diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/fatfs_port.c b/ports/mimxrt/fatfs_port.c
index 7b7008667f..5d3b90c28d 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/fatfs_port.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/fatfs_port.c
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "lib/oofatfs/ff.h"
-#include "fsl_snvs_lp.h"
-
+#include "shared/timeutils/timeutils.h"
+#include "modmachine.h"
 
 MP_WEAK DWORD get_fattime(void) {
-    snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t srtcDate;
-
-    SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &srtcDate);
-
-    return ((srtcDate.year - 1980) << 25) | (srtcDate.month << 21) | (srtcDate.day << 16) |
-           (srtcDate.hour << 11) | ((srtcDate.minute << 5) | (srtcDate.second / 2));
+    uint64_t seconds = machine_rtc_get_seconds();
+    timeutils_struct_time_t tm;
+    timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_to_struct_time(seconds, &tm);
+    return ((tm.tm_year - 1980) << 25) | ((tm.tm_mon) << 21) | ((tm.tm_mday) << 16) | ((tm.tm_hour) << 11) | ((tm.tm_min) << 5) | (tm.tm_sec / 2);
 }
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c b/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c
index b025e39261..3b7aa6ed86 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c
@@ -73,18 +73,33 @@ void machine_rtc_alarm_on() {
     machine_rtc_alarm_set_en();
 }
 
-uint32_t machine_rtc_get_seconds() {
-    uint32_t seconds = 0;
-    uint32_t tmp = 0;
+// Returned ticks are in units of 1/32768 seconds.
+uint64_t machine_rtc_get_ticks(void) {
+    uint64_t ticks = 0;
+    uint64_t tmp = 0;
 
     // Do consecutive reads until value is correct
+    uint32_t state = disable_irq();
     do {
-        seconds = tmp;
-        tmp = (SNVS->LPSRTCMR << 17U);
-        tmp |= (SNVS->LPSRTCLR >> 15U);
-    } while (tmp != seconds);
+        ticks = tmp;
+        tmp = (uint64_t)SNVS->LPSRTCMR << 32U;
+        tmp |= SNVS->LPSRTCLR;
+    } while (tmp != ticks);
+    enable_irq(state);
 
-    return seconds;
+    return ticks;
+}
+
+uint64_t machine_rtc_get_seconds(void) {
+    return machine_rtc_get_ticks() / 32768U;
+}
+
+// Input ticks are in units of 1/32768 seconds.
+static void machine_rtc_set_ticks(uint64_t ticks) {
+    SNVS_LP_SRTC_StopTimer(SNVS);
+    SNVS->LPSRTCMR = (uint32_t)(ticks >> 32U);
+    SNVS->LPSRTCLR = (uint32_t)ticks;
+    SNVS_LP_SRTC_StartTimer(SNVS);
 }
 
 void machine_rtc_alarm_helper(int seconds, bool repeat) {
@@ -164,18 +179,9 @@ void machine_rtc_start(void) {
     SNVS_LP_SRTC_StartTimer(SNVS);
     // If the date is not set, set it to a more recent start date,
     // MicroPython's first commit.
-    snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t srtc_date;
-    SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &srtc_date);
-    if (srtc_date.year <= 1970) {
-        srtc_date = (snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t) {
-            .year = 2013,
-            .month = 10,
-            .day = 14,
-            .hour = 19,
-            .minute = 53,
-            .second = 11,
-        };
-        SNVS_LP_SRTC_SetDatetime(SNVS, &srtc_date);
+    if (machine_rtc_get_ticks() < 10) {
+        mp_timestamp_t seconds = timeutils_seconds_since_epoch(2013, 10, 14, 19, 53, 11);
+        machine_rtc_set_ticks((uint64_t)seconds * 32768ULL);
     }
 }
 
