diff --git a/vlib/time/time.v b/vlib/time/time.v
index 0b80b26aac..c6e4503f1f 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time.v
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ module time
 
 #include <time.h>
 
+type time_t = i64
+
 pub const (
 	days_string        = 'MonTueWedThuFriSatSun'
 	month_days         = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
diff --git a/vlib/time/time_darwin.c.v b/vlib/time/time_darwin.c.v
index dc92c02175..7adf87da5b 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time_darwin.c.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time_darwin.c.v
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ fn darwin_now() Time {
 	tv := C.timeval{}
 	C.gettimeofday(&tv, 0)
 	loc_tm := C.tm{}
-	C.localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &loc_tm)
+	asec := voidptr(&tv.tv_sec)
+	C.localtime_r(&time_t(asec), &loc_tm)
 	return convert_ctime(loc_tm, int(tv.tv_usec))
 }
 
diff --git a/vlib/time/time_nix.c.v b/vlib/time/time_nix.c.v
index c94a73b50c..2e274b9726 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time_nix.c.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time_nix.c.v
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ pub fn (t Time) local() Time {
 	return convert_ctime(loc_tm, t.microsecond)
 }
 
-type time_t = i64
-
 // in most systems, these are __quad_t, which is an i64
 struct C.timespec {
 mut: