diff --git a/src/format/parse.rs b/src/format/parse.rs
index 0f50b4a4be..e894f710b9 100644
--- a/src/format/parse.rs
+++ b/src/format/parse.rs
@@ -997,3 +997,11 @@ fn test_rfc3339() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[test]
+fn test_issue_1010() {
+    let dt = crate::NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str("\u{c}SUN\u{e}\u{3000}\0m@J\u{3000}\0\u{3000}\0m\u{c}!\u{c}\u{b}\u{c}\u{c}\u{c}\u{c}%A\u{c}\u{b}\0SU\u{c}\u{c}",
+    "\u{c}\u{c}%A\u{c}\u{b}\0SUN\u{c}\u{c}\u{c}SUNN\u{c}\u{c}\u{c}SUN\u{c}\u{c}!\u{c}\u{b}\u{c}\u{c}\u{c}\u{c}%A\u{c}\u{b}%a");
+    assert_eq!(dt, Err(ParseError(ParseErrorKind::Invalid)));
+}
diff --git a/src/format/scan.rs b/src/format/scan.rs
index 233a0ccec7..399a50c30f 100644
--- a/src/format/scan.rs
+++ b/src/format/scan.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ use crate::Weekday;
 
 /// Returns true when two slices are equal case-insensitively (in ASCII).
 /// Assumes that the `pattern` is already converted to lower case.
-fn equals(s: &str, pattern: &str) -> bool {
-    let mut xs = s.as_bytes().iter().map(|&c| match c {
+fn equals(s: &[u8], pattern: &str) -> bool {
+    let mut xs = s.iter().map(|&c| match c {
         b'A'..=b'Z' => c + 32,
         _ => c,
     });
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pub(super) fn short_or_long_month0(s: &str) -> ParseResult<(&str, u8)> {
 
     // tries to consume the suffix if possible
     let suffix = LONG_MONTH_SUFFIXES[month0 as usize];
-    if s.len() >= suffix.len() && equals(&s[..suffix.len()], suffix) {
+    if s.len() >= suffix.len() && equals(&s.as_bytes()[..suffix.len()], suffix) {
         s = &s[suffix.len()..];
     }
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pub(super) fn short_or_long_weekday(s: &str) -> ParseResult<(&str, Weekday)> {
 
     // tries to consume the suffix if possible
     let suffix = LONG_WEEKDAY_SUFFIXES[weekday.num_days_from_monday() as usize];
-    if s.len() >= suffix.len() && equals(&s[..suffix.len()], suffix) {
+    if s.len() >= suffix.len() && equals(&s.as_bytes()[..suffix.len()], suffix) {
         s = &s[suffix.len()..];
     }
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ pub(super) fn timezone_offset_2822(s: &str) -> ParseResult<(&str, Option<i32>)>
         })
         .unwrap_or(s.len());
     if upto > 0 {
-        let name = &s[..upto];
+        let name = &s.as_bytes()[..upto];
         let s = &s[upto..];
         let offset_hours = |o| Ok((s, Some(o * 3600)));
         if equals(name, "gmt") || equals(name, "ut") {
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ pub(super) fn timezone_offset_2822(s: &str) -> ParseResult<(&str, Option<i32>)>
         } else if equals(name, "pst") {
             offset_hours(-8)
         } else if name.len() == 1 {
-            match name.as_bytes()[0] {
+            match name[0] {
                 // recommended by RFC 2822: consume but treat it as -0000
                 b'a'..=b'i' | b'k'..=b'z' | b'A'..=b'I' | b'K'..=b'Z' => offset_hours(0),
                 _ => Ok((s, None)),