diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3aeee07..c0f8632 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "android_system_properties"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.57"
@@ -104,31 +95,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bfd4d1b31faaa3a89d7934dbded3111da0d2ef28e3ebccdb4f0179f5929d1ef1"
-dependencies = [
- "iana-time-zone",
- "js-sys",
- "num-integer",
- "num-traits",
- "time 0.1.44",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "winapi",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "codespan-reporting"
-version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3538270d33cc669650c4b093848450d380def10c331d38c768e34cac80576e6e"
-dependencies = [
- "termcolor",
- "unicode-width",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.6"
@@ -183,50 +149,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cxx"
-version = "1.0.78"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19f39818dcfc97d45b03953c1292efc4e80954e1583c4aa770bac1383e2310a4"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cxxbridge-flags",
- "cxxbridge-macro",
- "link-cplusplus",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cxx-build"
-version = "1.0.78"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e580d70777c116df50c390d1211993f62d40302881e54d4b79727acb83d0199"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "codespan-reporting",
- "once_cell",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "scratch",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cxxbridge-flags"
-version = "1.0.78"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56a46460b88d1cec95112c8c363f0e2c39afdb237f60583b0b36343bf627ea9c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cxxbridge-macro"
-version = "1.0.78"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "747b608fecf06b0d72d440f27acc99288207324b793be2c17991839f3d4995ea"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -416,7 +338,7 @@ checksum = "4eb1a864a501629691edf6c15a593b7a51eebaa1e8468e9ddc623de7c9b58ec6"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -457,7 +379,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "hacksquad-bot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
  "dotenvy",
  "envy",
  "git2",
@@ -469,6 +390,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serenity",
  "simsearch",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -571,30 +493,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.51"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f5a6ef98976b22b3b7f2f3a806f858cb862044cfa66805aa3ad84cb3d3b785ed"
-dependencies = [
- "android_system_properties",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "iana-time-zone-haiku",
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "winapi",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fde6edd6cef363e9359ed3c98ba64590ba9eecba2293eb5a723ab32aee8926aa"
-dependencies = [
- "cxx",
- "cxx-build",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -706,15 +604,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "link-cplusplus"
-version = "1.0.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9272ab7b96c9046fbc5bc56c06c117cb639fe2d509df0c421cad82d2915cf369"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.17"
@@ -763,7 +652,7 @@ checksum = "57ee1c23c7c63b0c9250c339ffdc69255f110b298b901b9f6c82547b7b87caaf"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -785,16 +674,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num-integer"
-version = "0.1.45"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "225d3389fb3509a24c93f5c29eb6bde2586b98d9f016636dff58d7c6f7569cd9"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "num-traits",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1111,12 +990,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "scratch"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c8132065adcfd6e02db789d9285a0deb2f3fcb04002865ab67d5fb103533898"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sct"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -1224,7 +1097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde-value",
  "serde_json",
- "time 0.3.15",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "typemap_rev",
@@ -1323,15 +1196,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.37"
@@ -1352,17 +1216,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.1.44"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6db9e6914ab8b1ae1c260a4ae7a49b6c5611b40328a735b21862567685e73255"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.15"
@@ -1568,12 +1421,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1620,12 +1467,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "try-lock",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -1743,15 +1584,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-util"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fbe7168..544e77b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ serde_json = "1.0.85"
 simsearch = "0.2"
 redis = "0.21"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-chrono = "0.4.22"
 git2 = "0.15.0"
+time = "0.3.15"
 
 [dependencies.openssl-sys]
 version = "0.9.71"
diff --git a/src/commands/info.rs b/src/commands/info.rs
index 6b2a0ed..530c812 100644
--- a/src/commands/info.rs
+++ b/src/commands/info.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use serenity::builder::{CreateApplicationCommand, CreateEmbed};
 use serenity::model::prelude::interaction::application_command::ApplicationCommandInteraction;
 use serenity::prelude::Context;
@@ -14,19 +14,20 @@ pub async fn run(ctx: Context, command: ApplicationCommandInteraction) {
     let uptime = data.get::<UptimeData>();
 
