diff --git a/changelogs/upcoming/7705.md b/changelogs/upcoming/7705.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55c3d3c6678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/upcoming/7705.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed `EuiSuperDatePicker` to validate date string with respect of locale on `EuiAbsoluteTab`.
diff --git a/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_example.js b/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_example.js
index 1607e80d973..4fea50c1a86 100644
--- a/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_example.js
+++ b/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_example.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { GuideSectionTypes } from '../../components';
 
 import {
+  EuiCallOut,
   EuiCode,
   EuiCodeBlock,
   EuiIcon,
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ const autoRefreshOnlySource = require('!!raw-loader!./auto_refresh_only');
 import SuperDatePickerPattern from './super_date_picker_pattern';
 const superDatePickerPatternSource = require('!!raw-loader!./super_date_picker_pattern');
 
+import SuperDatePickerLocale from './super_date_picker_locale';
+const superDatePickerLocaleSource = require('!!raw-loader!./super_date_picker_locale');
+
 const superDatePickerSnippet = `<EuiSuperDatePicker
   onTimeChange={onTimeChange}
   start="now-30m"
@@ -59,6 +63,14 @@ const superDatePickerCustomQuickSelectSnippet = `<EuiSuperDatePicker
 />
 `;
 
+const superDatePickerLocaleSnippet = `<EuiSuperDatePicker
+  start="now-1h"
+  end="now-15m"
+  locale="zh-CN"
+  dateFormat="MMM D, YYYY @ HH:mm:ss.SSS"
+  onTimeChange={onTimeChange}
+/>`;
+
 export const SuperDatePickerExample = {
   title: 'Super date picker',
   intro: (
@@ -346,5 +358,38 @@ if (!endMoment || !endMoment.isValid()) {
       demo: <SuperDatePickerPattern />,
       dempPanelProps: { color: 'subdued' },
     },
+    {
+      title: 'Locale',
+      source: [
+        {
+          type: GuideSectionTypes.TSX,
+          code: superDatePickerLocaleSource,
+        },
+      ],
+      text: (
+        <>
+          <p>
+            Locale formatting is achieved by using the <EuiCode>locale</EuiCode>
+            ,<EuiCode>timeFormat</EuiCode>, and <EuiCode>dateFormat</EuiCode>{' '}
+            props. The latter will take any <EuiCode>moment()</EuiCode>{' '}
+            notation. Check{' '}
+            <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country">
+              Date format by country
+            </a>{' '}
+            for formatting examples.
+          </p>
+          <EuiCallOut color="warning">
+            Moment will try to load the locale on demand when it is used.
+            Bundlers that do not support dynamic require statements will need to
+            explicitly import the locale, e.g.{' '}
+            <EuiCode>{"import 'moment/locale/zh-cn'"}</EuiCode>. See the below
+            demo TSX for examples.
+          </EuiCallOut>
+        </>
+      ),
+      props: { EuiSuperDatePicker },
+      snippet: superDatePickerLocaleSnippet,
+      demo: <SuperDatePickerLocale />,
+    },
   ],
 };
diff --git a/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_locale.tsx b/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_locale.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d19a304ac4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-docs/src/views/super_date_picker/super_date_picker_locale.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+
+// NOTE: These explicit imports are required for CodeSandbox and any
+// bundler that does not support Moment dynamically loading locales
+import 'moment/locale/zh-cn';
+import 'moment/locale/ja';
+import 'moment/locale/fr';
+
+import {
+  EuiButtonGroup,
+  EuiComboBox,
+  EuiComboBoxOptionOption,
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiFlexItem,
+  EuiSpacer,
+  EuiSuperDatePicker,
+  OnTimeChangeProps,
+} from '../../../../src/components';
+import { htmlIdGenerator } from '../../../../src/services';
+
+const localeId = htmlIdGenerator('locale');
+const locales = [
+  { id: localeId(), label: 'en' },
+  { id: localeId(), label: 'zh-CN' },
+  { id: localeId(), label: 'ja-JP' },
+  { id: localeId(), label: 'fr-FR' },
+];
+const dateFormats = [
+  { label: 'MMM D, YYYY @ HH:mm:ss.SSS' },
+  { label: 'dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a' },
+  { label: 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ' },
+];
+
+export default () => {
+  const [start, setStart] = useState('now-1h');
+  const [end, setEnd] = useState('now-15m');
+  const onTimeChange = ({ start, end }: OnTimeChangeProps) => {
+    setStart(start);
+    setEnd(end);
+  };
+
+  const [locale, setLocale] = useState<string | undefined>();
+  const [localeSelected, setLocaleSelected] = useState(locales[0].id);
+  const onLocaleChange = (optionId: React.SetStateAction<string>) => {
+    setLocale(locales.find(({ id }) => id === optionId)!.label);
+    setLocaleSelected(optionId);
+  };
+
+  const [dateFormat, setDateFormat] = useState<string | undefined>();
+  const [dateFormatsSelected, setDateFormatsSelected] = useState([
+    dateFormats[0],
+  ]);
+  const onDateFormatChange = (selectedOptions: EuiComboBoxOptionOption[]) => {
+    setDateFormat(selectedOptions.length ? selectedOptions[0].label : '');
+    setDateFormatsSelected(selectedOptions);
+  };
+  const onDateFormatCreate = (searchValue: string) => {
+    const normalizedSearchValue = searchValue.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (!normalizedSearchValue) return;
+
+    setDateFormat(searchValue);
+    setDateFormatsSelected([{ label: searchValue }]);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <EuiFlexGroup alignItems="center">
+        <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+          <EuiButtonGroup
+            legend={'Locale'}
+            options={locales}
+            idSelected={localeSelected}
+            onChange={onLocaleChange}
+          />
+        </EuiFlexItem>
+        <EuiFlexItem>
+          <EuiComboBox
+            prepend="dateFormat"
+            placeholder="Select a dateFormat"
+            customOptionText="Add {searchValue} as a dateFormat"
+            singleSelection={{ asPlainText: true }}
+            options={dateFormats}
+            selectedOptions={dateFormatsSelected}
+            onChange={onDateFormatChange}
+            onCreateOption={onDateFormatCreate}
+          />
+        </EuiFlexItem>
+      </EuiFlexGroup>
+      <EuiSpacer />
+      <EuiSuperDatePicker
+        showUpdateButton={false}
+        start={start}
+        end={end}
+        locale={locale}
+        dateFormat={dateFormat}
+        onTimeChange={onTimeChange}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.test.tsx b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.test.tsx
index 517212930a6..0a6ef20758f 100644
--- a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.test.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { render } from '../../../../test/rtl';
 
