diff --git a/src/format/Format.cc b/src/format/Format.cc
index bd0faf69471..faf1814aa06 100644
--- a/src/format/Format.cc
+++ b/src/format/Format.cc
@@ -640,11 +640,7 @@ Format::Format::assemble(MemBuf &mb, const AccessLogEntry::Pointer &al, int logS
             const auto &timer = (!al->hier.totalPeeringTime.ran() && al->request) ?
                                 al->request->hier.totalPeeringTime : al->hier.totalPeeringTime;
             if (timer.ran()) {
-                using namespace std::chrono_literals;
-                const auto duration = timer.total();
-                outtv.tv_sec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(duration).count();
-                const auto totalUsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(duration);
-                outtv.tv_usec = (totalUsec % std::chrono::microseconds(1s)).count();
+                outtv = ToTimeval(timer.total());
                 doMsec = 1;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/icmp/pinger.cc b/src/icmp/pinger.cc
index 6d0952e2b97..8f5f9e0cad7 100644
--- a/src/icmp/pinger.cc
+++ b/src/icmp/pinger.cc
@@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ main(int, char **)
 #endif
 
     for (;;) {
-        struct timeval tv;
-        tv.tv_sec = std::chrono::seconds(PingerTimeout).count();
-        tv.tv_usec = 0;
+        auto tv = ToTimeval(PingerTimeout);
         FD_ZERO(&R);
         if (icmp4_worker >= 0) {
             FD_SET(icmp4_worker, &R);
diff --git a/src/time/gadgets.cc b/src/time/gadgets.cc
index d542dfacd4f..865d545ba33 100644
--- a/src/time/gadgets.cc
+++ b/src/time/gadgets.cc
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ getCurrentTime()
     using namespace std::chrono;
     const auto now = system_clock::now().time_since_epoch();
 
-    current_time.tv_sec = duration_cast<seconds>(now).count();
-    current_time.tv_usec = duration_cast<microseconds>(now).count() % 1000000;
+    current_time = ToTimeval(now);
 
     current_dtime = (double) current_time.tv_sec +
                     (double) current_time.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
diff --git a/src/time/gadgets.h b/src/time/gadgets.h
index a3e60bf4232..7cd189487b4 100644
--- a/src/time/gadgets.h
+++ b/src/time/gadgets.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef SQUID_SRC_TIME_GADGETS_H
 #define SQUID_SRC_TIME_GADGETS_H
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <iosfwd>
 
@@ -95,6 +96,22 @@ inline long int tvToMsec(struct timeval &t)
     return t.tv_sec * 1000 + t.tv_usec / 1000;
 }
 
+/// Converts std::chrono::duration to timeval. Input values up to ~68 years do
+/// not overflow timeval even if timeval::tv_sec (i.e. time_t) has only 32 bits.
+/// Input values with precision higher than microseconds decrease precision
+/// because timeval::tv_usec stores microseconds.
+template <typename Duration>
+timeval
+ToTimeval(const Duration duration)
+{
+    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+    timeval out;
+    out.tv_sec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(duration).count();
+    const auto totalUsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(duration);
+    out.tv_usec = (totalUsec % std::chrono::microseconds(1s)).count();
+    return out;
+}
+
 /// prints <seconds>.<microseconds>
 std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &, const timeval &);