diff --git a/automotive/vehicle/2.0/default/impl/vhal_v2_0/DefaultConfig.h b/automotive/vehicle/2.0/default/impl/vhal_v2_0/DefaultConfig.h
index ad9642a..7fd4a79 100644
--- a/automotive/vehicle/2.0/default/impl/vhal_v2_0/DefaultConfig.h
+++ b/automotive/vehicle/2.0/default/impl/vhal_v2_0/DefaultConfig.h
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@
                 .config =
                         {
                                 .prop = toInt(VehicleProperty::EPOCH_TIME),
-                                .access = VehiclePropertyAccess::READ_WRITE,
+                                .access = VehiclePropertyAccess::WRITE,
                                 .changeMode = VehiclePropertyChangeMode::ON_CHANGE,
                         },
         },
diff --git a/automotive/vehicle/2.0/types.hal b/automotive/vehicle/2.0/types.hal
index 6bfda32..b964991 100644
--- a/automotive/vehicle/2.0/types.hal
+++ b/automotive/vehicle/2.0/types.hal
@@ -1433,17 +1433,29 @@
      * This value denotes the number of milliseconds seconds that have
      * elapsed since 1/1/1970 UTC.
      *
-     * Reading this value will give you the system’s time. This can be
-     * useful to synchronize other vehicle systems (dash clock etc).
+     * AAOS will write to this value to give VHAL the Android system's time,
+     * if the VHAL supports this property. This can be useful to synchronize
+     * other vehicle systems (dash clock etc) with Android's time.
      *
-     * Writing this value will update the ‘ExternalTimeSuggestion’
-     * value (if enabled). This value may be consumed by the “Time
-     * Detector Service”, if other sources do not have a higher
-     * priority. For information on how to adjust time source
-     * priorities see Time Detector Service documentation.
+     * AAOS writes to this property once during boot, and
+     * will thereafter write only when some time-source changes are propagated.
+     * AAOS will fill in VehiclePropValue.timestamp correctly.
+     * Note that AAOS will not send updates for natural elapse of time.
+     *     int64Values[0] = provided Unix time (in milliseconds)
+     *
+     * Note that the property may take >0 ms to get propagated through the stack
+     * and, having a timestamped property helps reduce any time drift. So,
+     * for all writes to the property, the timestamp can be used to negate this
+     * drift:
+     *     drift = currentTimeMillis - PropValue.timestamp
+     *     effectiveTime = PropValue.value.int64Values[0] + diff
+     *
+     * Aside, this property could have been better named ANDROID_EPOCH_TIME, but it
+     * continues to be called EPOCH_TIME for legacy reasons. We will try to fix
+     * this naming discrepancy when we migrate to AIDL.
      *
      * @change_mode VehiclePropertyChangeMode:ON_CHANGE
-     * @access VehiclePropertyAccess:READ_WRITE
+     * @access VehiclePropertyAccess:WRITE_ONLY
      * @unit VehicleUnit:MILLI_SECS
      */
     EPOCH_TIME = (
diff --git a/current.txt b/current.txt
index 09df92d..e1c78f6 100644
--- a/current.txt
+++ b/current.txt
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@
 c8a57364f6ad20842be14f4db284df5304f7521ca8eac6bcc1fa6c5b466fb8a6 android.hardware.wifi.supplicant@1.4::ISupplicantStaNetwork
 2123482b69f3b531c88023aa2a007110e130efbf4ed68ac9ce0bc55d5e82bc8b android.hardware.wifi.supplicant@1.4::ISupplicantStaNetworkCallback
 0821f516e4d428bc15251969f7e19411c94d8f2ccbd99e1fc8168d8e49e38b0f android.hardware.wifi.supplicant@1.4::types
+4a087a308608d146b022ebc15633de989f5f4dfe1491a83fa41763290a82e40d android.hardware.automotive.vehicle@2.0::types
 
 # ABI preserving changes to HALs during Android T
 62ace52d9c3ff1f60f94118557a2aaf0b953513e59dcd34d5f94ae28d4c7e780 android.hardware.fastboot@1.0::IFastboot