diff --git a/Include/pytime.h b/Include/pytime.h
index 9cf1170..78e4ae9 100644
--- a/Include/pytime.h
+++ b/Include/pytime.h
@@ -121,15 +121,18 @@
 
 /* Convert a Python float or int to a timetamp.
    Raise an exception and return -1 on error, return 0 on success. */
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyTime_FromObject(_PyTime_t *t,
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyTime_FromSecondsObject(_PyTime_t *t,
     PyObject *obj,
     _PyTime_round_t round);
 
 /* Convert timestamp to a number of milliseconds (10^-3 seconds). */
-PyAPI_FUNC(_PyTime_t)
-_PyTime_AsMilliseconds(_PyTime_t t,
+PyAPI_FUNC(_PyTime_t) _PyTime_AsMilliseconds(_PyTime_t t,
     _PyTime_round_t round);
 
+/* Convert timestamp to a number of nanoseconds (10^-9 seconds) as a Python int
+   object. */
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyTime_AsNanosecondsObject(_PyTime_t t);
+
 /* Convert a timestamp to a timeval structure. */
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyTime_AsTimeval(_PyTime_t t,
     struct timeval *tv,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index be7ddcc..1bf0d09 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from test import support
+import enum
+import locale
+import platform
+import sys
+import sysconfig
 import time
 import unittest
-import locale
-import sysconfig
-import sys
-import platform
 try:
     import threading
 except ImportError:
@@ -14,8 +15,15 @@
 SIZEOF_INT = sysconfig.get_config_var('SIZEOF_INT') or 4
 TIME_MAXYEAR = (1 << 8 * SIZEOF_INT - 1) - 1
 TIME_MINYEAR = -TIME_MAXYEAR - 1
-_PyTime_ROUND_DOWN = 0
-_PyTime_ROUND_UP = 1
+
+
+class _PyTime(enum.IntEnum):
+    # Round towards zero
+    ROUND_DOWN = 0
+    # Round away from zero
+    ROUND_UP = 1
+
+ALL_ROUNDING_METHODS = (_PyTime.ROUND_UP, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN)
 
 
 class TimeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -596,23 +604,23 @@
         from _testcapi import pytime_object_to_time_t
         for obj, time_t, rnd in (
             # Round towards zero
-            (0, 0, _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1, -1, _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.0, -1, _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.9, -1, _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1.0, 1, _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1.9, 1, _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
+            (0, 0, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1, -1, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.0, -1, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.9, -1, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1.0, 1, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1.9, 1, _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
             # Round away from zero
-            (0, 0, _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1, -1, _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.0, -1, _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.9, -2, _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1.0, 1, _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1.9, 2, _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
+            (0, 0, _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1, -1, _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.0, -1, _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.9, -2, _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1.0, 1, _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1.9, 2, _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
         ):
             self.assertEqual(pytime_object_to_time_t(obj, rnd), time_t)
 
-        rnd = _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN
+        rnd = _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN
         for invalid in self.invalid_values:
             self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
                               pytime_object_to_time_t, invalid, rnd)
@@ -622,44 +630,44 @@
         from _testcapi import pytime_object_to_timeval
         for obj, timeval, rnd in (
             # Round towards zero
-            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1e-6, (0, 1), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1e-7, (0, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1e-6, (-1, 999999), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1e-7, (-1, 999999), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.2, (-2, 800000), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (0.9999999, (0, 999999), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (0.0000041, (0, 4), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1.1234560, (1, 123456), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1.1234569, (1, 123456), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-0.0000040, (-1, 999996), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-0.0000041, (-1, 999995), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.1234560, (-2, 876544), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.1234561, (-2, 876543), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
+            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1e-6, (0, 1), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1e-7, (0, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1e-6, (-1, 999999), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1e-7, (-1, 999999), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.2, (-2, 800000), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (0.9999999, (0, 999999), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (0.0000041, (0, 4), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1.1234560, (1, 123456), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1.1234569, (1, 123456), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-0.0000040, (-1, 999996), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-0.0000041, (-1, 999995), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.1234560, (-2, 876544), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.1234561, (-2, 876543), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
             # Round away from zero
-            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1e-6, (0, 1), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1e-7, (0, 1), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1e-6, (-1, 999999), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1e-7, (-1, 999999), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.2, (-2, 800000), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (0.9999999, (1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (0.0000041, (0, 5), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1.1234560, (1, 123457), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1.1234569, (1, 123457), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-0.0000040, (-1, 999996), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-0.0000041, (-1, 999995), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.1234560, (-2, 876544), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.1234561, (-2, 876543), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
+            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1e-6, (0, 1), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1e-7, (0, 1), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1e-6, (-1, 999999), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1e-7, (-1, 999999), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.2, (-2, 800000), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (0.9999999, (1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (0.0000041, (0, 5), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1.1234560, (1, 123457), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1.1234569, (1, 123457), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-0.0000040, (-1, 999996), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-0.0000041, (-1, 999995), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.1234560, (-2, 876544), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.1234561, (-2, 876543), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
         ):
             with self.subTest(obj=obj, round=rnd, timeval=timeval):
                 self.assertEqual(pytime_object_to_timeval(obj, rnd), timeval)
 
