--- a/core/sessionmanager.lua	Fri Feb 13 16:19:12 2026 +0100
+++ b/core/sessionmanager.lua	Fri Jan 30 14:08:53 2026 +0100
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 local sessionlib = require "prosody.util.session";
 
 local initialize_filters = require "prosody.util.filters".initialize;
-local gettime = require "socket".gettime;
+local time_now = require "prosody.util.time".now;
 
 local _ENV = nil;
 -- luacheck: std none
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	sessionlib.set_logger(session);
 	sessionlib.set_conn(session, conn);
 
-	session.conntime = gettime();
+	session.conntime = time_now();
 	local filter = initialize_filters(session);
 	local w = conn.write;
 

--- a/net/dns.lua	Fri Feb 13 16:19:12 2026 +0100
+++ b/net/dns.lua	Fri Jan 30 14:08:53 2026 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 local have_timer, timer = pcall(require, "prosody.util.timer");
 local new_ip = require "prosody.util.ip".new_ip;
 local have_util_net, util_net = pcall(require, "prosody.util.net");
+local time_now = require "prosody.util.time".now;
 
 local log = require "prosody.util.logger".init("dns");
 
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@
 
 
 local function prune(rrs, time, soft)    -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  prune
-	time = time or socket.gettime();
+	time = time or time_now();
 	for i,rr in ipairs(rrs) do
 		if rr.tod then
 			if rr.tod < time then
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@
 
 local cache_metatable = {};    -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  cache_metatable
 function cache_metatable.__tostring(cache)
-	local time = socket.gettime();
+	local time = time_now();
 	local t = {};
 	for class,types in pairs(cache) do
 		for type,names in pairs(types) do
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@
 
 
 function dns.random(...)    -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  dns.random
-	math.randomseed(math.floor(10000*socket.gettime()) % 0x80000000);
+	math.randomseed(math.floor(10000 * time_now()) % 0x80000000);
 	dns.random = math.random;
 	return dns.random(...);
 end
@@ -813,7 +814,7 @@
 		if not (rrs and rrs[1]) then return end
 		return self:peek(rrs[1].cname, qtype, qclass, n - 1);
 	end
-	if prune(rrs, socket.gettime()) and qtype == '*' or not next(rrs) then
+	if prune(rrs, time_now()) and qtype == '*' or not next(rrs) then
 		set(self.cache, qclass, qtype, qname, nil);
 		return nil;
 	end
@@ -824,7 +825,7 @@
 
 function resolver:purge(soft)    -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  purge
 	if soft == 'soft' then
-		self.time = socket.gettime();
+		self.time = time_now();
 		for class,types in pairs(self.cache or {}) do
 			for type,names in pairs(types) do
 				for name,rrs in pairs(names) do
@@ -859,7 +860,7 @@
 		packet = header..question,
 		server = self.best_server,
 		delay  = 1,
-		retry  = socket.gettime() + self.delays[1];
+		retry  = time_now() + self.delays[1];
 		qclass = qclass;
 		qtype  = qtype;
 		qname  = qname;
@@ -914,7 +915,7 @@
 	sock = self:voidsocket(sock);
 
 	-- Find all requests to the down server, and retry on the next server
-	self.time = socket.gettime();
+	self.time = time_now();
 	log("debug", "servfail %d (of %d)", num, #self.server);
 	for id,queries in pairs(self.active) do
 		for question,o in pairs(queries) do
@@ -970,7 +971,7 @@
 
 function resolver:receive(rset)    -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  receive
 	--print('receive');  print(self.socket);
-	self.time = socket.gettime();
+	self.time = time_now();
 	rset = rset or self.socket;
 
 	local response;
@@ -1019,7 +1020,7 @@
 
 function resolver:feed(sock, packet, force)
 	--print('receive'); print(self.socket);
-	self.time = socket.gettime();
+	self.time = time_now();
 
 	local response = self:decode(packet, force);
 	if response and self.active[response.header.id]
@@ -1072,7 +1073,7 @@
 	while self:receive() do end
 	if not next(self.active) then return nil; end
 
-	self.time = socket.gettime();
+	self.time = time_now();
 	for id,queries in pairs(self.active) do
 		for question,o in pairs(queries) do
 			if self.time >= o.retry then

