diff --git a/time.zig b/time.zig
index 09aef55eb29a37954f96816e40e481b355d4e7ba..40f83ae7154a3800bacef903d657b1f324952438 100644
--- a/time.zig
+++ b/time.zig
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@ pub const DateTime = struct {
         return res;
     }
 
+    pub fn to_timespec(self: DateTime) sys.struct_timespec {
+        return .{
+            .sec = self.toUnix(),
+            .nsec = self.ms * ns_per_ms,
+        };
+    }
+
     fn daysSinceEpoch(self: DateTime) u64 {
         var res: u64 = 0;
         res += self.days;