@@ -190,39 +196,34 @@ static mp_obj_t machine_rtc_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, s
 static mp_obj_t machine_rtc_datetime_helper(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args, int hour_index) {
     if (n_args == 1) {
         // Get date and time.
-        snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t srtc_date;
-        SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &srtc_date);
-
+        uint64_t ticks = machine_rtc_get_ticks();
+        timeutils_struct_time_t tm;
+        timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_to_struct_time(ticks / 32768U, &tm);
         mp_obj_t tuple[8] = {
-            mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.year),
-            mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.month),
-            mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.day),
-            mp_obj_new_int(timeutils_calc_weekday(srtc_date.year, srtc_date.month, srtc_date.day)),
-            mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.hour),
-            mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.minute),
-            mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.second),
-            mp_obj_new_int(0),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_year),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_mon),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_mday),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_wday),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_hour),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_min),
+            mp_obj_new_int(tm.tm_sec),
+            mp_obj_new_int((ticks % 32768) * 15625U / 512U),
         };
         return mp_obj_new_tuple(8, tuple);
     } else {
         // Set date and time.
         mp_obj_t *items;
-        mp_int_t year;
         mp_obj_get_array_fixed_n(args[1], 8, &items);
-
-        snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t srtc_date;
-        year = mp_obj_get_int(items[0]);
-        srtc_date.year = year >= 100 ? year : year + 2000; // allow 21 for 2021
-        srtc_date.month = mp_obj_get_int(items[1]);
-        srtc_date.day = mp_obj_get_int(items[2]);
-        // Ignore weekday at items[3]
-        srtc_date.hour = mp_obj_get_int(items[hour_index]);
-        srtc_date.minute = mp_obj_get_int(items[hour_index + 1]);
-        srtc_date.second = mp_obj_get_int(items[hour_index + 2]);
-        if (SNVS_LP_SRTC_SetDatetime(SNVS, &srtc_date) != kStatus_Success) {
-            mp_raise_ValueError(NULL);
-        }
-
+        timeutils_struct_time_t tm = {
+            .tm_year = mp_obj_get_int(items[0]),
+            .tm_mon = mp_obj_get_int(items[1]),
+            .tm_mday = mp_obj_get_int(items[2]),
+            .tm_hour = mp_obj_get_int(items[4]),
+            .tm_min = mp_obj_get_int(items[5]),
+            .tm_sec = mp_obj_get_int(items[6]),
+        };
+        uint32_t seconds = timeutils_seconds_since_epoch(tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);
+        machine_rtc_set_ticks((uint64_t)seconds * 32768ULL);
         return mp_const_none;
     }
 }
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c b/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c
index 230e264bf9..fa2d81001b 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/mbedtls/mbedtls_port.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 
 #include "mbedtls_config_port.h"
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME) || defined(MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE)
-#include "fsl_snvs_lp.h"
 #include "shared/timeutils/timeutils.h"
+#include "modmachine.h"
 #include "mbedtls/platform_time.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ int mbedtls_hardware_poll(void *data, unsigned char *output, size_t len, size_t
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME)
 time_t mimxrt_rtctime_seconds(time_t *timer) {
     // Get date and date in CPython order.
-    snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t date;
-    SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &date);
-    return timeutils_seconds_since_epoch(date.year, date.month, date.day, date.hour, date.minute, date.second);
+    return machine_rtc_get_seconds();
 }
 
 mbedtls_ms_time_t mbedtls_ms_time(void) {
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/modmachine.h b/ports/mimxrt/modmachine.h
index 34e93260f2..398dfb2260 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/modmachine.h
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/modmachine.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ void mimxrt_sdram_init(void);
 void machine_i2s_init0();
 void machine_i2s_deinit_all(void);
 void machine_rtc_start(void);
+uint64_t machine_rtc_get_ticks(void);
+uint64_t machine_rtc_get_seconds(void);
 void machine_rtc_alarm_helper(int seconds, bool repeat);
 void machine_uart_set_baudrate(mp_obj_t uart, uint32_t baudrate);
 
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/modtime.c b/ports/mimxrt/modtime.c
index fe77b8a733..4b439bb17d 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/modtime.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/modtime.c
@@ -25,30 +25,17 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include "py/obj.h"
 #include "shared/timeutils/timeutils.h"
-#include "fsl_snvs_lp.h"
+#include "modmachine.h"
 
 // Get the localtime.
 static void mp_time_localtime_get(timeutils_struct_time_t *tm) {
     // Get current date and time.
-    snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t t;
-    SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &t);
-    tm->tm_year = t.year;
-    tm->tm_mon = t.month;
-    tm->tm_mday = t.day;
-    tm->tm_hour = t.hour;
-    tm->tm_min = t.minute;
-    tm->tm_sec = t.second;
-    tm->tm_wday = timeutils_calc_weekday(t.year, t.month, t.day);
-    tm->tm_yday = timeutils_year_day(t.year, t.month, t.day);
+    uint64_t seconds = machine_rtc_get_seconds();
+    timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_to_struct_time(seconds, tm);
 }
 
 // Return the number of seconds since the Epoch.
 static mp_obj_t mp_time_time_get(void) {
-    snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t t;
-    SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &t);
-    return timeutils_obj_from_timestamp(
-        timeutils_seconds_since_epoch(t.year, t.month, t.day, t.hour, t.minute, t.second)
-        );
+    return timeutils_obj_from_timestamp(machine_rtc_get_seconds());
 }
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/mphalport.c b/ports/mimxrt/mphalport.c
index c3802be30f..67612229ae 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/mphalport.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/mphalport.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "extmod/misc.h"
 #include "ticks.h"
 #include "tusb.h"
-#include "fsl_snvs_lp.h"
+#include "modmachine.h"
 
 #ifndef MICROPY_HW_STDIN_BUFFER_LEN
 #define MICROPY_HW_STDIN_BUFFER_LEN 512
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ mp_uint_t mp_hal_stdout_tx_strn(const char *str, mp_uint_t len) {
 }
 
 uint64_t mp_hal_time_ns(void) {
-    snvs_lp_srtc_datetime_t t;
-    SNVS_LP_SRTC_GetDatetime(SNVS, &t);
-    uint64_t s = timeutils_seconds_since_epoch(t.year, t.month, t.day, t.hour, t.minute, t.second);
-    return s * 1000000000ULL;
+    uint64_t ticks = machine_rtc_get_ticks();
+    // Need to compute:
+    //  nanoseconds = ticks * 1_000_000_000 / 32768
+    //              = ticks * 5**9 / 64
+    // but split it into upper and lower 32-bit values so the multiplication doesn't overflow.
+    return (((ticks >> 32U) * 1953125ULL) << 26U) + (((ticks & 0xffffffff) * 1953125ULL) >> 6U);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************/