diff --git a/python-stdlib/time/metadata.txt b/python-stdlib/time/metadata.txt
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+++ b/python-stdlib/time/metadata.txt
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+srctype = micropython-lib
+type = module
+version = 0.1.0
+license = Python
diff --git a/python-stdlib/time/setup.py b/python-stdlib/time/setup.py
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+import sys
+
+# Remove current dir from sys.path, otherwise setuptools will peek up our
+# module instead of system's.
+sys.path.pop(0)
+from setuptools import setup
+
+sys.path.append("..")
+import sdist_upip
+
+setup(
+    name="micropython-time",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    description="MicroPython time module.",
+    long_description="MicroPython wrapper for utime, providing extra cpython compatible functions.",
+    url="https://github.com/micropython/micropython-lib",
+    author="micropython-lib Developers",
+    author_email="micro-python@googlegroups.com",
+    maintainer="micropython-lib Developers",
+    maintainer_email="micro-python@googlegroups.com",
+    license="Python",
+    cmdclass={"sdist": sdist_upip.sdist},
+    py_modules=["time"],
+)
diff --git a/python-stdlib/time/test_monotonic.py b/python-stdlib/time/test_monotonic.py
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+import unittest
+from time import monotonic
+import time
+
+
+class TestMonotonic(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_current(self):
+        now = monotonic()
+        time.sleep_ms(5)
+        then = monotonic()
+        assert now < int(now + then)
+        assert then < int(now + then)
+
+    def test_timeout(self):
+        start = monotonic()
+        timeout = 0.01
+        assert (monotonic() - start) < timeout
+        time.sleep_ms(12)
+        assert (monotonic() - start) > timeout
+
+    def test_timeout_add(self):
+        start = monotonic()
+        timeout = start + 0.015
+        assert monotonic() < timeout
+        time.sleep_ms(20)
+        assert monotonic() > timeout
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/python-stdlib/time/time.py b/python-stdlib/time/time.py
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+from utime import *
+from utime import ticks_ms, ticks_diff
+
+
+class Monotonic:
+    """
+    MicroPython replacement for time.monotonic suitable for timeouts & comparisons.
+    """
+
+    # CPython time.monotonic() → float returns the value (in fractional seconds) of a monotonic clock,
+    # i.e. a clock that cannot go backwards. The clock is not affected by system clock updates.
+    # The reference point of the returned value is undefined, so that only the difference between the
+    # results of two calls is valid.
+
+    # Most micropython ports have single-precision float for size / efficiency reasons, and some do not have
+    # float support at all in hardware (so are very slow).
+    # To support measurements of difference between two time points, time.ticks_ms() and time.ticks.diff()
+    # are generally recommended, however this can complicate efforts to port existing libraries using
+    # time.monotonic.
+
+    # This library is intended to support being used as a drop-in replacement for many/most use cases of
+    # time.monotonic. It will wrap the ticks functions and handle/hide the 32-bit rollover handling.
+
+    # Note however if you convert the output of monotonic to int or float, eg `float(monotonic())` then
+    # comparisions between these value are not always valid becasuse they will wrap around back to zero
+    # after a certain length of time. In other words, always do comparisons against the object returned
+    # by monotonic() without type conversion.
+
+    # See the test_monotonic.py unit test for examples of usage.
+
+    def __init__(self, val_ms) -> None:
+        self.val_ms = val_ms
+
+    def __int__(self):
+        return int(self.val_ms // 1000)
+
+    def __float__(self):
+        return float(self.val_ms) / 1000.0
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return str(self.__float__())
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _convert(other):
+        if isinstance(other, Monotonic):
+            return other.val_ms
+        elif isinstance(other, float):
+            return int(round(other * 1000))
+        else:
+            return int(other * 1000)
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        return Monotonic(self.val_ms + self._convert(other))
+
+    def __sub__(self, other):
+        """Returns relative difference in time in seconds"""
+        return float(ticks_diff(self.val_ms, self._convert(other))) / 1000.0
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        return self.__sub__(other) > 0
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return self.__sub__(other) < 0
+
+
+def monotonic():
+    return Monotonic(ticks_ms())