diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1175-unix-timestamp-conversion.md b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1175-unix-timestamp-conversion.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b6d6a3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/1175-unix-timestamp-conversion.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- `[tendermint]` Added `Time` methods `unix_timestamp` and `unix_timestamp_nanos`.
+  ([#1175](https://github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/issues/1175))
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diff --git a/tendermint/src/time.rs b/tendermint/src/time.rs
index 2d8e9732b..ab2895d5d 100644
--- a/tendermint/src/time.rs
+++ b/tendermint/src/time.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ impl Time {
         timestamp::to_rfc3339_nanos(self.0.assume_utc())
     }
 
+    /// Return a Unix timestamp in seconds.
+    pub fn unix_timestamp(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.0.assume_utc().unix_timestamp()
+    }
+
+    /// Return a Unix timestamp in nanoseconds.
+    pub fn unix_timestamp_nanos(&self) -> i128 {
+        self.0.assume_utc().unix_timestamp_nanos()
+    }
+
     /// Computes `self + duration`, returning `None` if an overflow occurred.
     pub fn checked_add(self, duration: Duration) -> Option<Self> {
         let duration = duration.try_into().ok()?;
@@ -278,6 +288,19 @@ mod tests {
             prop_assert_eq!(time, decoded_time);
         }
 
+        #[test]
+        fn conversion_unix_timestamp_is_safe(
+            stamp in prop_oneof![
+                pbt::time::arb_protobuf_safe_rfc3339_timestamp(),
+                particular_rfc3339_timestamps(),
+            ]
+        ) {
+            let time: Time = stamp.parse().unwrap();
+            let timestamp = time.unix_timestamp();
+            let parsed = Time::from_unix_timestamp(timestamp, 0).unwrap();
+            prop_assert_eq!(timestamp, parsed.unix_timestamp());
+        }
+
         #[test]
         fn conversion_from_datetime_succeeds_for_4_digit_ce_years(
             datetime in prop_oneof![