diff --git a/modules/packages/NPBRandom.chpl b/modules/packages/NPBRandom.chpl
index 36af9fe64883..603f6856e399 100644
--- a/modules/packages/NPBRandom.chpl
+++ b/modules/packages/NPBRandom.chpl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     */
     proc oddTimeSeed(): int(64) {
       use Time;
-      const seed = (timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000): int;
+      const seed = timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds();
       const oddseed = if seed % 2 == 0 then seed + 1 else seed;
       return oddseed;
     }
diff --git a/modules/standard/Time.chpl b/modules/standard/Time.chpl
index 400a9802ac9d..033e6dce59da 100644
--- a/modules/standard/Time.chpl
+++ b/modules/standard/Time.chpl
@@ -1746,6 +1746,17 @@ module Time {
     return days*(24*60*60) + seconds + microseconds / 1000000.0;
   }
 
+  /* Return the total number of milliseconds represented by this object */
+  @unstable("'timeDelta.totalMilliseconds()' is unstable because it is new")
+  proc timeDelta.totalMilliseconds(): real {
+    return (days*(24*60*60) + seconds)*1000 + microseconds / 1000.0;
+  }
+
+  /* Return the total number of microseconds represented by this object */
+  @unstable("'timeDelta.totalMicroseconds()' is unstable because it is new")
+  proc timeDelta.totalMicroseconds(): int {
+    return (days*(24*60*60) + seconds)*1_000_000 + microseconds;
+  }
 
   /* Operators on timeDelta values */
 
diff --git a/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMicro.chpl b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMicro.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..484ce29a0eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMicro.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use Time;
+
+var a = new timeDelta(microseconds=10);
+writeln(a.totalMicroseconds());
+
+var b = new timeDelta(minutes=2, seconds=3);
+writeln(b.totalMicroseconds());
diff --git a/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMicro.good b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMicro.good
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a12a08f9684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMicro.good
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+10
+123000000
diff --git a/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMilli.chpl b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMilli.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f124b324df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMilli.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use Time;
+
+var a = new timeDelta(milliseconds=10);
+writeln(isClose(a.totalMilliseconds(), 10.0));
+
+var b = new timeDelta(minutes=2, seconds=3);
+writeln(isClose(b.totalMilliseconds(), 123000.0));
diff --git a/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMilli.good b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMilli.good
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb101b641b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/library/standard/Time/dateTime/checkTotalMilli.good
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+true
+true
diff --git a/test/studies/ssca2/main/SSCA2_Modules/SSCA2_RMAT_graph_generator.chpl b/test/studies/ssca2/main/SSCA2_Modules/SSCA2_RMAT_graph_generator.chpl
index ee6acf5b0550..a2feb696db59 100644
--- a/test/studies/ssca2/main/SSCA2_Modules/SSCA2_RMAT_graph_generator.chpl
+++ b/test/studies/ssca2/main/SSCA2_Modules/SSCA2_RMAT_graph_generator.chpl
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ proc Gen_RMAT_graph ( a : real,
 
     var rndPos = 1;
     const seed = if REPRODUCIBLE_PROBLEMS then 0556707007
-                                          else (timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000+1):int;
+                                          else timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds()+1;
 
     const delta = n_raw_edges + 1; // 1 corresponds to 'skip' in "old" code
     rndPos += 1;                   // start with a skip
diff --git a/test/users/franzf/v0/chpl/main.chpl b/test/users/franzf/v0/chpl/main.chpl
index 3c3e328368e7..db6c19ecc732 100644
--- a/test/users/franzf/v0/chpl/main.chpl
+++ b/test/users/franzf/v0/chpl/main.chpl
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ proc main() {
     }    
     
     //  benchmark computation
-    startTime = timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds() * 1_000_000;
+    startTime = timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds();
     for i in 1..NUMRUNS {
       fft(N, Y, X);
     }
-    execTime = (timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000 - startTime)/NUMRUNS;
+    execTime = (timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds() - startTime)/NUMRUNS;
     if (printTimings) then
       writeln("fft_", N, ": ", execTime, "us = ", ops / execTime, " Mflop/s");
     else
diff --git a/test/users/franzf/v1/chpl/main.chpl b/test/users/franzf/v1/chpl/main.chpl
index 3fed186a66eb..120785ace8d1 100644
--- a/test/users/franzf/v1/chpl/main.chpl
+++ b/test/users/franzf/v1/chpl/main.chpl
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ proc main() {
     }    
     
     //  benchmark computation
-    startTime = timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000;
+    startTime = timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds();
     for i in 1..NUMRUNS {
       fft(N, Y, X);
     }
-    execTime = (timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000 - startTime)/NUMRUNS;
+    execTime = (timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds() - startTime)/NUMRUNS;
     if (printTimings) then
       writeln("fft_", N, ": ", execTime, "us = ", ops / execTime, " Mflop/s");
     else
diff --git a/test/users/franzf/v2/chpl/main.chpl b/test/users/franzf/v2/chpl/main.chpl
index 4345f585ef23..8ed4ec6db671 100644
--- a/test/users/franzf/v2/chpl/main.chpl
+++ b/test/users/franzf/v2/chpl/main.chpl
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ proc main() {
         }    
     
         //  benchmark computation
-        startTime = timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000;
+        startTime = timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds();
         for i in 1..NUMRUNS {
             fft(N, Y, X);
         }
-        execTime = (timeSinceEpoch().totalSeconds()*1_000_000 - startTime)/NUMRUNS;
+        execTime = (timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds() - startTime)/NUMRUNS;
 	if (printTimings) then
           writeln("fft_", N, ": ", execTime, "us = ", ops / execTime, " Mflop/s");
 	else