diff --git a/frappe/utils/data.py b/frappe/utils/data.py
index 23a271c77c..34ddc23155 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/data.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/data.py
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ def get_timedelta(time: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[datetime.timedelta]:
 		try:
 			t = parser.parse(time)
 		except ParserError as e:
-			if "day" in e.args[1]:
-				from frappe.utils import parse_timedelta
+			if "day" in e.args[1] or "hour must be in" in e.args[0]:
 				return parse_timedelta(time)
+			raise e
 		return datetime.timedelta(
 			hours=t.hour, minutes=t.minute, seconds=t.second, microseconds=t.microsecond
 		)
@@ -329,17 +329,24 @@ def get_year_ending(date):
 	# last day of this month
 	return add_to_date(date, days=-1)
 
-def get_time(time_str):
+def get_time(time_str: str) -> datetime.time:
 	from dateutil import parser
+	from dateutil.parser import ParserError
 
 	if isinstance(time_str, datetime.datetime):
 		return time_str.time()
 	elif isinstance(time_str, datetime.time):
 		return time_str
-	else:
-		if isinstance(time_str, datetime.timedelta):
-			return format_timedelta(time_str)
+	elif isinstance(time_str, datetime.timedelta):
+		return (datetime.datetime.min + time_str).time()
+	try:
 		return parser.parse(time_str).time()
+	except ParserError as e:
+		if "day" in e.args[1] or "hour must be in" in e.args[0]:
+			return (
+				datetime.datetime.min + parse_timedelta(time_str)
+			).time()
+		raise e
 
 def get_datetime_str(datetime_obj):
 	if isinstance(datetime_obj, str):