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+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0.0
+
+* initial version
+
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# [SI] Timers
+
+The `si-timers` package provides delays & timeouts which are safe on 32-bit
+systems; cancellable timeouts (see `registerDelayCancellable`); a refined
+interface for monotonic `Time`.  `Time` is given with left monoid action of
+`DiffTime` (which encodes the notion of time differences).  The
+`MonadMonotonicTime`, `MonadDelay` type classes & `MonadTimers` (type synonym)
+API provide a consistent interface for working with delays and timeouts.
+
+`si-timers` package also defined a low level `MonadTimout` type class.  On
+system with a native timer manager (e.g. `Linux`, `MacOS`, `FreeBSD`), it's
+very efficient but for other platforms (e.g.  `Windows`), it might not be the
+right API for low latency timeouts needed for example for low level networking
+code, because it relies on `GHC`'s `RTS` thread scheduling.
+
+`si-timers` are compatible with `io-sim`.
+
+The `SI` comes from the [International System of Units][SI].
+
+[SI]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/International_System_of_Units
+[`io-sim`]: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/io-sim
diff --git a/si-timers.cabal b/si-timers.cabal
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+cabal-version:       3.0
+name:                si-timers
+version:             1.0.0.0
+synopsis:            timers using SI units (seconds)
+description:
+  Timers using SI units (seconds) which are safe on 32-bit platforms and
+  compatible with [io-sim](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/io-sim).
+license:             Apache-2.0
+license-files:
+  LICENSE
+  NOTICE
+copyright:           2022-2023 Input Output Global Inc (IOG)
+author:              Duncan Coutts, Neil Davis, Marcin Szamotulski
+maintainer:          Duncan Coutts duncan@well-typed.com, Marcin Szamotulski coot@coot.me
+category:            Control
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  CHANGELOG.md
+                     README.md
+tested-with:         GHC == { 8.10, 9.2, 9.4 }
+
+flag asserts
+  description: Enable assertions
+  manual:      False
+  default:     False
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/input-output-hk/io-sim
+  subdir:   io-sim
+
+common warnings
+    ghc-options: -Wall
+                 -Wcompat
+                 -Widentities
+                 -Wincomplete-record-updates
+                 -Wincomplete-uni-patterns
+                 -Wno-unticked-promoted-constructors
+                 -Wpartial-fields
+                 -Wredundant-constraints
+                 -Wunused-packages
+
+library
+  import:              warnings
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Control.Monad.Class.MonadTime.SI
+                       Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.SI
+  other-modules:       Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.NonStandard
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  other-extensions:    BangPatterns,
+                       CPP,
+                       ConstraintKinds,
+                       DefaultSignatures,
+                       DeriveGeneric,
+                       NumericUnderscores,
+                       ScopedTypeVariables,
+                       TypeFamilies
+  build-depends:       base              >=4.9 && <4.18,
+                       mtl,
+                       stm,
+                       time              >=1.9.1 && <1.13,
+
+                       io-classes       ^>=1.0
+  if flag(asserts)
+     ghc-options:      -fno-ignore-asserts
+
+-- Since `io-sim` depends on `si-times` (`io-sim` depends on `Time`) some tests of
+-- are in `io-sim:test`: this is a good enough reason to pull `io-sim:test`
+-- into a seprate package.
+test-suite test
+  import:              warnings
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Main.hs
+  other-modules:       Test.MonadTimer
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  build-depends:       base,
+
+                       QuickCheck,
+                       tasty,
+                       tasty-quickcheck,
+
+                       si-timers
diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Class/MonadTime/SI.hs b/src/Control/Monad/Class/MonadTime/SI.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DefaultSignatures  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores #-}
+
+module Control.Monad.Class.MonadTime.SI
+  ( MonadTime (..)
+  , MonadMonotonicTime (..)
+    -- * 'DiffTime' and its action on 'Time'
+  , Time (..)
+  , diffTime
+  , addTime
+  , DiffTime
+    -- * 'NominalTime' and its action on 'UTCTime'
+  , UTCTime
+  , diffUTCTime
+  , addUTCTime
+  , NominalDiffTime
+  ) where
+
+import           Control.Monad.Reader
+
+import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadTime ( MonadMonotonicTimeNSec,
+                     MonadTime (..), NominalDiffTime, UTCTime, diffUTCTime,
+                     addUTCTime)
+import qualified Control.Monad.Class.MonadTime as MonadTime
+
+import           Data.Word (Word64)
+import           Data.Time.Clock (DiffTime)
+import qualified Data.Time.Clock as Time
+import           GHC.Generics (Generic (..))
