diff --git a/unix/modtime.c b/unix/modtime.c
index 032528947c35b3b19dee90d0805f346198738215..daf72ff88a6f9dfb82c7cef4f0239d001fa30ee5 100644
--- a/unix/modtime.c
+++ b/unix/modtime.c
@@ -11,18 +11,28 @@
 #include "runtime.h"
 
 STATIC mp_obj_t mod_time_time() {
+#if MICROPY_ENABLE_FLOAT
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    mp_float_t val = tv.tv_sec + (mp_float_t)tv.tv_usec / 1000000;
+    return mp_obj_new_float(val);
+#else
     return mp_obj_new_int((machine_int_t)time(NULL));
+#endif
 }
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_0(mod_time_time_obj, mod_time_time);
 
 // Note: this is deprecated since CPy3.3, but pystone still uses it.
 STATIC mp_obj_t mod_time_clock() {
-//    return mp_obj_new_int((machine_int_t)clock());
-    // POSIX requires CLOCKS_PER_SEC equals 1000000, so that's what we assume
+#if MICROPY_ENABLE_FLOAT
+    // POSIX requires CLOCKS_PER_SEC equals 1000000, so that's what we assume.
     // float cannot represent full range of int32 precisely, so we pre-divide
     // int to reduce resolution, and then actually do float division hoping
     // to preserve integer part resolution.
     return mp_obj_new_float((float)(clock() / 1000) / 1000.0);
+#else
+    return mp_obj_new_int((machine_int_t)clock());
+#endif
 }
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_0(mod_time_clock_obj, mod_time_clock);