-        rnd = _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN
+        rnd = _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN
         for invalid in self.invalid_values:
             self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
                               pytime_object_to_timeval, invalid, rnd)
@@ -669,38 +677,38 @@
         from _testcapi import pytime_object_to_timespec
         for obj, timespec, rnd in (
             # Round towards zero
-            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1e-9, (0, 1), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1e-10, (0, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1e-9, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1e-10, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.2, (-2, 800000000), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (0.9999999999, (0, 999999999), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1.1234567890, (1, 123456789), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (1.1234567899, (1, 123456789), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.1234567890, (-2, 876543211), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
-            (-1.1234567891, (-2, 876543210), _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN),
+            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1e-9, (0, 1), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1e-10, (0, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1e-9, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1e-10, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.2, (-2, 800000000), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (0.9999999999, (0, 999999999), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1.1234567890, (1, 123456789), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (1.1234567899, (1, 123456789), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.1234567890, (-2, 876543211), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
+            (-1.1234567891, (-2, 876543210), _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN),
             # Round away from zero
-            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1e-9, (0, 1), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1e-10, (0, 1), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1e-9, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1e-10, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.2, (-2, 800000000), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (0.9999999999, (1, 0), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1.1234567890, (1, 123456790), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (1.1234567899, (1, 123456790), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.1234567890, (-2, 876543211), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
-            (-1.1234567891, (-2, 876543210), _PyTime_ROUND_UP),
+            (0, (0, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.0, (-1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1e-9, (0, 1), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1e-10, (0, 1), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1e-9, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1e-10, (-1, 999999999), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.2, (-2, 800000000), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (0.9999999999, (1, 0), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1.1234567890, (1, 123456790), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (1.1234567899, (1, 123456790), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.1234567890, (-2, 876543211), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
+            (-1.1234567891, (-2, 876543210), _PyTime.ROUND_UP),
         ):
             with self.subTest(obj=obj, round=rnd, timespec=timespec):
                 self.assertEqual(pytime_object_to_timespec(obj, rnd), timespec)
 
-        rnd = _PyTime_ROUND_DOWN
+        rnd = _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN
         for invalid in self.invalid_values:
             self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
                               pytime_object_to_timespec, invalid, rnd)
@@ -759,5 +767,91 @@
         self.assertIs(lt.tm_zone, None)
 