+
+
+-- | A point in time in a monotonic clock.
+--
+-- The epoch for this clock is arbitrary and does not correspond to any wall
+-- clock or calendar, and is /not guaranteed/ to be the same epoch across
+-- program runs. It is represented as the 'DiffTime' from this arbitrary epoch.
+--
+newtype Time = Time DiffTime
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Generic)
+
+-- | The time duration between two points in time (positive or negative).
+diffTime :: Time -> Time -> DiffTime
+diffTime (Time t) (Time t') = t - t'
+
+-- | Add a duration to a point in time, giving another time.
+addTime :: DiffTime -> Time -> Time
+addTime d (Time t) = Time (d + t)
+
+infixr 9 `addTime`
+
+class MonadMonotonicTimeNSec m => MonadMonotonicTime m where
+  getMonotonicTime :: m Time
+
+  default getMonotonicTime :: m Time
+  getMonotonicTime =
+        conv <$> MonadTime.getMonotonicTimeNSec
+      where
+        conv :: Word64 -> Time
+        conv = Time . Time.picosecondsToDiffTime . (* 1_000) . toInteger
+
+instance MonadMonotonicTime IO where
+
+--
+-- MTL instances
+--
+
+instance MonadMonotonicTime m => MonadMonotonicTime (ReaderT r m) where
+  getMonotonicTime = lift getMonotonicTime
diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Class/MonadTimer/NonStandard.hs b/src/Control/Monad/Class/MonadTimer/NonStandard.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP                #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies       #-}
+
+#if  defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__) && \
+    !defined(mingw32_HOST_OS) && \
+    !defined(__GHCJS__) && \
+    !defined(js_HOST_ARCH) && \
+    !defined(wasm32_HOST_ARCH)
+#define GHC_TIMERS_API
+#endif
+
+-- | A non-standard interface for timer api.
+--
+-- This module also provides a polyfill which allows to use timer api also on
+-- non-threaded RTS regardless of the architecture \/ OS.  Currently we support
+-- `*nix`, `macOS`, `Windows` (and, unofficially `GHCJS`).
+--
+-- We use it to provide @'Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.MonadTimer' 'IO'@
+-- instance and to implement a cancellable timers, see
+-- 'Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.SI.registerDelayCancellable'.
+--
+-- You can expect we will deprecate it at some point (e.g. once GHC gets
+-- a better support for timers especially across different execution
+-- environments).
+--
+module Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.NonStandard
+  ( TimeoutState (..)
+  , newTimeout
+  , readTimeout
+  , cancelTimeout
+  , awaitTimeout
+  , NewTimeout
+  , ReadTimeout
+  , CancelTimeout
+  , AwaitTimeout
+  ) where
+
+import qualified Control.Concurrent.STM as STM
+#ifndef GHC_TIMERS_API
+import           Control.Monad (when)
+#endif
+import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadSTM
+
+#ifdef GHC_TIMERS_API
+import qualified GHC.Event as GHC (TimeoutKey, getSystemTimerManager,
+                     registerTimeout, unregisterTimeout)
+#else
+import qualified GHC.Conc.IO as GHC (registerDelay)
+#endif
+
+
+-- | State of a timeout: pending, fired or cancelled.
+--
+data TimeoutState = TimeoutPending | TimeoutFired | TimeoutCancelled
+  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
+
+
+-- | The type of the timeout handle, used with 'newTimeout', 'readTimeout', and
+-- 'cancelTimeout'.
+--
+#ifdef GHC_TIMERS_API
+data Timeout = TimeoutIO !(STM.TVar TimeoutState) !GHC.TimeoutKey
+#else
+data Timeout = TimeoutIO !(STM.TVar (STM.TVar Bool)) !(STM.TVar Bool)
+#endif
+
+-- | Create a new timeout which will fire at the given time duration in
+-- the future.
+--
+-- The timeout will start in the 'TimeoutPending' state and either
+-- fire at or after the given time leaving it in the 'TimeoutFired' state,
+-- or it may be cancelled with 'cancelTimeout', leaving it in the
+-- 'TimeoutCancelled' state.
