diff --git a/pandas/core/indexing.py b/pandas/core/indexing.py
index c7a938dbc4449..ae58e9b52012e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexing.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexing.py
@@ -1490,6 +1490,11 @@ def _convert_to_indexer(self, key, axis: AxisInt):
 
             # if we are a label return me
             try:
+                import pandas as pd
+                try:
+                    key = pd.Timestamp(key)
+                except:
+                    pass
                 return labels.get_loc(key)
             except LookupError:
                 if isinstance(key, tuple) and isinstance(labels, MultiIndex):