diff --git a/binary/byteslice.go b/binary/byteslice.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcbde1b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binary/byteslice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package binary
+
+import "io"
+import "bytes"
+
+type ByteSlice []byte
+
+func (self ByteSlice) Equals(other Binary) bool {
+    if o, ok := other.(ByteSlice); ok {
+        return bytes.Equal(self, o)
+    } else {
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
+func (self ByteSlice) Less(other Binary) bool {
+    if o, ok := other.(ByteSlice); ok {
+        return bytes.Compare(self, o) < 0 // -1 if a < b
+    } else {
+        panic("Cannot compare unequal types")
+    }
+}
+
+func (self ByteSlice) ByteSize() int {
+    return len(self)+4
+}
+
+func (self ByteSlice) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
+    var n_ int
+    _, err = UInt32(len(self)).WriteTo(w)
+    if err != nil { return n, err }
+    n_, err = w.Write([]byte(self))
+    return int64(n_+4), err
+}
+
+func ReadByteSlice(r io.Reader) ByteSlice {
+    length := int(ReadUInt32(r))
+    bytes := make([]byte, length)
+    _, err := io.ReadFull(r, bytes)
+    if err != nil { panic(err) }
+    return ByteSlice(bytes)
+}
diff --git a/binary/codec.go b/binary/codec.go
index b729440f3..f6825e9b0 100644
--- a/binary/codec.go
+++ b/binary/codec.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const (
 
     TYPE_STRING     = Byte(0x10)
     TYPE_BYTESLICE  = Byte(0x11)
+
+    TYPE_TIME       = Byte(0x20)
 )
 
 func GetBinaryType(o Binary) Byte {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ func GetBinaryType(o Binary) Byte {
     case String:    return TYPE_STRING
     case ByteSlice: return TYPE_BYTESLICE
 
+    case Time:      return TYPE_TIME
+
     default:        panic("Unsupported type")
     }
 }
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ func ReadBinary(r io.Reader) Binary {
     case TYPE_STRING:   return ReadString(r)
     case TYPE_BYTESLICE:return ReadByteSlice(r)
 
+    case TYPE_TIME:     return ReadTime(r)
+
     default:            panic("Unsupported type")
     }
 }
diff --git a/binary/string.go b/binary/string.go
index 98a94cfc4..d84fc3253 100644
--- a/binary/string.go
+++ b/binary/string.go
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package binary
 
 import "io"
-import "bytes"
 
 type String string
-type ByteSlice []byte
 
 // String
 
@@ -39,42 +37,3 @@ func ReadString(r io.Reader) String {
     if err != nil { panic(err) }
     return String(bytes)
 }
-
-
-// ByteSlice
-
-func (self ByteSlice) Equals(other Binary) bool {
-    if o, ok := other.(ByteSlice); ok {
-        return bytes.Equal(self, o)
-    } else {
-        return false
-    }
-}
-
-func (self ByteSlice) Less(other Binary) bool {
-    if o, ok := other.(ByteSlice); ok {
-        return bytes.Compare(self, o) < 0 // -1 if a < b
-    } else {
-        panic("Cannot compare unequal types")
-    }
-}
-
-func (self ByteSlice) ByteSize() int {
-    return len(self)+4
-}
-
-func (self ByteSlice) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
-    var n_ int
-    _, err = UInt32(len(self)).WriteTo(w)
-    if err != nil { return n, err }
-    n_, err = w.Write([]byte(self))
-    return int64(n_+4), err
-}
-
-func ReadByteSlice(r io.Reader) ByteSlice {
-    length := int(ReadUInt32(r))
-    bytes := make([]byte, length)
-    _, err := io.ReadFull(r, bytes)
-    if err != nil { panic(err) }
-    return ByteSlice(bytes)
-}
diff --git a/binary/time.go b/binary/time.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d02ea57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binary/time.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package binary
+
+import (
+    "io"
+    "time"
+)
+
+type Time struct {
+    time.Time
+}
+
+func (self Time) Equals(other Binary) bool {
+    if o, ok := other.(Time); ok {
+        return self.Equal(o.Time)
+    } else {
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
+func (self Time) Less(other Binary) bool {
+    if o, ok := other.(Time); ok {
+        return self.Before(o.Time)
+    } else {
+        panic("Cannot compare unequal types")
+    }
+}
+
+func (self Time) ByteSize() int {
+    return 8
+}
+
+func (self Time) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
+    return Int64(self.Unix()).WriteTo(w)
+}
+
+func ReadTime(r io.Reader) Time {
+    return Time{time.Unix(int64(ReadInt64(r)), 0)}
+}