diff --git a/quesma/painful/model.go b/quesma/painful/model.go
index c4224201e..0d816b485 100644
--- a/quesma/painful/model.go
+++ b/quesma/painful/model.go
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ func ExpectDate(potentialExpr any) (time.Time, error) {
 		formats := []string{
 			"Jan 2, 2006 @ 15:04:05.000 -0700 MST", // this format in example provided by Kibana\
 			"2006-01-02 15:04:05.000 -0700 MST",    // clickhouse format
+			"2006-01-02 15:04:05 -0700 MST",        // early adopter format
 			time.Layout,
 			time.ANSIC,
 			time.UnixDate,
diff --git a/quesma/painful/model_test.go b/quesma/painful/model_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acd1402f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quesma/painful/model_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright Quesma, licensed under the Elastic License 2.0.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Elastic-2.0
+package painful
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestExpectDate(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedLocation := time.FixedZone("CEST", 2*60*60) // +0200 offset
+	res, e := ExpectDate("2024-10-16 13:43:40 +0200 CEST")
+	assert.NoError(t, e)
+	res = res.In(expectedLocation)
+	assert.Equal(t, res, time.Date(2024, 10, 16, 13, 43, 40, 0, expectedLocation))
+}