diff --git a/src/detectmatelibrary/common/detector.py b/src/detectmatelibrary/common/detector.py
index 18b67b9..1d33c94 100644
--- a/src/detectmatelibrary/common/detector.py
+++ b/src/detectmatelibrary/common/detector.py
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
 from typing_extensions import override
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any
 
+from detectmatelibrary.utils.time_format_handler import TimeFormatHandler
+
+
+_time_handler = TimeFormatHandler()
+
 
 def _extract_timestamp(
     input_: List[ParserSchema] | ParserSchema
 ) -> List[int]:
-    def format_time(time: str) -> int:
-        time_ = time.split(":")[0]
-        return int(float(time_))
-
     if not isinstance(input_, list):
         input_ = [input_]
-
-    return [format_time(i["logFormatVariables"]["Time"]) for i in input_]
+    return [int(_time_handler.parse_timestamp(i["logFormatVariables"]["Time"])) for i in input_]
 
 
 def _extract_logIDs(
diff --git a/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/time_format_handler.py b/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/time_format_handler.py
index 5f2fcd0..66ed748 100644
--- a/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/time_format_handler.py
+++ b/src/detectmatelibrary/utils/time_format_handler.py
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ class TimeFormatHandler:
         "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
         "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S",
         "%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z",  # Apache style: 10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700
+        "%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S",  # Apache style without timezone
         "%b %d %H:%M:%S",  # syslog without year
         "%H:%M:%S",
+        "%A, %B %d, %Y %H:%M:%S",  # "Wednesday, March 4, 2026 14:18:00"
     ]
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_common/test_core_detector.py b/tests/test_common/test_core_detector.py
index d2226ed..226b45f 100644
--- a/tests/test_common/test_core_detector.py
+++ b/tests/test_common/test_core_detector.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def detect(self, input_, output_):
     "parsedLogID": "22",
     "parserID": "test",
     "log": "This is a parsed log.",
-    "logFormatVariables": {"Time": "12121.12:20"},
+    "logFormatVariables": {"Time": "12121.12"},
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_common/test_extract_timestamp.py b/tests/test_common/test_extract_timestamp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77196e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_common/test_extract_timestamp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from detectmatelibrary.common.detector import _extract_timestamp
+import detectmatelibrary.schemas as schemas
+
+
+class TestCoreDetector:
+    def test_various_time_formats(self) -> None:
+        """Test that _extract_timestamp handles a wide range of realistic time
+        formats."""
+        dummy_schema = {
+            "parserType": "a",
+            "EventID": 0,
+            "template": "asd",
+            "variables": [""],
+            "logID": "0",
+            "parsedLogID": "22",
+            "parserID": "test",
+            "log": "This is a parsed log.",
+            "logFormatVariables": {"Time": "12121"},
+        }
+        # Compute expected value for timezone-naive formats at runtime
+        EXPECTED_UTC = 1772633880
+        test_cases = [
+            ("0",                           0),
+            ("1772812294",                  1772812294),
+            ("1772812294.5",                1772812294),
+            # Apache/nginx format
+            ("04/Mar/2026:14:18:00 +0000",  EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("04/Mar/2026:14:18:00",        EXPECTED_UTC),
+            # ISO 8601 formats
+            ("2026-03-04T14:18:00+00:00",   EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026-03-04T14:18:00Z",        EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026-03-04T14:18:00.000Z",    EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026-03-04T14:18:00",         EXPECTED_UTC),
+            # Space-separated
+            ("2026-03-04 14:18:00",         EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026-03-04 14:18:00.000",     EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026/03/04 14:18:00",         EXPECTED_UTC),
+            # Timezone variations
+            ("2026-03-04T15:18:00+01:00",   EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026-03-04T13:18:00-01:00",   EXPECTED_UTC),
+            # High precision and different separators
+            ("2026-03-04T14:18:00.123Z",  EXPECTED_UTC),
+            ("2026-03-04 14:18:00,000",   EXPECTED_UTC),
+            # Common human-readable variations
+            ("Wednesday, March 4, 2026 14:18:00", EXPECTED_UTC),
+        ]
+        for time_str, expected in test_cases:
+            schema = schemas.ParserSchema({**dummy_schema, "logFormatVariables": {"Time": time_str}})
+            result = _extract_timestamp(schema)
+            assert result == [expected], (
+                f"Format '{time_str}': expected [{expected}], got {result}"
+            )