diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/CASG.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/CASG.cpp
index b2dbaac4d..4ffb414c7 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/CASG.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/CASG.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int CASG::block (
         return ECA_TIMEOUT;
     }
 
-    cur_time = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    cur_time = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
 
     this->client.flush ( guard );
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int CASG::block (
         /*
          * force a time update
          */
-        cur_time = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+        cur_time = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
 
         delay = cur_time - beg_time;
     }
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/ca_client_context.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/ca_client_context.cpp
index 2bb3e24a8..3305e8d3e 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/ca_client_context.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/ca_client_context.cpp
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ int ca_client_context::pendIO ( const double & timeout )
     }
 
     int status = ECA_NORMAL;
-    epicsTime beg_time = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime beg_time = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     double remaining = timeout;
 
     epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( this->mutex );
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ int ca_client_context::pendIO ( const double & timeout )
             this->blockForEventAndEnableCallbacks ( this->ioDone, remaining );
         }
 
-        double delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () - beg_time;
+        double delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () - beg_time;
         if ( delay < timeout ) {
             remaining = timeout - delay;
         }
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ int ca_client_context::pendEvent ( const double & timeout )
         return ECA_EVDISALLOW;
     }
 
-    epicsTime current = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime current = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
 
     {
         epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( this->mutex );
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ int ca_client_context::pendEvent ( const double & timeout )
         this->noWakeupSincePend = true;
     }
 
-    double elapsed = epicsTime::getCurrent() - current;
+    double elapsed = epicsTime::getMonotonic() - current;
     double delay;
 
     if ( timeout > elapsed ) {
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/cac.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/cac.cpp
index 5748353bd..485b83d89 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/cac.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/cac.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ cac::cac (
     epicsMutex & callbackControlIn,
     cacContextNotify & notifyIn ) :
     _refLocalHostName ( localHostNameCache.getReference () ),
-    programBeginTime ( epicsTime::getCurrent() ),
+    programBeginTime ( epicsTime::getMonotonic() ),
     connTMO ( CA_CONN_VERIFY_PERIOD ),
     mutex ( mutualExclusionIn ),
     cbMutex ( callbackControlIn ),
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/casw.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/casw.cpp
index f69632c13..bdb08e04d 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/casw.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/casw.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int main ( int argc, char ** argv )
     epicsMutex mutex;
     epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( mutex );
     bheFreeStoreMgr bheFreeList;
-    epicsTime programBeginTime = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime programBeginTime = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     bool validCommandLine = false;
     unsigned interest = 0u;
     SOCKET sock;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int main ( int argc, char ** argv )
                 ca_uint32_t beaconNumber = ntohl ( pCurMsg->m_cid );
                 unsigned protocolRevision = ntohs ( pCurMsg->m_dataType );
 
-                epicsTime currentTime = epicsTime::getCurrent();
+                epicsTime currentTime = epicsTime::getMonotonic();
 
                 /*
                  * look for it in the hash table
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/searchTimer.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/searchTimer.cpp
index e55e49eab..bb9b9a91c 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/searchTimer.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/searchTimer.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ searchTimer::searchTimer (
         const unsigned indexIn, 
         epicsMutex & mutexIn,
         bool boostPossibleIn ) :
-    timeAtLastSend ( epicsTime::getCurrent () ),
+    timeAtLastSend ( epicsTime::getMonotonic () ),
     timer ( queueIn.createTimer () ),
     iiu ( iiuIn ),
     mutex ( mutexIn ),
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/tcpiiu.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/tcpiiu.cpp
index 045f8d57e..9d174ab84 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/tcpiiu.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/tcpiiu.cpp
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ void tcpRecvThread::run ()
             statusWireIO stat;
             pComBuf->fillFromWire ( this->iiu, stat );
 
-            epicsTime currentTime = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+            epicsTime currentTime = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
 
             {
                 epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( this->iiu.mutex );
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ bool tcpiiu::sendThreadFlush ( epicsGuard < epicsMutex > & guard )
 
     if ( this->sendQue.occupiedBytes() > 0 ) {
         while ( comBuf * pBuf = this->sendQue.popNextComBufToSend () ) {
-            epicsTime current = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+            epicsTime current = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
 
             unsigned bytesToBeSent = pBuf->occupiedBytes ();
             bool success = false;
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/udpiiu.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/udpiiu.cpp
index 1bcb03716..c378881f7 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/udpiiu.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/udpiiu.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ void udpRecvThread::run ()
         }
         else if ( status > 0 ) {
             this->iiu.postMsg ( src, this->iiu.recvBuf, 
-                (arrayElementCount) status, epicsTime::getCurrent() );
+                (arrayElementCount) status, epicsTime::getMonotonic() );
         }
 
