diff --git a/scheme/ikarus.timer.ss b/scheme/ikarus.timer.ss
index 7bbf85c..84f54b4 100644
--- a/scheme/ikarus.timer.ss
+++ b/scheme/ikarus.timer.ss
@@ -78,37 +78,6 @@
                 (stats-gc-sys-usecs t1) (stats-gc-sys-usecs t0))))
     (printf "    ~a bytes allocated\n" bytes))
 
-  (define (print-stats-old message bytes t1 t0)
-    (define (print-time msg secs usecs)
-      (if (fx< usecs 0)
-          (print-time msg (fx- secs 1) (fx+ usecs 1000000))
-          (printf "    ~a.~a~a~as ~a"
-                  secs
-                  (fxremainder (fxquotient usecs 100000) 10)
-                  (fxremainder (fxquotient usecs 10000) 10)
-                  (fxremainder (fxquotient usecs 1000) 10)
-                  msg)))
-    (if message
-        (printf "running stats for ~a:\n" message)
-        (printf "running stats:\n"))
-    (let ([collections 
-           (fx- (stats-collection-id t1) (stats-collection-id t0))])
-      (case collections
-        [(0) (display "    no collections\n")]
-        [(1) (display "    1 collection\n")]
-        [else (printf "    ~a collections\n" collections)]))
-
-    (print-time "real" 
-        (fx- (stats-real-secs t1) (stats-real-secs t0))
-        (fx- (stats-real-usecs t1) (stats-real-usecs t0)))
-    (print-time "user" 
-        (fx- (stats-user-secs t1) (stats-user-secs t0))
-        (fx- (stats-user-usecs t1) (stats-user-usecs t0)))
-    (print-time "sys\n" 
-        (fx- (stats-sys-secs t1) (stats-sys-secs t0))
-        (fx- (stats-sys-usecs t1) (stats-sys-usecs t0)))
-    (printf "    ~a bytes allocated\n" bytes))
-
   (define time-it
     (case-lambda
       [(proc) 
diff --git a/scheme/last-revision b/scheme/last-revision
index 7fe7c51..10f1cd9 100644
--- a/scheme/last-revision
+++ b/scheme/last-revision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1182
+1183
diff --git a/scheme/makefile.ss b/scheme/makefile.ss
index ec92378..58466e3 100755
--- a/scheme/makefile.ss
+++ b/scheme/makefile.ss
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     "ikarus.cafe.ss"
     "ikarus.posix.ss"
     "ikarus.timer.ss"
+    "ikarus.time-and-date.ss"
     "ikarus.bytevectors.ss"
     "ikarus.sort.ss"
     "ikarus.promises.ss"
@@ -370,6 +371,9 @@
     [expand                                      i]
     [environment?                                i]
     [time-it                                     i]
+    [current-time                                i]
+    [time?                                       i]
+    [time-seconds                                i]
     [command-line-arguments                      i]
     [set-rtd-printer!                            i]
     [make-record-type                            i]
diff --git a/src/ikarus-runtime.c b/src/ikarus-runtime.c
index 472f5a9..5668b7f 100644
--- a/src/ikarus-runtime.c
+++ b/src/ikarus-runtime.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,19 @@ ikrt_stats_now(ikp t, ikpcb* pcb){
   return void_object;
 }
 
+ikp 
+ikrt_current_time(ikp t){
+  struct timeval s;
+  gettimeofday(&s, 0);
+  /* this will break in 8,727,224 years if we stay in 32-bit ptrs */
+  ref(t, off_record_data + 0*wordsize) = fix(s.tv_sec / 1000000);
+  ref(t, off_record_data + 1*wordsize) = fix(s.tv_sec % 1000000);
+  ref(t, off_record_data + 2*wordsize) = fix(s.tv_usec);
+  return t;
+}
+
+
+
 ikp
 ikrt_bytes_allocated(ikpcb* pcb){
   int bytes_in_heap = ((int) pcb->allocation_pointer) -