 import { EuiAbsoluteTab } from './absolute_tab';
+import { LocaleSpecifier } from 'moment';
 
 // Mock EuiDatePicker - 3rd party datepicker lib causes render issues
 jest.mock('../../date_picker', () => ({
@@ -105,6 +106,27 @@ describe('EuiAbsoluteTab', () => {
       expect(input).toHaveValue('Jan 31st 01');
     });
 
+    describe('parses date string in locale', () => {
+      test.each<{
+        locale: LocaleSpecifier;
+        dateString: string;
+      }>([
+        { locale: 'en', dateString: 'Mon Jan 1st' },
+        { locale: 'zh-CN', dateString: '周一 1月 1日' },
+        { locale: 'ja-JP', dateString: '月 1月 1日' },
+        { locale: 'fr-FR', dateString: 'lun. janv. 1er' },
+      ])('%p', ({ locale, dateString }) => {
+        const { getByTestSubject } = render(
+          <EuiAbsoluteTab {...props} dateFormat="ddd MMM Do" locale={locale} />
+        );
+        const input = getByTestSubject('superDatePickerAbsoluteDateInput');
+
+        changeInput(input, dateString);
+        expect(input).not.toBeInvalid();
+        expect(input).toHaveValue(dateString);
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('allows several other common date formats, and autoformats them to the `dateFormat` prop', () => {
       const assertOutput = (input: HTMLInputElement) => {
         // Exclude hours from assertion, because moment uses local machine timezone
diff --git a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.tsx b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.tsx
index 8eae41674e0..a0cd792a165 100644
--- a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/date_popover/absolute_tab.tsx
@@ -116,10 +116,15 @@ export class EuiAbsoluteTab extends Component<
       return this.setState(invalidDateState);
     }
 
-    const { onChange, dateFormat } = this.props;
+    const { onChange, dateFormat, locale } = this.props;
 
-    // Attempt to parse with passed `dateFormat`
-    let valueAsMoment = moment(textInputValue, dateFormat, true);
+    // Attempt to parse with passed `dateFormat` and `locale`
+    let valueAsMoment = moment(
+      textInputValue,
+      dateFormat,
+      typeof locale === 'string' ? locale : 'en', // Narrow the union type to string
+      true
+    );
     let dateIsValid = valueAsMoment.isValid();
 
     // If not valid, try a few other other standardized formats