diff --git a/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c b/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c
index 869946d976197a534fecafa00bf58e56497c4f7d..0f9e45c4d03e5eade93f6079f5813695dc75dfc3 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ keyring_generate_entry (const gchar  *cookie_context,
   gchar **lines;
   gint max_line_id;
   GString *new_contents;
-  guint64 now;
+  gint64 now;
   gboolean have_id;
   gint use_id;
   gchar *use_cookie;
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ keyring_generate_entry (const gchar  *cookie_context,
     }
 
   new_contents = g_string_new (NULL);
-  now = (guint64) time (NULL);
+  now = g_get_real_time ();
   changed_file = FALSE;
 
   max_line_id = 0;
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ keyring_generate_entry (const gchar  *cookie_context,
           gchar **tokens;
           gchar *endp;
           gint line_id;
-          guint64 line_when;
+          gint64 line_when;
           gboolean keep_entry;
 
           if (line[0] == '\0')
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ keyring_generate_entry (const gchar  *cookie_context,
               if (line_when - now > 24*60*60)
                 {
                   keep_entry = FALSE;
-                  _log ("Deleted SHA1 cookie from %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " seconds in the future", line_when - now);
+                  _log ("Deleted SHA1 cookie from %" G_GINT64_FORMAT " seconds in the future", line_when - now);
                 }
             }
           else
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ keyring_generate_entry (const gchar  *cookie_context,
           else
             {
               g_string_append_printf (new_contents,
-                                      "%d %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " %s\n",
+                                      "%d %" G_GINT64_FORMAT " %s\n",
                                       line_id,
                                       line_when,
                                       tokens[2]);
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@ keyring_generate_entry (const gchar  *cookie_context,
       g_free (raw_cookie);
 
       g_string_append_printf (new_contents,
-                              "%d %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " %s\n",
+                              "%d %" G_GINT64_FORMAT " %s\n",
                               *out_id,
-                              (guint64) time (NULL),
+                              g_get_real_time (),
                               *out_cookie);
       changed_file = TRUE;
     }
diff --git a/gio/glocalfile.c b/gio/glocalfile.c
index 1c8fa42e8b24b1556fe43eebbd577888195d3e8d..cf0b8feb5eec994f97d39d5ac018472b73f9ca58 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfile.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfile.c
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ g_local_file_trash (GFile         *file,
   {
     time_t t;
     struct tm now;
-    t = time (NULL);
+    t = g_get_real_time ();
     localtime_r (&t, &now);
     delete_time[0] = 0;
     strftime(delete_time, sizeof (delete_time), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", &now);
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-example-peer.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-example-peer.c
index b954f7426d9ffe08512f3b98614454ce1a71e0bb..767967ecb8662e833a5beae6e4d40f4389bab503 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-example-peer.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-example-peer.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
                "Negotiated capabilities: unix-fd-passing=%d\n",
                g_dbus_connection_get_capabilities (connection) & G_DBUS_CAPABILITY_FLAGS_UNIX_FD_PASSING);
 
-      greeting = g_strdup_printf ("Hey, it's %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " already!", (guint64) time (NULL));
+      greeting = g_strdup_printf ("Hey, it's %" G_GINT64_FORMAT " already!",
+                                  g_get_real_time ());
       value = g_dbus_connection_call_sync (connection,
                                            NULL, /* bus_name */
                                            "/org/gtk/GDBus/TestObject",
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-example-unix-fd-client.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-example-unix-fd-client.c
index cf1330fda4197cb5b4e747bedccefd3346dc9c8b..48a187d65ee3dc2d7d690cc1ddad78298f3a4002 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-example-unix-fd-client.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-example-unix-fd-client.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ on_name_appeared (GDBusConnection *connection,
       gssize len;
       gchar *str;
 
-      now = time (NULL);
+      now = g_get_real_time ();
       strftime (now_buf,
                 sizeof now_buf,
                 "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",