diff --git a/time.zig b/time.zig
index 2c3edd981d5a2d4d36e70d04d4dbe490219b7b2a..493666efd1fe49d44f2b401c82d891ab71555b93 100644
--- a/time.zig
+++ b/time.zig
@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ pub const DateTime = struct {
                 },
                 else => {},
             }
-
-            if (i < fmt.len - 1) @compileError(comptime std.fmt.comptimePrint("'{s}' is not a valid format sequence", .{fmt[s..e]}));
         }
     }