diff --git a/hal/include/HAL/cpp/fpga_clock.h b/hal/include/HAL/cpp/fpga_clock.h
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+++ b/hal/include/HAL/cpp/fpga_clock.h
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2017. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace hal {
+
+class fpga_clock {
+ public:
+  typedef std::chrono::microseconds::rep rep;
+  typedef std::chrono::microseconds::period period;
+  typedef std::chrono::microseconds duration;
+  typedef std::chrono::time_point<fpga_clock> time_point;
+
+  static fpga_clock::time_point now() noexcept;
+  static constexpr bool is_steady = true;
+
+  static constexpr fpga_clock::time_point epoch() { return time_point(zero()); }
+
+  static constexpr fpga_clock::duration zero() { return duration(0); }
+
+  static constexpr time_point min_time{
+      time_point(duration(std::numeric_limits<duration::rep>::min()))};
+};
+}  // namespace hal
diff --git a/hal/lib/shared/cpp/fpga_clock.cpp b/hal/lib/shared/cpp/fpga_clock.cpp
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+++ b/hal/lib/shared/cpp/fpga_clock.cpp
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2017. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "HAL/cpp/fpga_clock.h"
+
+#include "HAL/HAL.h"
+
+namespace hal {
+constexpr fpga_clock::time_point fpga_clock::min_time;
+
+fpga_clock::time_point fpga_clock::now() noexcept {
+  int32_t status = 0;
+  uint64_t currentTime = HAL_GetFPGATime(&status);
+  if (status != 0) return epoch();
+  return time_point(std::chrono::microseconds(currentTime));
+}
+}  // namespace hal