1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/mbgl/util/chrono.hpp b/include/mbgl/util/chrono.hpp
index 8e0da1419a..81f05d610d 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/util/chrono.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/util/chrono.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 namespace mbgl {
 
 using Clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
-using SystemClock = std::chrono::system_clock;
 
 using Seconds = std::chrono::seconds;
 using Milliseconds = std::chrono::milliseconds;
@@ -15,18 +14,22 @@ using Milliseconds = std::chrono::milliseconds;
 using TimePoint = Clock::time_point;
 using Duration  = Clock::duration;
 
-using SystemTimePoint = SystemClock::time_point;
-using SystemDuration = SystemClock::duration;
+// Used to measure second-precision times, such as times gathered from HTTP responses.
+using Timestamp = std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock, Seconds>;
 
 namespace util {
 
+inline Timestamp now() {
+    return std::chrono::time_point_cast<Seconds>(std::chrono::system_clock::now());
+}
+
 // Returns the RFC1123 formatted date. E.g. "Tue, 04 Nov 2014 02:13:24 GMT"
-std::string rfc1123(SystemTimePoint);
+std::string rfc1123(Timestamp);
 
 // YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:SS e.g. "2015-11-26 16:11:23"
-std::string iso8601(SystemTimePoint);
+std::string iso8601(Timestamp);
 
-SystemTimePoint parseTimePoint(const char *);
+Timestamp parseTimestamp(const char *);
 
 // C++17 polyfill
 template <class Rep, class Period, class = std::enable_if_t<