+--
+-- Timeouts /cannot/ be reset to the pending state once fired or cancelled
+-- (as this would be very racy). You should create a new timeout if you need
+-- this functionality.
+--
+-- When native timer manager is supported (on `*nix` systems), it only holds
+-- a `TVar` with `TimeoutState` and `GHC.TimeoutKey`.
+--
+newTimeout :: NewTimeout IO Timeout
+type NewTimeout m timeout = Int -> m timeout
+
+
+-- | Read the current state of a timeout. This does not block, but returns
+-- the current state. It is your responsibility to use 'retry' to wait.
+--
+-- Alternatively you may wish to use the convenience utility 'awaitTimeout'
+-- to wait for just the fired or cancelled outcomes.
+--
+-- You should consider the cancelled state if you plan to use 'cancelTimeout'.
+--
+readTimeout :: ReadTimeout IO Timeout
+type ReadTimeout m timeout = timeout -> STM m TimeoutState 
+
+
+-- | Cancel a timeout (unless it has already fired), putting it into the
+-- 'TimeoutCancelled' state. Code reading and acting on the timeout state
+-- need to handle such cancellation appropriately.
+--
+-- It is safe to race this concurrently against the timer firing. It will
+-- have no effect if the timer fires first.
+--
+cancelTimeout :: CancelTimeout IO Timeout
+type CancelTimeout m timeout = timeout -> m ()
+
+-- | Returns @True@ when the timeout is fired, or @False@ if it is cancelled.
+awaitTimeout :: AwaitTimeout IO Timeout
+type AwaitTimeout m timeout = timeout -> STM m Bool
+
+
+#ifdef GHC_TIMERS_API
+
+readTimeout (TimeoutIO var _key) = STM.readTVar var
+
+newTimeout = \d -> do
+    var <- STM.newTVarIO TimeoutPending
+    mgr <- GHC.getSystemTimerManager
+    key <- GHC.registerTimeout mgr d (STM.atomically (timeoutAction var))
+    return (TimeoutIO var key)
+  where
+    timeoutAction var = do
+      x <- STM.readTVar var
+      case x of
+        TimeoutPending   -> STM.writeTVar var TimeoutFired
+        TimeoutFired     -> error "MonadTimer(IO): invariant violation"
+        TimeoutCancelled -> return ()
+
+cancelTimeout (TimeoutIO var key) = do
+    STM.atomically $ do
+      x <- STM.readTVar var
+      case x of
+        TimeoutPending   -> STM.writeTVar var TimeoutCancelled
+        TimeoutFired     -> return ()
+        TimeoutCancelled -> return ()
+    mgr <- GHC.getSystemTimerManager
+    GHC.unregisterTimeout mgr key
+
+#else
+
+readTimeout (TimeoutIO timeoutvarvar cancelvar) = do
+  canceled <- STM.readTVar cancelvar
+  fired    <- STM.readTVar =<< STM.readTVar timeoutvarvar
+  case (canceled, fired) of
+    (True, _)  -> return TimeoutCancelled
+    (_, False) -> return TimeoutPending
+    (_, True)  -> return TimeoutFired
+
+newTimeout d = do
+  timeoutvar    <- GHC.registerDelay d
+  timeoutvarvar <- STM.newTVarIO timeoutvar
+  cancelvar     <- STM.newTVarIO False
+  return (TimeoutIO timeoutvarvar cancelvar)
+
+cancelTimeout (TimeoutIO timeoutvarvar cancelvar) =
+  STM.atomically $ do
+    fired <- STM.readTVar =<< STM.readTVar timeoutvarvar
+    when (not fired) $ STM.writeTVar cancelvar True
+
+#endif
+
+awaitTimeout t  = do s <- readTimeout t
+                     case s of
+                       TimeoutPending   -> retry
+                       TimeoutFired     -> return True
+                       TimeoutCancelled -> return False
diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Class/MonadTimer/SI.hs b/src/Control/Monad/Class/MonadTimer/SI.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE InstanceSigs        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+
+module Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.SI
+  ( -- * Type classes
+    MonadDelay (..)
+  , MonadTimer (..)
+    -- * Auxiliary functions
+  , diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt
+  , microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime
+    -- * Re-exports
+  , DiffTime
+  , MonadFork
+  , MonadMonotonicTime
+  , MonadTime
+  , TimeoutState (..)