     // start measuring latency
-    let ping_start = Utc::now();
+    let ping_start = OffsetDateTime::now_utc(); 
 
+    let embed = generate_embed("Pinging...".to_string(), uptime, &version);
     command
         .create_interaction_response(&ctx.http, |response| {
             response.interaction_response_data(|message| {
-                message.set_embed(generate_embed("Pinging...".to_string(), uptime, &version))
+                message.set_embed(embed)
             })
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
     // end measuring latency
-    let end_ping = Utc::now();
+    let end_ping = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
     let latency = calculate_latency(ping_start, end_ping);
 
     let embed = generate_embed(format!("{} ms", latency), uptime, &version);
@@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ pub async fn run(ctx: Context, command: ApplicationCommandInteraction) {
 
 fn generate_embed(
     latency: String,
-    uptime: Option<&DateTime<Utc>>,
+    uptime: Option<&OffsetDateTime>,
     version: &VersionInfo,
 ) -> CreateEmbed {
     let uptime = match uptime {
-        Some(data) => format!("<t:{}:R>", data.timestamp()),
+        Some(data) => format!("<t:{}:R>", data.unix_timestamp()),
         None => "Not Availible".to_string(),
     };
 
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index d6f40c0..d0bf93e 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
-use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use serenity::{model::prelude::UserId, prelude::TypeMapKey};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub struct UptimeData;
 pub struct PaginationMap;
 
 impl TypeMapKey for UptimeData {
-    type Value = DateTime<Utc>;
+    type Value = OffsetDateTime;
 }
 
 impl TypeMapKey for Configuration {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index be89581..93e38be 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use chrono::Utc;
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use data::{PaginationMap, UptimeData};
 use database::Database;
 use serenity::prelude::*;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async fn main() {
 
         data.insert::<Configuration>(config);
         data.insert::<Database>(db);
-        data.insert::<UptimeData>(Utc::now());
+        data.insert::<UptimeData>(OffsetDateTime::now_utc());
         data.insert::<PaginationMap>(Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/calculate_latency.rs b/src/utils/calculate_latency.rs
index 23a0e47..2c152dc 100644
--- a/src/utils/calculate_latency.rs
+++ b/src/utils/calculate_latency.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-use chrono::{offset::Utc, DateTime};
+use  time::OffsetDateTime;
 
-pub fn calculate_latency(start: DateTime<Utc>, end: DateTime<Utc>) -> i64 {
-    let start_ts = start.timestamp();
-    let start_ts_ss = start.timestamp_subsec_millis() as i64;
-    let end_ts = end.timestamp();
-    let end_ts_ss = end.timestamp_subsec_millis() as i64;
+pub fn calculate_latency(start: OffsetDateTime, end: OffsetDateTime) -> i64 {
+    let start_ts =  start.unix_timestamp();
+    let start_ts_ss = start.millisecond() as i64;
+    let end_ts = end.unix_timestamp();
+    let end_ts_ss = end.millisecond() as i64;
 
     ((end_ts - start_ts) * 1000) + (end_ts_ss - start_ts_ss)
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/git.rs b/src/utils/git.rs
index 6b2c568..5b7f6da 100644
--- a/src/utils/git.rs
+++ b/src/utils/git.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
-use chrono::{DateTime, TimeZone, Utc};
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use git2::{ErrorCode, Repository};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct VersionInfo {
     branch: String,
     revision: String,
-    time: DateTime<Utc>,
+    time: OffsetDateTime,
 }
 
 impl Display for VersionInfo {
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ pub fn show_head_rev(repo: &Repository) -> String {
 }
 
 // get date from latest revision
-pub fn show_head_rev_date(repo: &Repository) -> DateTime<Utc> {
+pub fn show_head_rev_date(repo: &Repository) -> OffsetDateTime {
     let revspec = repo.revparse("HEAD").unwrap();
     let revision = revspec.from().unwrap();
 
-    Utc.timestamp(revision.as_commit().unwrap().time().seconds(), 0)
+    OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(revision.as_commit().unwrap().time().seconds()).unwrap()
 }
 
 pub fn get_version() -> VersionInfo {