diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj
index 927954c448a2cfe10ee45f93f77e27bf0347c43d..7070802d0f4447e38ab85eaa470123b55ca7170a 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
     <Compile Include="ClientServerTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ServerTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GrpcEnvironmentTest.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="TimespecTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PInvokeTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Internal\MetadataArraySafeHandleTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Internal\CompletionQueueSafeHandleTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Internal\CompletionQueueEventTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Internal\ChannelArgsSafeHandleTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ChannelOptionsTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Internal\TimespecTest.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Internal/TimespecTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Internal/TimespecTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69b94bb39332d6ac59fd007a2bd49de7490cc0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Internal/TimespecTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+#region Copyright notice and license
+
+// Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
+//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+// this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Grpc.Core.Internal;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Grpc.Core.Internal.Tests
+{
+    public class TimespecTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Now()
+        {
+            var timespec = Timespec.Now;
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void InfFuture()
+        {
+            var timespec = Timespec.InfFuture;
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void InfPast()
+        {
+            var timespec = Timespec.InfPast;
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TimespecSizeIsNativeSize()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(Timespec.NativeSize, Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Timespec)));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                new Timespec(IntPtr.Zero, 0).ToDateTime());
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 10, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddTicks(50),
+                new Timespec(new IntPtr(10), 5000).ToDateTime());
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2015, 7, 21, 4, 21, 48, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                new Timespec(new IntPtr(1437452508), 0).ToDateTime());
+
+            // before epoch
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1969, 12, 31, 23, 59, 55, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddTicks(10),
+                new Timespec(new IntPtr(-5), 1000).ToDateTime());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime_RoundUp()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddTicks(1),
+                new Timespec(IntPtr.Zero, 99).ToDateTime());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime_WrongInputs()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws(typeof(InvalidOperationException),
+                () => new Timespec(new IntPtr(0), -2).ToDateTime());
+            Assert.Throws(typeof(InvalidOperationException),
+                () => new Timespec(new IntPtr(0), 1000 * 1000 * 1000).ToDateTime());
+            Assert.Throws(typeof(InvalidOperationException),
+                () => new Timespec(new IntPtr(0), 0, GPRClockType.Monotonic).ToDateTime());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime_ReturnsUtc()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(DateTimeKind.Utc, new Timespec(new IntPtr(1437452508), 0).ToDateTime().Kind);
+            Assert.AreNotEqual(DateTimeKind.Unspecified, new Timespec(new IntPtr(1437452508), 0).ToDateTime().Kind);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime_Infinity()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.MaxValue, Timespec.InfFuture.ToDateTime());
+            Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.MinValue, Timespec.InfPast.ToDateTime());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime_OverflowGivesMaxOrMinVal()
+        {
+            // we can only get overflow in ticks arithmetic on 64-bit
+            if (IntPtr.Size == 8)
+            {
+                var timespec = new Timespec(new IntPtr(long.MaxValue - 100), 0);
+                Assert.AreNotEqual(Timespec.InfFuture, timespec);
+                Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.MaxValue, timespec.ToDateTime());
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.MinValue, new Timespec(new IntPtr(long.MinValue + 100), 0).ToDateTime());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Test cannot be run on this platform, skipping the test.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ToDateTime_OutOfRangeGivesMaxOrMinVal()
+        {
+            // we can only get out of range on 64-bit, on 32 bit the max 
+            // timestamp is ~ Jan 19 2038, which is far within range of DateTime
+            // same case for min value.
+            if (IntPtr.Size == 8)
+            {
+                // DateTime range goes up to year 9999, 20000 years from now should
+                // be out of range.
+                long seconds = 20000L * 365L * 24L * 3600L; 
+
+                var timespec = new Timespec(new IntPtr(seconds), 0);
+                Assert.AreNotEqual(Timespec.InfFuture, timespec);
+                Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.MaxValue, timespec.ToDateTime());
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(DateTime.MinValue, new Timespec(new IntPtr(-seconds), 0).ToDateTime());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Test cannot be run on this platform, skipping the test");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/TimespecTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/TimespecTest.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a34b407a016bdf64ec30ec0eadd1f918177b59b5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/TimespecTest.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#region Copyright notice and license
-
-// Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-// met:
-//
-//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
-// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
-// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-// distribution.
-//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
-// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-// this software without specific prior written permission.
-//
-// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-#endregion
-
-using System;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using Grpc.Core.Internal;
-using NUnit.Framework;
-
-namespace Grpc.Core.Internal.Tests
-{
-    public class TimespecTest
-    {
-        [Test]
-        public void Now()
-        {
-            var timespec = Timespec.Now;
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void InfFuture()
-        {
-            var timespec = Timespec.InfFuture;
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void TimespecSizeIsNativeSize()
-        {
-            Assert.AreEqual(Timespec.NativeSize, Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Timespec)));
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void ToDateTime()
-        {
-            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
-                new Timespec(IntPtr.Zero, 0).ToDateTime());
-
-            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 10, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddTicks(50),
-                new Timespec(new IntPtr(10), 5000).ToDateTime());
-
-            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2015, 7, 21, 4, 21, 48, DateTimeKind.Utc),
-                new Timespec(new IntPtr(1437452508), 0).ToDateTime());
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void Add()
-        {
-            var t = new Timespec { tv_sec = new IntPtr(12345), tv_nsec = 123456789 };
-            var result = t.Add(TimeSpan.FromTicks(TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond * 10));
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.tv_sec, new IntPtr(12355));
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.tv_nsec, 123456789);
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void Add_Nanos()
-        {
-            var t = new Timespec { tv_sec = new IntPtr(12345), tv_nsec = 123456789 };
-            var result = t.Add(TimeSpan.FromTicks(10));
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.tv_sec, new IntPtr(12345));
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.tv_nsec, 123456789 + 1000);
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void Add_NanosOverflow()
-        {
-            var t = new Timespec { tv_sec = new IntPtr(12345), tv_nsec = 999999999 };
-            var result = t.Add(TimeSpan.FromTicks(TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond * 10 + 10));
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.tv_sec, new IntPtr(12356));
-            Assert.AreEqual(result.tv_nsec, 999);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/Timespec.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/Timespec.cs
index da2819f14dfa2d6686844c6b39c241bb1b310cbe..32a9c93f77021976217d4604d224aacddc58a18f 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/Timespec.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/Timespec.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 
+using Grpc.Core.Utils;
+
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -40,32 +42,40 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
     [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
     internal struct Timespec
     {
-        const int NanosPerSecond = 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
-        const int NanosPerTick = 100;
+        const long NanosPerSecond = 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
+        const long NanosPerTick = 100;
+        const long TicksPerSecond = NanosPerSecond / NanosPerTick;
 
