diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts
index 38c2c64d6b..e7a9fa10eb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { generateTableID } from "../../../../db/utils"
 import { validate } from "../utils"
+import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 
 describe("validate", () => {
   describe("time only", () => {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ describe("validate", () => {
       },
     })
 
-    it("should accept empty fields", async () => {
+    it("should accept empty values", async () => {
       const row = {}
       const table = getTable()
       const output = await validate({ table, tableId: table._id!, row })
@@ -32,8 +33,26 @@ describe("validate", () => {
       expect(output.errors).toEqual({})
     })
 
+    it("should accept valid times with HH:mm format", async () => {
+      const row = {
+        time: `${generator.hour()}:${generator.minute()}`,
+      }
+      const table = getTable()
+      const output = await validate({ table, tableId: table._id!, row })
+      expect(output.valid).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it("should accept valid times with HH:mm:ss format", async () => {
+      const row = {
+        time: `${generator.hour()}:${generator.minute()}:${generator.second()}`,
+      }
+      const table = getTable()
+      const output = await validate({ table, tableId: table._id!, row })
+      expect(output.valid).toBe(true)
+    })
+
     describe("required", () => {
-      it("should reject empty fields", async () => {
+      it("should reject empty values", async () => {
         const row = {}
         const table = getTable()
         table.schema.time.constraints = {
@@ -43,6 +62,17 @@ describe("validate", () => {
         expect(output.valid).toBe(false)
         expect(output.errors).toEqual({ time: ["can't be blank"] })
       })
+
+      it.each([undefined, null])("should reject %s values", async time => {
+        const row = { time }
+        const table = getTable()
+        table.schema.time.constraints = {
+          presence: true,
+        }
+        const output = await validate({ table, tableId: table._id!, row })
+        expect(output.valid).toBe(false)
+        expect(output.errors).toEqual({ time: ["can't be blank"] })
+      })
     })
   })
 })