diff --git a/cmp/cmpopts/equate.go b/cmp/cmpopts/equate.go
index 41bbddc..fea57bc 100644
--- a/cmp/cmpopts/equate.go
+++ b/cmp/cmpopts/equate.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package cmpopts
 import (
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 )
@@ -87,3 +88,38 @@ func areNaNsF64s(x, y float64) bool {
 func areNaNsF32s(x, y float32) bool {
 	return areNaNsF64s(float64(x), float64(y))
 }
+
+// EquateApproxTime returns a Comparer options that
+// determine two time.Time values to be equal if they
+// are within the given time interval of one another.
+// Note that if both times have a monotonic clock reading,
+// the monotonic time difference will be used.
+//
+// The zero time is treated specially: it is only considered
+// equal to another zero time value.
+//
+// It will panic if margin is negative.
+func EquateApproxTime(margin time.Duration) cmp.Option {
+	if margin < 0 {
+		panic("negative duration in EquateApproxTime")
+	}
+	return cmp.FilterValues(func(x, y time.Time) bool {
+		return !x.IsZero() && !y.IsZero()
+	}, cmp.Comparer(timeApproximator{margin}.compare))
+}
+
+type timeApproximator struct {
+	margin time.Duration
+}
+
+func (a timeApproximator) compare(x, y time.Time) bool {
+	// Avoid subtracting times to avoid overflow when the
+	// difference is larger than the largest representible duration.
+	if x.After(y) {
+		// Ensure x is always before y
+		x, y = y, x
+	}
+	// We're within the margin if x+margin >= y.
+	// Note: time.Time doesn't have AfterOrEqual method hence the negation.
+	return !x.Add(a.margin).Before(y)
+}
diff --git a/cmp/cmpopts/util_test.go b/cmp/cmpopts/util_test.go
index ed0fbb1..3c01cac 100644
--- a/cmp/cmpopts/util_test.go
+++ b/cmp/cmpopts/util_test.go
@@ -450,6 +450,64 @@ func TestOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		wantEqual: true,
 		reason:    "equal because named type is transformed to float64",
+	}, {
+		label:     "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:         time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		y:         time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		opts:      []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(0)},
+		wantEqual: true,
+		reason:    "equal because times are identical",
+	}, {
+		label:     "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:         time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		y:         time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 3, 0, time.UTC),
+		opts:      []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3 * time.Second)},
+		wantEqual: true,
+		reason:    "equal because time is exactly at the allowed margin",
+	}, {
+		label:     "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:         time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 3, 0, time.UTC),
+		y:         time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		opts:      []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3 * time.Second)},
+		wantEqual: true,
+		reason:    "equal because time is exactly at the allowed margin (negative)",
+	}, {
+		label:  "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:      time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 3, 0, time.UTC),
+		y:      time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		opts:   []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3*time.Second - 1)},
+		reason: "not equal because time is outside allowed margin",
+	}, {
+		label:  "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:      time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		y:      time.Date(2009, 11, 10, 23, 0, 3, 0, time.UTC),
+		opts:   []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3*time.Second - 1)},
+		reason: "not equal because time is outside allowed margin (negative)",
+	}, {
+		label:     "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:         time.Time{},
+		y:         time.Time{},
+		opts:      []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3 * time.Second)},
+		wantEqual: true,
+		reason:    "equal because both times are zero",
+	}, {
+		label:  "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:      time.Time{},
+		y:      time.Time{}.Add(1),
+		opts:   []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3 * time.Second)},
+		reason: "not equal because zero time is always not equal not non-zero",
+	}, {
+		label:  "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:      time.Time{}.Add(1),
+		y:      time.Time{},
+		opts:   []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3 * time.Second)},
+		reason: "not equal because zero time is always not equal not non-zero",
+	}, {
+		label:  "EquateApproxTime",
+		x:      time.Date(2409, 11, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		y:      time.Date(2000, 11, 10, 23, 0, 3, 0, time.UTC),
+		opts:   []cmp.Option{EquateApproxTime(3 * time.Second)},
+		reason: "time difference overflows time.Duration",
 	}, {
 		label:     "IgnoreFields",
 		x:         Bar1{Foo3{&Foo2{&Foo1{Alpha: 5}}}},
@@ -888,6 +946,12 @@ func TestPanic(t *testing.T) {
 		fnc:    EquateApprox,
 		args:   args(0.0, math.Inf(+1)),
 		reason: "margin of infinity is valid",
+	}, {
+		label:     "EquateApproxTime",
+		fnc:       EquateApproxTime,
+		args:      args(time.Duration(-1)),
+		wantPanic: "negative duration in EquateApproxTime",
+		reason:    "negative duration is invalid",
 	}, {
 		label:     "SortSlices",
 		fnc:       SortSlices,