptime`, :meth:`datetime.time.strptime` and
+:func:`time.strptime`. Patch by Semyon Moroz.