         static readonly DateTime UnixEpoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
 
         [DllImport("grpc_csharp_ext.dll")]
-        static extern Timespec gprsharp_now();
+        static extern Timespec gprsharp_now(GPRClockType clockType);
+
+        [DllImport("grpc_csharp_ext.dll")]
+        static extern Timespec gprsharp_inf_future(GPRClockType clockType);
 
         [DllImport("grpc_csharp_ext.dll")]
-        static extern Timespec gprsharp_inf_future();
+        static extern Timespec gprsharp_inf_past(GPRClockType clockType);
 
         [DllImport("grpc_csharp_ext.dll")]
         static extern int gprsharp_sizeof_timespec();
 
-        public Timespec(IntPtr tv_sec, int tv_nsec)
+        public Timespec(IntPtr tv_sec, int tv_nsec) : this(tv_sec, tv_nsec, GPRClockType.Realtime)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public Timespec(IntPtr tv_sec, int tv_nsec, GPRClockType clock_type)
         {
             this.tv_sec = tv_sec;
             this.tv_nsec = tv_nsec;
-            this.clock_type = GPRClockType.Realtime;
+            this.clock_type = clock_type;
         }
 
         // NOTE: on linux 64bit  sizeof(gpr_timespec) = 16, on windows 32bit sizeof(gpr_timespec) = 8
         // so IntPtr seems to have the right size to work on both.
-        public System.IntPtr tv_sec;
-        public int tv_nsec;
-        public GPRClockType clock_type;
+        private System.IntPtr tv_sec;
+        private int tv_nsec;
+        private GPRClockType clock_type;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Timespec a long time in the future.
@@ -74,54 +84,108 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
         {
             get
             {
-                return gprsharp_inf_future();
+                return gprsharp_inf_future(GPRClockType.Realtime);
             }
         }
 
-        public static Timespec Now
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Timespec a long time in the past.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static Timespec InfPast
         {
             get
             {
-                return gprsharp_now();
+                return gprsharp_inf_past(GPRClockType.Realtime);
             }
         }
-            
-        public DateTime ToDateTime()
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return Timespec representing the current time.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static Timespec Now
         {
-            return UnixEpoch.AddTicks(tv_sec.ToInt64() * (NanosPerSecond / NanosPerTick) + tv_nsec / NanosPerTick);
+            get
+            {
+                return gprsharp_now(GPRClockType.Realtime);
+            }
         }
 