+    -- * Default implementations
+  , defaultRegisterDelay
+  , defaultRegisterDelayCancellable  
+  ) where
+
+import           Control.Concurrent.Class.MonadSTM
+import           Control.Exception (assert)
+import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadFork
+import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadTime.SI
+import qualified Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer as MonadTimer
+import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.NonStandard (TimeoutState (..))
+import qualified Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.NonStandard as NonStandard
+
+import           Control.Monad.Reader
+
+import           Data.Bifunctor (bimap)
+import           Data.Functor (($>))
+import           Data.Time.Clock (diffTimeToPicoseconds)
+
+
+
+-- | Convert 'DiffTime' in seconds to microseconds represented by an 'Int'.
+--
+-- Note that on 32bit systems it can only represent `2^31-1` seconds, which is
+-- only ~35 minutes.
+diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt :: DiffTime -> Int
+diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt d =
+    let usec :: Integer
+        usec = diffTimeToPicoseconds d `div` 1_000_000 in
+    assert (usec <= fromIntegral (maxBound :: Int)) $
+    fromIntegral usec
+
+
+-- | Convert time in microseconds in 'DiffTime' (measured in seconds).
+--
+microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime :: Int -> DiffTime
+microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime = (/ 1_000_000) . fromIntegral
+
+class ( MonadTimer.MonadDelay m
+      , MonadMonotonicTime m
+      ) => MonadDelay m where
+  threadDelay :: DiffTime -> m ()
+
+-- | Thread delay.  When the delay is smaller than what `Int` can represent it
+-- will use the `Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.threadDelay` (e.g. for the `IO`
+-- monad it will use `Control.Concurrent.threadDelay`); otherwise it will
+-- recursively call `Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.threadDelay`.
+--
+instance MonadDelay IO where
+  threadDelay :: forall m.
+                 MonadDelay m
+              => DiffTime -> m ()
+  threadDelay d | d <= maxDelay =
+      MonadTimer.threadDelay (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt d)
+    where
+      maxDelay :: DiffTime
+      maxDelay = microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime maxBound
+
+  threadDelay d = do
+      c <- getMonotonicTime
+      let u = d `addTime` c
+      go c u
+    where
+      maxDelay :: DiffTime
+      maxDelay = microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime maxBound
+
+      go :: Time -> Time -> m ()
+      go c u = do
+        if d' >= maxDelay
+          then do
+            MonadTimer.threadDelay maxBound
+            c' <- getMonotonicTime
+            go  c' u
+          else
+            MonadTimer.threadDelay (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt d')
+        where
+          d' = u `diffTime` c
+
+instance MonadDelay m => MonadDelay (ReaderT r m) where
+  threadDelay = lift . threadDelay
+
+class ( MonadTimer.MonadTimer m
+      , MonadMonotonicTime m
+      ) => MonadTimer m where
+
+  -- | A register delay function which safe on 32-bit systems.
+  registerDelay            :: DiffTime -> m (TVar m Bool)
+
+  -- | A cancellable register delay which is safe on 32-bit systems and efficient
+  -- for delays smaller than what `Int` can represent (especially on systems which
+  -- support native timer manager).
+  --
+  registerDelayCancellable :: DiffTime -> m (STM m TimeoutState, m ())
+
+  -- | A timeout function.
+  --
+  -- TODO: 'IO' instance is not safe on 32-bit systems.
+  timeout                  :: DiffTime -> m a -> m (Maybe a)
+
+
+-- | A default implementation of `registerDelay` which supports delays longer
+-- then `Int`; this is especially important on 32-bit systems where maximum
+-- delay expressed in microseconds is around 35 minutes.
+--
+defaultRegisterDelay :: forall m timeout.
