diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php
index 498e87195adc..655f1018a504 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection as BaseCollection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
 use LogicException;
 
 trait HasAttributes
@@ -912,11 +913,13 @@ protected function asDateTime($value)
         // Finally, we will just assume this date is in the format used by default on
         // the database connection and use that format to create the Carbon object
         // that is returned back out to the developers after we convert it here.
-        if (Date::hasFormat($value, $format)) {
-            return Date::createFromFormat($format, $value);
+        try {
+            $date = Date::createFromFormat($format, $value);
+        } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            $date = false;
         }
 
-        return Date::parse($value);
+        return $date ?: Date::parse($value);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php
index db36f33c6ccc..bf304590b83b 100644
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentIntegrationTest.php
@@ -1413,6 +1413,34 @@ public function testTimestampsUsingOldSqlServerDateFormatFallbackToDefaultParsin
         $this->assertFalse(Date::hasFormat('2017-11-14 08:23:19.734', $model->getDateFormat()));
     }
 
+    public function testSpecialFormats()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentTestUser;
+        $model->setDateFormat('!Y-d-m \\Y');
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'updated_at' => '2017-05-11 Y',
+        ]);
+
+        $date = $model->getAttribute('updated_at');
+        $this->assertSame('2017-11-05 00:00:00.000000', $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u'), 'the date should respect the whole format');
+
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y d m|');
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'updated_at' => '2020 11 09',
+        ]);
+
+        $date = $model->getAttribute('updated_at');
+        $this->assertSame('2020-09-11 00:00:00.000000', $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u'), 'the date should respect the whole format');
+
+        $model->setDateFormat('Y d m|*');
+        $model->setRawAttributes([
+            'updated_at' => '2020 11 09 foo',
+        ]);
+
+        $date = $model->getAttribute('updated_at');
+        $this->assertSame('2020-09-11 00:00:00.000000', $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u'), 'the date should respect the whole format');
+    }
+
     public function testUpdatingChildModelTouchesParent()
     {
         $before = Carbon::now();