diff -r 94da30663468 -r 3fe158f47f58 src/base/time.hh
--- a/src/base/time.hh	Sun Jan 30 21:55:09 2011 -0800
+++ b/src/base/time.hh	Sun Jan 30 22:08:48 2011 -0800
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <iosfwd>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "base/types.hh"
 
+class Checkpoint;
+
 class Time
 {
   protected:
@@ -195,6 +198,10 @@
 
     std::string date(const std::string &format = "") const;
     std::string time() const;
+
+    void serialize(const std::string &base, std::ostream &os);
+    void unserialize(const std::string &base, Checkpoint *cp,
+                     const std::string &section);
 };
 
 void sleep(const Time &time);
diff -r 94da30663468 -r 3fe158f47f58 src/base/time.cc
--- a/src/base/time.cc	Sun Jan 30 21:55:09 2011 -0800
+++ b/src/base/time.cc	Sun Jan 30 22:08:48 2011 -0800
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "base/time.hh"
 #include "config/use_posix_clock.hh"
 #include "sim/core.hh"
+#include "sim/serialize.hh"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -114,6 +115,25 @@
 }
 
 void
+Time::serialize(const std::string &base, ostream &os)
+{
+    paramOut(os, base + ".sec", sec());
+    paramOut(os, base + ".nsec", nsec());
+}
+
+void
+Time::unserialize(const std::string &base, Checkpoint *cp,
+                  const string &section)
+{
+    time_t secs;
+    time_t nsecs;
+    paramIn(cp, section, base + ".sec", secs);
+    paramIn(cp, section, base + ".nsec", nsecs);
+    sec(secs);
+    nsec(nsecs);
+}
+
+void
 sleep(const Time &time)
 {
     timespec ts = time;