diff --git a/irc.go b/irc.go
index 6d7a4da..2dd0cad 100644
--- a/irc.go
+++ b/irc.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func reader(irc *IRCConnection) {
 			irc.Error <- err
 			break
 		}
-		irc.lastMessage = time.Seconds()
+		irc.lastMessage = time.Now()
 		msg = msg[0 : len(msg)-2] //Remove \r\n
 		event := &IRCEvent{Raw: msg}
 		if msg[0] == ':' {
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ func writer(irc *IRCConnection) {
 
 //Pings the server if we have not recived any messages for 5 minutes
 func pinger(i *IRCConnection) {
-	i.ticker = time.Tick(1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 60 * 1)   //Tick every minute.
-	i.ticker2 = time.Tick(1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 60 * 15) //Tick every 15 minutes.
+	i.ticker = time.Tick(1 * time.Minute)   //Tick every minute.
+	i.ticker2 = time.Tick(15 * time.Minute) //Tick every 15 minutes.
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-i.ticker:
 			//Ping if we haven't recived anything from the server within 4 minutes
-			if time.Seconds()-i.lastMessage >= 60*4 {
-				i.SendRaw(fmt.Sprintf("PING %d", time.Nanoseconds()))
+			if time.Since(i.lastMessage) >= (4 * time.Minute) {
+				i.SendRaw(fmt.Sprintf("PING %d", time.Now().UnixNano()))
 			}
 		case <-i.ticker2:
 			//Ping every 15 minutes.
-			i.SendRaw(fmt.Sprintf("PING %d", time.Nanoseconds()))
+			i.SendRaw(fmt.Sprintf("PING %d", time.Now().UnixNano()))
 			//Try to recapture nickname if it's not as configured.
 			if i.nick != i.nickcurrent {
 				i.nickcurrent = i.nick
diff --git a/irc_callback.go b/irc_callback.go
index 018fec5..b6a922b 100644
--- a/irc_callback.go
+++ b/irc_callback.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package irc
 
 import (
-	"strings"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func (irc *IRCConnection) AddCallback(eventcode string, callback func(*IRCEvent)) {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (irc *IRCConnection) setupCallbacks() {
 	})
 
 	irc.AddCallback("CTCP_TIME", func(e *IRCEvent) {
-		ltime := time.LocalTime()
+		ltime := time.Now()
 		irc.SendRaw(fmt.Sprintf("NOTICE %s :\x01TIME %s\x01", e.Nick, ltime.String()))
 	})
 
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ func (irc *IRCConnection) setupCallbacks() {
 	})
 
 	irc.AddCallback("PONG", func(e *IRCEvent) {
-		ns, _ := strconv.Atoi64(e.Message)
-		fmt.Printf("Lag: %fs\n", float32((time.Nanoseconds()-ns))/1000/1000/1000)
+		ns, _ := strconv.ParseInt(e.Message, 10, 64)
+		delta := time.Duration(time.Now().UnixNano() - ns)
+		fmt.Printf("Lag: %vs\n", delta)
 	})
 
 	irc.AddCallback("NICK", func(e *IRCEvent) {
diff --git a/irc_struct.go b/irc_struct.go
index ba3ec1e..fb1b788 100644
--- a/irc_struct.go
+++ b/irc_struct.go
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 package irc
 
-import "net"
+import (
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
 
 type IRCConnection struct {
 	socket                 net.Conn
@@ -19,9 +22,9 @@ type IRCConnection struct {
 	Password               string
 	events                 map[string][]func(*IRCEvent)
 
-	lastMessage int64
-	ticker      <-chan int64
-	ticker2     <-chan int64
+	lastMessage time.Time
+	ticker      <-chan time.Time
+	ticker2     <-chan time.Time
 
 	VerboseCallbackHandler bool