diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_time.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_time.rs
index 94aa49fbbad2f..45664e9416f04 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_time.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/datetime/to_time.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use arrow::array::types::Time64NanosecondType;
 use arrow::array::{Array, PrimitiveArray, StringArrayType};
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType::*;
-use chrono::NaiveTime;
+use chrono::format::{Item, Parsed, StrftimeItems, parse};
 use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue, exec_err};
 use datafusion_expr::{
     ColumnarValue, Documentation, ScalarFunctionArgs, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature,
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ impl ScalarUDFImpl for ToTimeFunc {
 /// Convert string arguments to time (standalone function, not a method on ToTimeFunc)
 fn string_to_time(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
     let formats = collect_formats(args)?;
+    let formats = compile_formats(&formats);
 
     match &args[0] {
         ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(s))
@@ -207,10 +208,25 @@ fn timestamp_to_time(arg: &ColumnarValue) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
     arg.cast_to(&Time64(arrow::datatypes::TimeUnit::Nanosecond), None)
 }
 
+struct CompiledTimeFormat<'a> {
+    source: &'a str,
+    items: Vec<Item<'a>>,
+}
+
+fn compile_formats<'a>(formats: &[&'a str]) -> Vec<CompiledTimeFormat<'a>> {
+    formats
+        .iter()
+        .map(|source| CompiledTimeFormat {
+            source,
+            items: StrftimeItems::new(source).collect(),
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 /// Parse time array using the provided formats
 fn parse_time_array<'a, A: StringArrayType<'a>>(
     array: &A,
-    formats: &[&str],
+    formats: &[CompiledTimeFormat<'_>],
 ) -> Result<PrimitiveArray<Time64NanosecondType>> {
     let mut values = Vec::with_capacity(array.len());
     for i in 0..array.len() {
@@ -224,10 +240,12 @@ fn parse_time_array<'a, A: StringArrayType<'a>>(
 }
 
 /// Parse time string using provided formats
-fn parse_time_with_formats(s: &str, formats: &[&str]) -> Result<i64> {
+fn parse_time_with_formats(s: &str, formats: &[CompiledTimeFormat<'_>]) -> Result<i64> {
     for format in formats {
-        if let Ok(time) = NaiveTime::parse_from_str(s, format) {
-            // Use Arrow's time_to_time64ns function instead of custom implementation
+        let mut parsed = Parsed::new();
+        if parse(&mut parsed, s, format.items.iter()).is_ok()
+            && let Ok(time) = parsed.to_naive_time()
+        {
             return Ok(time_to_time64ns(time));
         }
     }
@@ -235,5 +253,8 @@ fn parse_time_with_formats(s: &str, formats: &[&str]) -> Result<i64> {
         "Error parsing '{}' as time. Tried formats: {:?}",
         s,
         formats
+            .iter()
+            .map(|format| format.source)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
     )
 }
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/datetime/timestamps.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/datetime/timestamps.slt
index 9ac00e72b47e6..bf29550cd5779 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/datetime/timestamps.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/datetime/timestamps.slt
@@ -3523,6 +3523,28 @@ select to_time(time_str) from time_strings;
 statement ok
 drop table time_strings;
 
+# Table input with multiple formats
+# `%Q` is intentionally invalid; subsequent formats should still be tried.
+query D rowsort
+select to_time(
+    time_str,
+    '%Q',
+    '%H:%M:%S',
+    '%H-%M-%S',
+    '%H/%M/%S'
+) from (
+    values
+        ('12:30:45'),
+        ('14-25-30'),
+        ('09/05/01'),
+        (NULL)
+) as formatted_time_strings(time_str);
+----
+09:05:01
+12:30:45
+14:25:30
+NULL
+
 # Error cases
 
 query error Error parsing 'not_a_time' as time