diff --git a/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs b/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs
index 3727117..0a9bd3d 100644
--- a/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ pub fn get_pickup_times(
         .query(&[
             ("_format", "json"),
             ("type", ""),
-            ("start", &i64::from(start_date).to_string()),
-            ("end", &i64::from(end_date).to_string()),
+            ("start", &start_date.epoch().to_string()),
+            ("end", &end_date.epoch().to_string()),
         ])
         .send()?;
     let data: Vec<HashMap<String, String>> = response.json()?;
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ pub fn get_pickup_times(
     let mut output: Vec<PickupTime> = Vec::new();
 
     for map in data.iter() {
-        output.push(PickupTime {
+        output.push(PickupTime::new(
             // TODO should I check here if the parsing worked?
-            date: BasicDate::try_from(map.get("date").unwrap().as_str()).unwrap(),
-            label: map.get("label").unwrap().to_string(),
-        })
+            BasicDate::try_from(map.get("date").unwrap().as_str()).unwrap(),
+            map.get("label").unwrap().to_string(),
+        ))
     }
 
     Ok(output)
diff --git a/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs b/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs
index 8669954..421d7df 100644
--- a/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ pub struct BasicDate {
     day: u8,
 }
 
+impl BasicDate {
+    /// Return the seconds since epoch for this date
+    pub fn epoch(&self) -> i64 {
+        // Timezone of Brussels is UTC + 2 hours in the western hemisphere
+        FixedOffset::west(7_200)
+            .ymd(self.year as i32, self.month as u32, self.day as u32)
+            // For some reason, I couldn't get .timestamp() to work on a Date
+            // without a time component, even though the docs seemed to
+            // indicate this was possible
+            .and_hms(0, 0, 0)
+            .timestamp()
+    }
+}
+
 /// This allows us to use BasicDate as a query parameter in our routes.
 impl<'v> FromFormValue<'v> for BasicDate {
     type Error = &'v RawStr;
@@ -61,16 +75,3 @@ impl Serialize for BasicDate {
         serializer.serialize_str(&self.to_string())
     }
 }
-
-impl From<BasicDate> for i64 {
-    fn from(date: BasicDate) -> i64 {
-        // Timezone of Brussels is UTC + 2 hours in the western hemisphere
-        FixedOffset::west(7_200)
-            .ymd(date.year as i32, date.month as u32, date.day as u32)
-            // For some reason, I couldn't get .timestamp() to work on a Date
-            // without a time component, even though the docs seemed to
-            // indicate this was possible
-            .and_hms(0, 0, 0)
-            .timestamp()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/ivago/controller/structs/pickup_time.rs b/src/ivago/controller/structs/pickup_time.rs
index 78d7e8e..6f2249d 100644
--- a/src/ivago/controller/structs/pickup_time.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/controller/structs/pickup_time.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 use super::BasicDate;
 use serde::ser::{Serialize, SerializeStruct, Serializer};
 
+/// Represents a pickup time instance. All fields are a direct map of the
+/// original API
+pub struct PickupTime {
+    date: BasicDate,
+    label: String,
+}
+
+impl PickupTime {
+    pub fn new(date: BasicDate, label: String) -> PickupTime {
+        PickupTime {
+            date: date,
+            label: label,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Serialize for PickupTime {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
@@ -12,10 +28,3 @@ impl Serialize for PickupTime {
         s.end()
     }
 }
-
-/// Represents a pickup time instance. All fields are a direct map of the
-/// original API
-pub struct PickupTime {
-    pub date: BasicDate,
-    pub label: String,
-}