diff --git a/tests/test_items.py b/tests/test_items.py
index cf6134aa..3c0ab5d7 100644
--- a/tests/test_items.py
+++ b/tests/test_items.py
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ def test_item_base_has_no_unwrap() -> None:
 
 
 def test_integer_unwrap() -> None:
-    elementary_test(item(666), int)
+    elementary_test(item(666), int, 666)
 
 
 def test_float_unwrap() -> None:
-    elementary_test(item(2.78), float)
+    elementary_test(item(2.78), float, 2.78)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
@@ -133,25 +133,25 @@ def test_float_is_not_a_sequence() -> None:
 
 
 def test_false_unwrap() -> None:
-    elementary_test(item(False), bool)
+    elementary_test(item(False), bool, False)
 
 
 def test_true_unwrap() -> None:
-    elementary_test(item(True), bool)
+    elementary_test(item(True), bool, True)
 
 
 def test_datetime_unwrap() -> None:
     dt = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
-    elementary_test(item(dt), datetime)
+    elementary_test(item(dt), datetime, dt)
 
 
 def test_string_unwrap() -> None:
-    elementary_test(item("hello"), str)
+    elementary_test(item("hello"), str, "hello")
 
 
 def test_null_unwrap() -> None:
     n = Null()
-    elementary_test(n, type(None))
+    elementary_test(n, type(None), None)
 
 
 def test_aot_unwrap() -> None:
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ def test_aot_set_item() -> None:
 
 def test_time_unwrap() -> None:
     t = time(3, 8, 14)
-    elementary_test(item(t), time)
+    elementary_test(item(t), time, t)
 
 
 def test_date_unwrap() -> None:
     d = date.today()
-    elementary_test(item(d), date)
+    elementary_test(item(d), date, d)
 
 
 def test_array_unwrap() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_toml_tests.py b/tests/test_toml_tests.py
index 667353ee..40d36d65 100644
--- a/tests/test_toml_tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_toml_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import json
 import os
 
+from datetime import date
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import time
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
 
@@ -9,7 +14,6 @@
 from tomlkit import load
 from tomlkit import parse
 from tomlkit._compat import decode
-from tomlkit._utils import parse_rfc3339
 from tomlkit.exceptions import TOMLKitError
 
 
@@ -23,15 +27,32 @@ def to_bool(s: str) -> bool:
     return s == "true"
 
 
+def expected_temporal(s: str) -> datetime | date | time:
+    """Parse toml-test JSON temporal values without using tomlkit's parser.
+
+    The corpus values are RFC 3339 / ISO 8601. Using stdlib constructors here
+    keeps the compliance tests an independent oracle for ``parse_rfc3339``.
+    """
+    if len(s) == 10 and s[4] == "-" and s[7] == "-":
+        return date.fromisoformat(s)
+    if len(s) >= 3 and s[0].isdigit() and s[2] == ":":
+        return time.fromisoformat(s)
+
+    normalized = s.replace(" ", "T", 1)
+    if normalized.endswith(("Z", "z")):
+        normalized = normalized[:-1] + "+00:00"
+    return datetime.fromisoformat(normalized)
+
+
 stypes: dict[str, Callable[[str], Any]] = {
     "string": str,
     "bool": to_bool,
     "integer": int,
     "float": float,
-    "datetime": parse_rfc3339,
-    "datetime-local": parse_rfc3339,
-    "date-local": parse_rfc3339,
-    "time-local": parse_rfc3339,
+    "datetime": expected_temporal,
+    "datetime-local": expected_temporal,
+    "date-local": expected_temporal,
+    "time-local": expected_temporal,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index c4f96cf1..d80cc9b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@
                 tzinfo=tz(td(seconds=-7 * 3600), "-07:00"),
             ),
         ),
+        (
+            "1979-05-27T07:32:00+05:30",
+            dt(
+                1979,
+                5,
+                27,
+                7,
+                32,
+                0,
+                tzinfo=tz(td(seconds=5 * 3600 + 30 * 60), "+05:30"),
+            ),
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_parse_rfc3339_datetime(string: str, expected: Union[dt, date, time]) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index 83cf5d9f..0f5c4694 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ def assert_is_ppo(v_unwrapped: object, unwrapped_type: type) -> None:
     assert isinstance(v_unwrapped, unwrapped_type)
 
 
-def elementary_test(v: Item, unwrapped_type: type) -> None:
+_MISSING = object()
+
+
+def elementary_test(v: Item, unwrapped_type: type, expected: object = _MISSING) -> None:
     v_unwrapped = v.unwrap()
     assert_is_ppo(v_unwrapped, unwrapped_type)
+    if expected is not _MISSING:
+        assert v_unwrapped == expected