diff --git a/Include/pytime.h b/Include/pytime.h
index 5de756a..98612e1 100644
--- a/Include/pytime.h
+++ b/Include/pytime.h
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@
     struct timeval *tv,
     _PyTime_round_t round);
 
+/* Convert a timestamp to a number of seconds (secs) and microseconds (us).
+   us is always positive. This function is similar to _PyTime_AsTimeval()
+   except that secs is always a time_t type, whereas the timeval structure
+   uses a C long for tv_sec on Windows.
+   Raise an exception and return -1 if the conversion overflowed,
+   return 0 on success. */
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(
+    _PyTime_t t,
+    time_t *secs,
+    int *us,
+    _PyTime_round_t round);
+
 #if defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME) || defined(HAVE_KQUEUE)
 /* Convert a timestamp to a timespec structure (nanosecond resolution).
    tv_nsec is always positive.
diff --git a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
index bbc51c6..5289222 100644
--- a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
@@ -4117,13 +4117,14 @@
 datetime_best_possible(PyObject *cls, TM_FUNC f, PyObject *tzinfo)
 {
     _PyTime_t ts = _PyTime_GetSystemClock();
-    struct timeval tv;
+    time_t secs;
+    int us;
 
-    if (_PyTime_AsTimeval(ts, &tv, _PyTime_ROUND_FLOOR) < 0)
+    if (_PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(ts, &secs, &us, _PyTime_ROUND_FLOOR) < 0)
         return NULL;
-    assert(0 <= tv.tv_usec && tv.tv_usec <= 999999);
+    assert(0 <= us && us <= 999999);
 
-    return datetime_from_timet_and_us(cls, f, tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec, tzinfo);
+    return datetime_from_timet_and_us(cls, f, secs, us, tzinfo);
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]
diff --git a/Python/pytime.c b/Python/pytime.c
index 9d0b0fa..9889a3b 100644
--- a/Python/pytime.c
+++ b/Python/pytime.c
@@ -417,54 +417,95 @@
 }
 
 static int
-_PyTime_AsTimeval_impl(_PyTime_t t, struct timeval *tv, _PyTime_round_t round,
-                       int raise)
+_PyTime_AsTimeval_impl(_PyTime_t t, _PyTime_t *p_secs, int *p_us,
+                       _PyTime_round_t round)
 {
     _PyTime_t secs, ns;
-    int res = 0;
     int usec;
+    int res = 0;
 
     secs = t / SEC_TO_NS;
     ns = t % SEC_TO_NS;
 
+    usec = (int)_PyTime_Divide(ns, US_TO_NS, round);
+    if (usec < 0) {
+        usec += SEC_TO_US;
+        if (secs != _PyTime_MIN)
+            secs -= 1;
+        else
+            res = -1;
+    }
+    else if (usec >= SEC_TO_US) {
+        usec -= SEC_TO_US;
+        if (secs != _PyTime_MAX)
+            secs += 1;
+        else
+            res = -1;
+    }
+    assert(0 <= usec && usec < SEC_TO_US);
+
+    *p_secs = secs;
+    *p_us = usec;
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+static int
+_PyTime_AsTimevalStruct_impl(_PyTime_t t, struct timeval *tv,
+                             _PyTime_round_t round, int raise)
+{
+    _PyTime_t secs;
+    int us;
+    int res;
+
+    res = _PyTime_AsTimeval_impl(t, &secs, &us, round);
+
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     tv->tv_sec = (long)secs;
 #else
     tv->tv_sec = secs;
 #endif
-    if ((_PyTime_t)tv->tv_sec != secs)
-        res = -1;
+    tv->tv_usec = us;
 
-    usec = (int)_PyTime_Divide(ns, US_TO_NS, round);
-    if (usec < 0) {
-        usec += SEC_TO_US;
-        tv->tv_sec -= 1;
+    if (res < 0 || (_PyTime_t)tv->tv_sec != secs) {
+        if (raise)
+            error_time_t_overflow();
+        return -1;
     }
-    else if (usec >= SEC_TO_US) {
-        usec -= SEC_TO_US;
-        tv->tv_sec += 1;
-    }
-
-    assert(0 <= usec && usec < SEC_TO_US);
-    tv->tv_usec = usec;
-
-    if (res && raise)
-        error_time_t_overflow();
-    return res;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 int
 _PyTime_AsTimeval(_PyTime_t t, struct timeval *tv, _PyTime_round_t round)
 {
-    return _PyTime_AsTimeval_impl(t, tv, round, 1);
+    return _PyTime_AsTimevalStruct_impl(t, tv, round, 1);
 }
 
 int
 _PyTime_AsTimeval_noraise(_PyTime_t t, struct timeval *tv, _PyTime_round_t round)
 {
-    return _PyTime_AsTimeval_impl(t, tv, round, 0);
+    return _PyTime_AsTimevalStruct_impl(t, tv, round, 0);
 }
 
+int
+_PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(_PyTime_t t, time_t *p_secs, int *us,
+                        _PyTime_round_t round)
+{
+    _PyTime_t secs;
+    int res;
+
+    res = _PyTime_AsTimeval_impl(t, &secs, us, round);
+
+    *p_secs = secs;
+
+    if (res < 0 || (_PyTime_t)*p_secs != secs) {
+        error_time_t_overflow();
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 #if defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME) || defined(HAVE_KQUEUE)
 int
 _PyTime_AsTimespec(_PyTime_t t, struct timespec *ts)