diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index e6299dbb..2f55a6ee 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -182,22 +182,6 @@ export function encodeDirListing(data: Record<string, bigint>): Uint8Array {
 
 export type Callback<Args extends unknown[] = []> = (e?: ErrnoError, ...args: OptionalTuple<Args>) => unknown;
 
-/**
- * converts Date or number to a integer UNIX timestamp
- * Grabbed from NodeJS sources (lib/fs.js)
- *
- * @internal
- */
-export function _toUnixTimestamp(time: Date | number): number {
-	if (typeof time === 'number') {
-		return Math.floor(time);
-	}
-	if (time instanceof Date) {
-		return Math.floor(time.getTime() / 1000);
-	}
-	throw new Error('Cannot parse time');
-}
-
 /**
  * Normalizes a mode
  * @internal
@@ -230,15 +214,11 @@ export function normalizeTime(time: string | number | Date): Date {
 		return time;
 	}
 
-	if (typeof time == 'number') {
-		return new Date(time * 1000);
-	}
-
-	if (typeof time == 'string') {
+	try {
 		return new Date(time);
+	} catch {
+		throw new ErrnoError(Errno.EINVAL, 'Invalid time.');
 	}
-
-	throw new ErrnoError(Errno.EINVAL, 'Invalid time.');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/fs/times.test.ts b/tests/fs/times.test.ts
index e65b992b..e3a6010c 100644
--- a/tests/fs/times.test.ts
+++ b/tests/fs/times.test.ts
@@ -2,22 +2,33 @@ import assert from 'node:assert';
 import { suite, test } from 'node:test';
 import { wait } from 'utilium';
 import { ErrnoError } from '../../dist/error.js';
-import { _toUnixTimestamp } from '../../dist/utils.js';
+import type { StatsLike } from '../../dist/stats.js';
 import { fs } from '../common.js';
 
 const path = 'x.txt';
 
-suite('times', () => {
-	function expect_assert(resource: string | number, atime: Date | number, mtime: Date | number) {
-		const stats = typeof resource == 'string' ? fs.statSync(resource) : fs.fstatSync(resource);
-		// check up to single-second precision since sub-second precision is OS and fs dependent
-		assert.equal(_toUnixTimestamp(atime), _toUnixTimestamp(stats.atime));
-		assert.equal(_toUnixTimestamp(mtime), _toUnixTimestamp(stats.mtime));
-	}
+/**
+ * Gets unix timestamps from stats
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function unixTimestamps(stats: StatsLike<number>): Record<'atime' | 'mtime', number> {
+	return {
+		atime: Math.floor(stats.atimeMs),
+		mtime: Math.floor(stats.mtimeMs),
+	};
+}
 
+suite('times', () => {
 	async function runTest(atime: Date | number, mtime: Date | number): Promise<void> {
+		const times = {
+			atime: typeof atime == 'number' ? Math.floor(atime) : atime.getTime(),
+			mtime: typeof mtime == 'number' ? Math.floor(mtime) : mtime.getTime(),
+		};
+
 		await fs.promises.utimes(path, atime, mtime);
-		expect_assert(path, atime, mtime);
+
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(unixTimestamps(await fs.promises.stat(path)), times);
 
 		await fs.promises.utimes('foobarbaz', atime, mtime).catch((error: ErrnoError) => {
 			assert(error instanceof ErrnoError);
@@ -27,10 +38,10 @@ suite('times', () => {
 		await using handle = await fs.promises.open(path, 'r');
 
 		await handle.utimes(atime, mtime);
-		expect_assert(handle.fd, atime, mtime);
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(unixTimestamps(await handle.stat()), times);
 
 		fs.utimesSync(path, atime, mtime);
-		expect_assert(path, atime, mtime);
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(unixTimestamps(fs.statSync(path)), times);
 
 		try {
 			fs.utimesSync('foobarbaz', atime, mtime);