+                        ( MonadFork m
+                        , MonadMonotonicTime m
+                        , MonadSTM m
+                        )
+                     => NonStandard.NewTimeout m timeout
+                     -> NonStandard.AwaitTimeout m timeout
+                     -> DiffTime
+                     -> m (TVar m Bool)
+defaultRegisterDelay newTimeout awaitTimeout d = do
+    c <- getMonotonicTime
+    v <- atomically $ newTVar False
+    tid <- forkIO $ go v c (d `addTime` c)
+    labelThread tid "delay-thread"
+    return v
+  where
+    maxDelay :: DiffTime
+    maxDelay = microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime maxBound
+
+    go :: TVar m Bool -> Time -> Time -> m ()
+    go v c u | u `diffTime` c >= maxDelay = do
+      _ <- newTimeout maxBound >>= atomically . awaitTimeout
+      c' <- getMonotonicTime
+      go v c' u
+
+    go v c u = do
+      t <- newTimeout (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt $ u `diffTime` c)
+      atomically $ do
+        _ <- awaitTimeout t
+        writeTVar v True
+
+
+-- | A cancellable register delay which is safe on 32-bit systems and efficient
+-- for delays smaller than what `Int` can represent (especially on systems which
+-- support native timer manager).
+--
+defaultRegisterDelayCancellable :: forall m timeout.
+                                   ( MonadFork m
+                                   , MonadMonotonicTime m
+                                   , MonadSTM m
+                                   )
+                                => NonStandard.NewTimeout    m timeout
+                                -> NonStandard.ReadTimeout   m timeout
+                                -> NonStandard.CancelTimeout m timeout
+                                -> NonStandard.AwaitTimeout  m timeout
+                                -> DiffTime
+                                -> m (STM m TimeoutState, m ())
+
+defaultRegisterDelayCancellable newTimeout readTimeout cancelTimeout _awaitTimeout d | d <= maxDelay = do
+    t <- newTimeout (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt d)
+    return (readTimeout t, cancelTimeout t)
+  where
+    maxDelay :: DiffTime
+    maxDelay = microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime maxBound
+
+defaultRegisterDelayCancellable newTimeout _readTimeout _cancelTimeout awaitTimeout d = do
+    -- current time
+    c <- getMonotonicTime
+    -- timeout state
+    v <- newTVarIO TimeoutPending
+    tid <- forkIO $ go v c (d `addTime` c)
+    labelThread tid "delay-thread"
+    let cancel = atomically $ readTVar v >>= \case
+          TimeoutCancelled -> return ()
+          TimeoutFired     -> return ()
+          TimeoutPending   -> writeTVar v TimeoutCancelled
+    return (readTVar v, cancel)
+  where
+    maxDelay :: DiffTime
+    maxDelay = microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime maxBound
+
+    go :: TVar m TimeoutState
+       -> Time
+       -> Time
+       -> m ()
+    go v c u | u `diffTime` c >= maxDelay = do
+      t <- newTimeout maxBound
+      ts <- atomically $ do
+        (readTVar v >>= \case
+           a@TimeoutCancelled -> return a
+           TimeoutFired       -> error "registerDelayCancellable: invariant violation!"
+           TimeoutPending     -> retry)
+        `orElse`
+        -- the overall timeout is still pending when 't' fires
+        (awaitTimeout t $> TimeoutPending)
+      case ts of
+        TimeoutPending -> do
+          c' <- getMonotonicTime
+          go v c' u
+        _ -> return ()
+
+    go v c u = do
+      t <- newTimeout (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt $ u `diffTime` c)
+      atomically $ do
+        ts <- (readTVar v >>= \case
+                 a@TimeoutCancelled -> return a
+                 TimeoutFired       -> error "registerDelayCancellable: invariant violation!"
+                 TimeoutPending     -> retry)
+              `orElse`
+              -- the overall timeout fires when 't' fires
+              (awaitTimeout t $> TimeoutFired)
+        case ts of
+          TimeoutFired -> writeTVar v TimeoutFired
+          _            -> return ()
+
+
+-- | Like 'GHC.Conc.registerDelay' but safe on 32-bit systems.  When the delay
+-- is larger than what `Int` can represent it will fork a thread which will
+-- write to the returned 'TVar' once the delay has passed.  When the delay is
+-- small enough it will use the `MonadTimer`'s `registerDelay` (e.g. for `IO`
+-- monad it will use the `GHC`'s `GHC.Conc.registerDelay`).
+--
+-- TODO: 'timeout' not safe on 32-bit systems.
