diff --git a/internal/services/users/user_resource.go b/internal/services/users/user_resource.go
index 01a668675..ee936fdf1 100644
--- a/internal/services/users/user_resource.go
+++ b/internal/services/users/user_resource.go
@@ -483,7 +483,10 @@ func userResourceCreate(ctx context.Context, d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta int
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("employee_hire_date"); ok {
-		employeeHireDate, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, v.(string))
+		employeeHireDate, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, v.(string))
+		if err != nil {
+			tf.ErrorDiagF(err, "Unable to parse the provided employee_hire_date %q: %+v", v, err)
+		}
 		properties.EmployeeHireDate = &employeeHireDate
 	}
 
@@ -624,7 +627,10 @@ func userResourceUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *pluginsdk.ResourceData, meta int
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("employee_hire_date") {
-		employeeHireDate, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, d.Get("employee_hire_date").(string))
+		employeeHireDate, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, d.Get("employee_hire_date").(string))
+		if err != nil {
+			tf.ErrorDiagF(err, "Unable to parse the provided employee_hire_date %q: %+v", d.Get("employee_hire_date"), err)
+		}
 		properties.EmployeeHireDate = &employeeHireDate
 	}