 
+@support.cpython_only
+class TestPyTime_t(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_FromSecondsObject(self):
+        from _testcapi import pytime_fromsecondsobject
+        SEC_TO_NS = 10 ** 9
+        MAX_SEC = 2 ** 63 // 10 ** 9
+
+        # Conversion giving the same result for all rounding methods
+        for rnd in ALL_ROUNDING_METHODS:
+            for obj, ts in (
+                # integers
+                (0, 0),
+                (1, SEC_TO_NS),
+                (-3, -3 * SEC_TO_NS),
+
+                # float: subseconds
+                (0.0, 0),
+                (1e-9, 1),
+                (1e-6, 10 ** 3),
+                (1e-3, 10 ** 6),
+
+                # float: seconds
+                (2.0, 2 * SEC_TO_NS),
+                (123.0, 123 * SEC_TO_NS),
+                (-7.0, -7 * SEC_TO_NS),
+
+                # nanosecond are kept for value <= 2^23 seconds
+                (2**22 - 1e-9,  4194303999999999),
+                (2**22,         4194304000000000),
+                (2**22 + 1e-9,  4194304000000001),
+                (2**23 - 1e-9,  8388607999999999),
+                (2**23,         8388608000000000),
+
+                # start loosing precision for value > 2^23 seconds
+                (2**23 + 1e-9,  8388608000000002),
+
+                # nanoseconds are lost for value > 2^23 seconds
+                (2**24 - 1e-9, 16777215999999998),
+                (2**24,        16777216000000000),
+                (2**24 + 1e-9, 16777216000000000),
+                (2**25 - 1e-9, 33554432000000000),
+                (2**25       , 33554432000000000),
+                (2**25 + 1e-9, 33554432000000000),
+
+                # close to 2^63 nanoseconds
+                (9223372036, 9223372036 * SEC_TO_NS),
+                (9223372036.0, 9223372036 * SEC_TO_NS),
+                (-9223372036, -9223372036 * SEC_TO_NS),
+                (-9223372036.0, -9223372036 * SEC_TO_NS),
+            ):
+                with self.subTest(obj=obj, round=rnd, timestamp=ts):
+                    self.assertEqual(pytime_fromsecondsobject(obj, rnd), ts)
+
+            with self.subTest(round=rnd):
+                with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+                    pytime_fromsecondsobject(9223372037, rnd)
+                    pytime_fromsecondsobject(9223372037.0, rnd)
+                    pytime_fromsecondsobject(-9223372037, rnd)
+                    pytime_fromsecondsobject(-9223372037.0, rnd)
+
+        # Conversion giving different results depending on the rounding method
+        UP = _PyTime.ROUND_UP
+        DOWN = _PyTime.ROUND_DOWN
+        for obj, ts, rnd in (
+            # close to zero
+            ( 1e-10,  1, UP),
+            ( 1e-10,  0, DOWN),
+            (-1e-10,  0, DOWN),
+            (-1e-10, -1, UP),
+
+            # test rounding of the last nanosecond
+            ( 1.1234567899,  1123456790, UP),
+            ( 1.1234567899,  1123456789, DOWN),
+            (-1.1234567899, -1123456789, DOWN),
+            (-1.1234567899, -1123456790, UP),
+
+            # close to 1 second
+            ( 0.9999999999,  1000000000, UP),
+            ( 0.9999999999,   999999999, DOWN),
+            (-0.9999999999,  -999999999, DOWN),
+            (-0.9999999999, -1000000000, UP),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(obj=obj, round=rnd, timestamp=ts):
+                self.assertEqual(pytime_fromsecondsobject(obj, rnd), ts)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index b8e1dbc..ec513bc 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -3378,6 +3378,22 @@
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+test_pytime_fromsecondsobject(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *obj;
+    int round;
+    _PyTime_t ts;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oi", &obj, &round))
+        return NULL;
+    if (check_time_rounding(round) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    if (_PyTime_FromSecondsObject(&ts, obj, round) == -1)
+        return NULL;
+    return _PyTime_AsNanosecondsObject(ts);
+}
+
 
 static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"raise_exception",         raise_exception,                 METH_VARARGS},
@@ -3541,6 +3557,7 @@
         return_null_without_error, METH_NOARGS},
     {"return_result_with_error",
         return_result_with_error, METH_NOARGS},
+    {"pytime_fromsecondsobject", test_pytime_fromsecondsobject,  METH_VARARGS},
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };
 
diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index e44e082..1ce2f6a 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 time_sleep(PyObject *self, PyObject *obj)
 {
     _PyTime_t secs;
-    if (_PyTime_FromObject(&secs, obj, _PyTime_ROUND_UP))
+    if (_PyTime_FromSecondsObject(&secs, obj, _PyTime_ROUND_UP))
         return NULL;
     if (secs < 0) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
diff --git a/Python/pytime.c b/Python/pytime.c
index 6bf7030..2aeeddc 100644
--- a/Python/pytime.c
+++ b/Python/pytime.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 #endif
 
 int
-_PyTime_FromObject(_PyTime_t *t, PyObject *obj, _PyTime_round_t round)
+_PyTime_FromSecondsObject(_PyTime_t *t, PyObject *obj, _PyTime_round_t round)
 {
     if (PyFloat_Check(obj)) {
         double d, err;
@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@
         d = PyFloat_AsDouble(obj);
         d *= 1e9;
 
-        /* FIXME: use sign */
-        if (round == _PyTime_ROUND_UP)
+        if ((round == _PyTime_ROUND_UP) ^ (d < 0))
             d = ceil(d);
         else
             d = floor(d);
@@ -471,6 +470,18 @@
     }
 }
 
+PyObject *
+_PyTime_AsNanosecondsObject(_PyTime_t t)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+    assert(sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG) >= sizeof(_PyTime_t));
+    return PyLong_FromLongLong((PY_LONG_LONG)t);
+#else
+    assert(sizeof(long) >= sizeof(_PyTime_t));
+    return PyLong_FromLong((long)t);
+#endif
+}
+
 static _PyTime_t
 _PyTime_Multiply(_PyTime_t t, unsigned int multiply, _PyTime_round_t round)
 {