+instance MonadTimer IO where
+  registerDelay d
+      | d <= maxDelay =
+        MonadTimer.registerDelay (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt d)
+      | otherwise =
+        defaultRegisterDelay
+          NonStandard.newTimeout
+          NonStandard.awaitTimeout
+          d
+    where
+      maxDelay :: DiffTime
+      maxDelay = microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime maxBound
+
+  registerDelayCancellable =
+    defaultRegisterDelayCancellable 
+      NonStandard.newTimeout
+      NonStandard.readTimeout
+      NonStandard.cancelTimeout
+      NonStandard.awaitTimeout
+
+  timeout = MonadTimer.timeout . diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt
+
+instance MonadTimer m => MonadTimer (ReaderT r m) where
+  registerDelay            = lift . registerDelay
+  registerDelayCancellable = fmap (bimap lift lift) . lift . registerDelayCancellable
+  timeout d f              = ReaderT $ \r -> timeout d (runReaderT f r)
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Main (main) where
+
+import           Test.Tasty
+
+import qualified Test.MonadTimer
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = defaultMain tests
+
+tests :: TestTree
+tests =
+  testGroup "io-classes"
+    [ Test.MonadTimer.tests
+    ]
+
diff --git a/test/Test/MonadTimer.hs b/test/Test/MonadTimer.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Test/MonadTimer.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores #-}
+
+module Test.MonadTimer (tests) where
+
+import           Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer.SI
+import           GHC.Real
+
+import           Test.QuickCheck
+import           Test.Tasty
+import           Test.Tasty.QuickCheck (testProperty)
+
+tests :: TestTree
+tests =
+    testGroup "Control.Monad.Class.MonadTimer"
+    [ testProperty "diffTimeToMicroseconds left inverse"
+        prop_diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsIntLeftInverse
+    , testProperty "diffTimeToMicroseconds right inverse"
+        prop_diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsIntRightInverse
+    ]
+
+newtype IntDistr = IntDistr Int
+    deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+instance Arbitrary IntDistr where
+    arbitrary = oneof
+      [ IntDistr <$> arbitrary
+      , IntDistr . (maxBound - ) . getNonNegative <$> (arbitrary :: Gen (NonNegative Int))
+      , IntDistr . (minBound + ) . getNonNegative <$> (arbitrary :: Gen (NonNegative Int))
+      ]
+
+    shrink (IntDistr a) = IntDistr `map` shrink a
+
+prop_diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsIntLeftInverse :: IntDistr -> Bool
+prop_diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsIntLeftInverse (IntDistr usec) =
+    usec == diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt (microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime usec)
+
+
+newtype DiffTimeDistr = DiffTimeDistr DiffTime
+    deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+instance Arbitrary DiffTimeDistr where
+    arbitrary = frequency
+        [ -- arbitrary DiffTime
+          (6, DiffTimeDistr . fromRational <$> arbitrary)
+          -- large positive DiffTimes, but smaller than `maxBound :: Int` microseconds
+        , (3, DiffTimeDistr
+               . (fromRational (toRational (maxBound :: Int) / 1_000_000) - )
+               . fromRational
+               . getNonNegative
+              <$> resize 100 arbitrary
+          )
+          -- large negative DiffTimes, but larger than `minBound :: Int` microseconds
+        , (3, DiffTimeDistr
+               . (fromRational (toRational (minBound :: Int) / 1_000_000) + )
+               . fromRational
+               . getNonNegative
+              <$> arbitrary
+          )
+          -- smaller than 1 :% 1_000_000
+        , (1, DiffTimeDistr . fromRational . (/ 1_000_000) <$> resize 1 arbitrary)
+        ]
+
+    shrink (DiffTimeDistr a) = (DiffTimeDistr . fromRational) `map` shrink (toRational a)
+
+prop_diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsIntRightInverse :: DiffTimeDistr -> Property
+prop_diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsIntRightInverse (DiffTimeDistr a) =
+    label (labelRational (toRational a)) $
+      abs (toRational a - a') < (1 :% 1_000_000)
+      .&&.
+      r === microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt r)
+
+
+  where
+    a' = toRational (microsecondsAsIntToDiffTime (diffTimeToMicrosecondsAsInt a))
+
+    -- 'a' rounded to microseconds
+    r :: DiffTime
+    r = fromRational (toRational x / 1_000_000)
+      where
+        x :: Integer
+        x = round $ (toRational a * 1_000_000)
+
+    labelRational x =
+      if | abs x < 1 :% 1_000_000
+         -> "small"
+         | abs x > toRational (maxBound :: Int) / 1_000_000 - 100
+         -> "large"
+         | otherwise
+         -> "average"
