diff --git a/opm/common/utility/TimeService.hpp b/opm/common/utility/TimeService.hpp
index c2e728c5a..55656190b 100644
--- a/opm/common/utility/TimeService.hpp
+++ b/opm/common/utility/TimeService.hpp
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ namespace Opm {
     TimeStampUTC operator+(const TimeStampUTC& lhs, std::chrono::duration<double> delta);
     std::time_t asTimeT(const TimeStampUTC& tp);
     std::time_t asLocalTimeT(const TimeStampUTC& tp);
+    time_point asTimePoint(const TimeStampUTC& tp);
+
 
 } // namespace Opm
 
diff --git a/src/opm/common/utility/TimeService.cpp b/src/opm/common/utility/TimeService.cpp
index 36bc812a4..28a3b6bf0 100644
--- a/src/opm/common/utility/TimeService.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/common/utility/TimeService.cpp
@@ -225,4 +225,8 @@ Opm::TimeStampUTC Opm::operator+(const Opm::TimeStampUTC& lhs, std::chrono::dura
     return Opm::TimeStampUTC( Opm::TimeService::advance(Opm::asTimeT(lhs) , delta.count()) );
 }
 
+Opm::time_point Opm::asTimePoint(const TimeStampUTC& ts)
+{
+    return Opm::TimeService::from_time_t( Opm::asTimeT(ts) );
+}