diff --git a/clock.cc b/clock.cc
index 96979f9..ac8945b 100644
--- a/clock.cc
+++ b/clock.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,25 @@
   struct timespec now_ts;
   if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &now_ts) != 0) {
     // Avoid logging this as an error as call-sites may call this very
-    // often and we don't want to fill up the disk...
+    // often and we don't want to fill up the disk. Note that this
+    // only fails if running on ancient kernels (CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+    // was added in Linux 2.6.28) so it never fails on a ChromeOS
+    // device.
+    return base::Time();
+  }
+  struct timeval now_tv;
+  now_tv.tv_sec = now_ts.tv_sec;
+  now_tv.tv_usec = now_ts.tv_nsec/base::Time::kNanosecondsPerMicrosecond;
+  return base::Time::FromTimeVal(now_tv);
+}
+
+base::Time Clock::GetBootTime() {
+  struct timespec now_ts;
+  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &now_ts) != 0) {
+    // Avoid logging this as an error as call-sites may call this very
+    // often and we don't want to fill up the disk. Note that this
+    // only fails if running on ancient kernels (CLOCK_BOOTTIME was
+    // added in Linux 2.6.39) so it never fails on a ChromeOS device.
     return base::Time();
   }
   struct timeval now_tv;