diff --git a/wire/core/WireDatabasePDO.php b/wire/core/WireDatabasePDO.php
index 01795ce2..c400d759 100644
--- a/wire/core/WireDatabasePDO.php
+++ b/wire/core/WireDatabasePDO.php
@@ -1711,5 +1711,19 @@ class WireDatabasePDO extends Wire implements WireDatabase {
 		return $result;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get current date/time ISO-8601 string or UNIX timestamp according to database
+	 * 
+	 * @param bool $getTimestamp Get unix timestamp rather than ISO-8601 string? (default=false)
+	 * @return string|int
+	 * @since 3.0.183
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public function getTime($getTimestamp = false) {
+		$query = $this->query('SELECT ' . ($getTimestamp ? 'UNIX_TIMESTAMP()' : 'NOW()')); 
+		$value = $query->fetchColumn();
+		return $getTimestamp ? (int) $value : $value;
+	}
+
 }