--- a/net/server_event.lua	Fri Feb 13 16:19:12 2026 +0100
+++ b/net/server_event.lua	Fri Jan 30 14:08:53 2026 +0100
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 local inet_pton = inet.pton;
 local sslconfig = require "prosody.util.sslconfig";
 local tls_impl = require "prosody.net.tls_luasec";
-
-local socket_gettime = socket.gettime
+local time_now = require "prosody.util.time".now;
 
 local log = require ("prosody.util.logger").init("socket")
 
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@
 	local interface = {
 		type = "client";
 		conn = client;
-		currenttime = socket_gettime( );  -- safe the origin
+		currenttime = time_now();  -- safe the origin
 		writebuffer = {};  -- writebuffer
 		writebufferlen = 0;  -- length of writebuffer
 		send = client.send;  -- caching table lookups
@@ -918,7 +917,7 @@
 local function add_task(delay, callback)
 	local event_handle;
 	event_handle = base:addevent(nil, 0, function ()
-		local ret = callback(socket_gettime());
+		local ret = callback(time_now());
 		if ret then
 			return 0, ret;
 		elseif event_handle then

--- a/net/server_select.lua	Fri Feb 13 16:19:12 2026 +0100
+++ b/net/server_select.lua	Fri Jan 30 14:08:53 2026 +0100
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 --// extern libs //--
 
 local luasocket = use "socket" or require "socket"
-local luasocket_gettime = luasocket.gettime
+local time_now = require "prosody.util.time".now;
 local inet = require "prosody.util.net";
 local inet_pton = inet.pton;
 local sslconfig = require "prosody.util.sslconfig";
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
 	local new_data = {};
 
 	function add_task(delay, callback)
-		local current_time = luasocket_gettime();
+		local current_time = time_now();
 		delay = delay + current_time;
 		if delay >= current_time then
 			table_insert(new_data, {delay, callback});
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 loop = function(once) -- this is the main loop of the program
 	if quitting then return "quitting"; end
 	if once then quitting = "once"; end
-	_currenttime = luasocket_gettime( )
+	_currenttime = time_now();
 	repeat
 		-- Fire timers
 	local next_timer_time = math_huge;
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
 			handler:force_close()	 -- forced disconnect
 			_closelist[ handler ] = nil;
 		end
-		_currenttime = luasocket_gettime( )
+		_currenttime = time_now();
 
 		-- Check for socket timeouts
 		if _currenttime - _starttime > _checkinterval then
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@
 use "setmetatable" ( _readtimes, { __mode = "k" } )
 use "setmetatable" ( _writetimes, { __mode = "k" } )
 
-_starttime = luasocket_gettime( )
+_starttime = time_now();
 
 local function setlogger(new_logger)
 	local old_logger = log;

--- a/util/adminstream.lua	Fri Feb 13 16:19:12 2026 +0100
+++ b/util/adminstream.lua	Fri Jan 30 14:08:53 2026 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 local st = require "prosody.util.stanza";
 local new_xmpp_stream = require "prosody.util.xmppstream".new;
 local sessionlib = require "prosody.util.session";
-local gettime = require "prosody.util.time".now;
+local time_now = require "prosody.util.time".now;
 local runner = require "prosody.util.async".runner;
 local add_task = require "prosody.util.timer".add_task;
 local events = require "prosody.util.events";
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 		sessionlib.set_logger(session);
 		sessionlib.set_conn(session, conn);
 
-		session.conntime = gettime();
+		session.conntime = time_now();
 		session.type = "admin";
 
 		local stream = new_xmpp_stream(session, stream_callbacks);

--- a/util/throttle.lua	Fri Feb 13 16:19:12 2026 +0100
+++ b/util/throttle.lua	Fri Jan 30 14:08:53 2026 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-local gettime = require "prosody.util.time".now
+local time_now = require "prosody.util.time".now;
 local setmetatable = setmetatable;
 
 local _ENV = nil;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 local throttle_mt = { __index = throttle };
 
 function throttle:update()
-	local newt = gettime();
+	local newt = time_now();
 	local elapsed = newt - self.t;
 	self.t = newt;
 	local balance = (self.rate * elapsed) + self.balance;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 end
 
 local function create(max, period)
-	return setmetatable({ rate = max / period, max = max, t = gettime(), balance = max }, throttle_mt);
+	return setmetatable({ rate = max / period, max = max, t = time_now(), balance = max }, throttle_mt);
 end
 
 return {