diff --git a/src/influx.rs b/src/influx.rs
index 38057d1..5896d5e 100644
--- a/src/influx.rs
+++ b/src/influx.rs
@@ -258,13 +258,18 @@ impl InfluxWriter {
     pub fn dur_nanos_u64(&self, d: Duration) -> u64 { dur_nanos(d).max(0) as u64 }
 
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "inlines", inline)]
-    pub fn secs(&self, d: Duration) -> f64 {
+    pub fn rsecs(&self, d: Duration) -> f64 {
         ((d.as_secs() as f64 + (d.subsec_nanos() as f64 / 1_000_000_000_f64))
             * 1000.0)
             .round()
             / 1000.0
     }
 
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "inlines", inline)]
+    pub fn secs(&self, d: Duration) -> f64 {
+        d.as_secs() as f64 + d.subsec_nanos() as f64 / 1_000_000_000_f64
+    }
+
     pub fn tx(&self) -> Sender<Option<OwnedMeasurement>> {
         self.tx.clone()
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7389b0c..f3ffd93 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern crate zmq;
 #[cfg(feature = "latency")]
 extern crate pubsub as pub_sub;
 
+use std::time::Duration;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc, TimeZone as ChronoTZ};
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use sloggers::Build;
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ pub fn nanos(t: DateTime<Utc>) -> u64 {
     (t.timestamp() as u64) * 1_000_000_000_u64 + (t.timestamp_subsec_nanos() as u64)
 }
 
+#[inline]
+pub fn secs(d: Duration) -> f64 {
+    d.as_secs() as f64 + d.subsec_nanos() as f64 / 1_000_000_000_f64
+}
+
 #[inline]
 pub fn inanos(t: DateTime<Utc>) -> i64 {
     t.timestamp() * 1_000_000_000i64 + t.timestamp_subsec_nanos() as i64