diff --git a/include/fmt/chrono.h b/include/fmt/chrono.h
index 3040b92cb96a7..82e0edce2bf59 100644
--- a/include/fmt/chrono.h
+++ b/include/fmt/chrono.h
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ template <typename Char> struct formatter<std::tm, Char> {
   };
   spec spec_ = spec::unknown;
 
+  static constexpr Char f_specs[] = {'%', 'F'};
+  static constexpr Char t_specs[] = {'%', 'T'};
+
  public:
   basic_string_view<Char> specs;
 
@@ -564,9 +567,11 @@ template <typename Char> struct formatter<std::tm, Char> {
     while (end != ctx.end() && *end != '}') ++end;
     auto size = detail::to_unsigned(end - it);
     specs = {it, size};
-    if (specs == string_view("%F", 2))
+    if (specs ==
+        basic_string_view<Char>(f_specs, sizeof(f_specs) / sizeof(Char)))
       spec_ = spec::year_month_day;
-    else if (specs == string_view("%T", 2))
+    else if (specs ==
+             basic_string_view<Char>(t_specs, sizeof(t_specs) / sizeof(Char)))
       spec_ = spec::hh_mm_ss;
     return end;
   }
diff --git a/test/xchar-test.cc b/test/xchar-test.cc
index ca11d7a7632ec..751aeba75f891 100644
--- a/test/xchar-test.cc
+++ b/test/xchar-test.cc
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ TEST(xchar_test, chrono) {
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("The date is {:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}.", tm),
             "The date is 2016-04-25 11:22:33.");
   EXPECT_EQ(L"42s", fmt::format(L"{}", std::chrono::seconds(42)));
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(L"{:%F}", tm), L"2016-04-25");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(L"{:%T}", tm), L"11:22:33");
 }
 
 TEST(xchar_test, color) {