-        internal static int NativeSize
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Seconds since unix epoch.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IntPtr TimevalSeconds
         {
             get
             {
-                return gprsharp_sizeof_timespec();
+                return tv_sec;
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a GPR deadline from current instant and given timeout.
+        /// The nanoseconds part of timeval.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The from timeout.</returns>
-        public static Timespec DeadlineFromTimeout(TimeSpan timeout)
+        public int TimevalNanos
         {
-            if (timeout == Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan)
+            get
             {
-                return Timespec.InfFuture;
+                return tv_nsec;
             }
-            return Timespec.Now.Add(timeout);
         }
+            
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts Timespec to DateTime.
+        /// Timespec needs to be of type GPRClockType.Realtime and needs to represent a legal value.
+        /// DateTime has lower resolution (100ns), so rounding can occurs.
+        /// Value are always rounded up to the nearest DateTime value in the future.
+        /// 
+        /// For Timespec.InfFuture or if timespec is after the largest representable DateTime, DateTime.MaxValue is returned.
+        /// For Timespec.InfPast or if timespec is before the lowest representable DateTime, DateTime.MinValue is returned.
+        /// 
+        /// Unless DateTime.MaxValue or DateTime.MinValue is returned, the resulting DateTime is always in UTC
+        /// (DateTimeKind.Utc)
+        /// </summary>
+        public DateTime ToDateTime()
+        {
+            Preconditions.CheckState(tv_nsec >= 0 && tv_nsec < NanosPerSecond);
+            Preconditions.CheckState(clock_type == GPRClockType.Realtime);
+
+            // fast path for InfFuture
+            if (this.Equals(InfFuture))
+            {
+                return DateTime.MaxValue;
+            }
+
+            // fast path for InfPast
+            if (this.Equals(InfPast))
+            {
+                return DateTime.MinValue;
+            }
 
-        public Timespec Add(TimeSpan timeSpan)
+            try
+            {
+                // convert nanos to ticks, round up to the nearest tick
+                long ticksFromNanos = tv_nsec / NanosPerTick + ((tv_nsec % NanosPerTick != 0) ? 1 : 0);
+                long ticksTotal = checked(tv_sec.ToInt64() * TicksPerSecond + ticksFromNanos);
+                return UnixEpoch.AddTicks(ticksTotal);
+            }
+            catch (OverflowException)
+            {
+                // ticks out of long range
+                return tv_sec.ToInt64() > 0 ? DateTime.MaxValue : DateTime.MinValue;
+            }
+            catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException)
+            {
+                // resulting date time would be larger than MaxValue
+                return tv_sec.ToInt64() > 0 ? DateTime.MaxValue : DateTime.MinValue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static int NativeSize
         {
-            long nanos = (long)tv_nsec + (timeSpan.Ticks % TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond) * NanosPerTick;
-            long overflow_sec = (nanos > NanosPerSecond) ? 1 : 0;
-
-            Timespec result;
-            result.tv_nsec = (int)(nanos % NanosPerSecond);
-            result.tv_sec = new IntPtr(tv_sec.ToInt64() + (timeSpan.Ticks / TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond) + overflow_sec);
-            result.clock_type = GPRClockType.Realtime;
-            return result;
+            get
+            {
+                return gprsharp_sizeof_timespec();
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c b/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
index 682521446f41da3f7ab881d68f805fa89158a924..1cc44ebda7ec9ee3b9816721195e93a87b29ddbe 100644
--- a/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
+++ b/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
@@ -433,10 +433,16 @@ grpcsharp_channel_args_destroy(grpc_channel_args *args) {
 
 /* Timespec */
 
-GPR_EXPORT gpr_timespec GPR_CALLTYPE gprsharp_now(void) { return gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME); }
+GPR_EXPORT gpr_timespec GPR_CALLTYPE gprsharp_now(gpr_clock_type clock_type) {
+  return gpr_now(clock_type);
+}
+
+GPR_EXPORT gpr_timespec GPR_CALLTYPE gprsharp_inf_future(gpr_clock_type clock_type) {
+  return gpr_inf_future(clock_type);
+}
 
-GPR_EXPORT gpr_timespec GPR_CALLTYPE gprsharp_inf_future(void) {
-  return gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
+GPR_EXPORT gpr_timespec GPR_CALLTYPE gprsharp_inf_past(gpr_clock_type clock_type) {
+  return gpr_inf_past(clock_type);
 }
 
 GPR_EXPORT gpr_int32 GPR_CALLTYPE gprsharp_sizeof_timespec(void) {