diff --git a/pandas-stubs/io/excel/_base.pyi b/pandas-stubs/io/excel/_base.pyi
index 68425625..c5638a68 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/io/excel/_base.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/io/excel/_base.pyi
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def read_excel(
     | Sequence[int]
     | Sequence[Sequence[str] | Sequence[int]]
     | dict[str, Sequence[int] | list[str]] = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable | None = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     thousands: str | None = ...,
     decimal: str = ...,
     comment: str | None = ...,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def read_excel(
     | Sequence[int]
     | Sequence[Sequence[str] | Sequence[int]]
     | dict[str, Sequence[int] | list[str]] = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable | None = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     thousands: str | None = ...,
     decimal: str = ...,
     comment: str | None = ...,
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/io/parsers/readers.pyi b/pandas-stubs/io/parsers/readers.pyi
index 81c20dcc..e25a96be 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/io/parsers/readers.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/io/parsers/readers.pyi
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from collections import (
 )
 from collections.abc import (
     Callable,
+    Hashable,
     Mapping,
     Sequence,
 )
@@ -68,8 +69,7 @@ def read_csv(
     | Mapping[str, Sequence[int | str]] = ...,
     infer_datetime_format: bool = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable = ...,
-    date_format: str | Mapping[int | str, str] | None = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[True],
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ def read_csv(
     | Mapping[str, Sequence[int | str]] = ...,
     infer_datetime_format: bool = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable = ...,
-    date_format: str | Mapping[int | str, str] | None = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
@@ -190,8 +189,7 @@ def read_csv(
     | Mapping[str, Sequence[int | str]] = ...,
     infer_datetime_format: bool = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable = ...,
-    date_format: str | Mapping[int | str, str] | None = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[False] = ...,
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ def read_table(
     | Mapping[str, Sequence[int | str]] = ...,
     infer_datetime_format: bool = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[True],
@@ -310,7 +308,7 @@ def read_table(
     | Mapping[str, Sequence[int | str]] = ...,
     infer_datetime_format: bool = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
@@ -369,7 +367,7 @@ def read_table(
     | Mapping[str, Sequence[int | str]] = ...,
     infer_datetime_format: bool = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
-    date_parser: Callable = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[False] = ...,
@@ -402,6 +400,7 @@ def read_fwf(
     widths: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     infer_nrows: int = ...,
     dtype_backend: DtypeBackend | NoDefault = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     iterator: Literal[True],
     chunksize: int | None = ...,
     **kwds: Any,
@@ -414,6 +413,7 @@ def read_fwf(
     widths: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     infer_nrows: int = ...,
     dtype_backend: DtypeBackend | NoDefault = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
     chunksize: int,
     **kwds: Any,
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ def read_fwf(
     widths: Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     infer_nrows: int = ...,
     dtype_backend: DtypeBackend | NoDefault = ...,
+    date_format: dict[Hashable, str] | str | None = ...,
     iterator: Literal[False] = ...,
     chunksize: None = ...,
     **kwds: Any,
diff --git a/tests/test_io.py b/tests/test_io.py
index ac529eae..8044a79c 100644
--- a/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/tests/test_io.py
@@ -1405,3 +1405,101 @@ def test_read_sql_dict_str_value_dtype() -> None:
             DataFrame,
         )
         con.close()
+
+
+def test_added_date_format() -> None:
+    with ensure_clean() as path:
+        df_dates = pd.DataFrame(
+            data={
+                "col1": ["2023-03-15", "2023-04-20"],
+            }
+        )
+        df_dates.to_csv(path)
+
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_table(
+                    path, sep=",", parse_dates=["col1"], date_format="%Y-%m-%d"
+                ),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_table(
+                    path,
+                    sep=",",
+                    parse_dates=["col1"],
+                    date_format={"col1": "%Y-%m-%d"},
+                ),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_table(
+                    path, sep=",", parse_dates=["col1"], date_format={0: "%Y-%m-%d"}
+                ),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_fwf(path, date_format="%Y-%m-%d"),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_fwf(path, date_format={"col1": "%Y-%m-%d"}),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_fwf(path, date_format={0: "%Y-%m-%d"}),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+    with ensure_clean(".xlsx") as path:
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.DataFrame(
+                    data={
+                        "col1": ["2023-03-15", "2023-04-20"],
+                    }
+                ).to_excel(path),
+                None,
+            ),
+            type(None),
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_excel(path, parse_dates=["col1"], date_format={0: "%Y-%m-%d"}),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_excel(
+                    path, parse_dates=["col1"], date_format={"col1": "%Y-%m-%d"}
+                ),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )
+        check(
+            assert_type(
+                pd.read_excel(path, parse_dates=["col1"], date_format="%Y-%m-%d"),
+                pd.DataFrame,
+            ),
+            pd.DataFrame,
+        )