     } while ( ! this->iiu.shutdownCmd );
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp
index 1a796cdbd..2215f8468 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbPutNotifyBlocker.cpp
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ void dbPutNotifyBlocker::initiatePutNotify (
             break;
         }
         if ( beginTimeInit ) {
-            if ( epicsTime::getCurrent () - begin > 30.0 ) {
+            if ( epicsTime::getMonotonic () - begin > 30.0 ) {
                 throw cacChannel::requestTimedOut ();
             }
         }
         else {
-            begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+            begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
             beginTimeInit = true;
         }
         {
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/fdmgr/fdManager.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/fdmgr/fdManager.cpp
index 00f4d4a87..f43fab25d 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/fdmgr/fdManager.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/fdmgr/fdManager.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ epicsShareFunc void fdManager::process (double delay)
     // more than once here so that fd activity get serviced
     // in a reasonable length of time.
     //
-    double minDelay = this->pTimerQueue->process(epicsTime::getCurrent());
+    double minDelay = this->pTimerQueue->process(epicsTime::getMonotonic());
 
     if ( minDelay >= delay ) {
         minDelay = delay;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ epicsShareFunc void fdManager::process (double delay)
         fd_set * pExceptSet = & this->fdSetsPtr[fdrException];
         int status = select (this->maxFD, pReadSet, pWriteSet, pExceptSet, &tv);
 
-        this->pTimerQueue->process(epicsTime::getCurrent());
+        this->pTimerQueue->process(epicsTime::getMonotonic());
 
         if ( status > 0 ) {
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ epicsShareFunc void fdManager::process (double delay)
          * of select()
          */
         epicsThreadSleep(minDelay);
-        this->pTimerQueue->process(epicsTime::getCurrent());
+        this->pTimerQueue->process(epicsTime::getMonotonic());
     }
     this->processInProg = false;
     return;
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/osi/epicsThread.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/osi/epicsThread.cpp
index 892d73de0..da7116476 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/osi/epicsThread.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/osi/epicsThread.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ bool epicsThread::exitWait ( const double delay ) throw ()
             }
             return true;
         }
-        epicsTime exitWaitBegin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime exitWaitBegin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
         double exitWaitElapsed = 0.0;
         epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( this->mutex );
         this->cancel = true;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ bool epicsThread::exitWait ( const double delay ) throw ()
             epicsGuardRelease < epicsMutex > unguard ( guard );
             this->event.signal ();
             this->exitEvent.wait ( delay - exitWaitElapsed );
-            epicsTime current = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+            epicsTime current = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
             exitWaitElapsed = current - exitWaitBegin;
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.cpp
index e55280e7e..15bebef7f 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ extern "C" double epicsShareAPI
     epicsTimerQueuePassiveProcess ( epicsTimerQueuePassiveId pQueue )
 {
     try {
-        return pQueue->process ( epicsTime::getCurrent() );
+        return pQueue->process ( epicsTime::getMonotonic() );
     }
     catch ( ... ) {
         return 1.0;
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.h b/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.h
index 72270f273..6e054ed4f 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.h
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/timer/epicsTimer.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ inline double epicsTimer::getExpireDelay ()
 {
     epicsTimer::expireInfo info = this->getExpireInfo ();
     if ( info.active ) {
-        double delay = info.expireTime - epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+        double delay = info.expireTime - epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
         if ( delay < 0.0 ) {
             delay = 0.0;
         }
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/timer/timer.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/timer/timer.cpp
index 35d6e47bf..6f0c7ea4a 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/timer/timer.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/timer/timer.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void timer::destroy ()
 
 void timer::start ( epicsTimerNotify & notify, double delaySeconds )
 {
-    this->start ( notify, epicsTime::getCurrent () + delaySeconds );
+    this->start ( notify, epicsTime::getMonotonic () + delaySeconds );
 }
 
 void timer::start ( epicsTimerNotify & notify, const epicsTime & expire )
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void timer::privateStart ( epicsTimerNotify & notify, const epicsTime & expire )
 
     debugPrintf ( ("Start of \"%s\" with delay %f at %p preempting %u\n", 
         typeid ( this->notify ).name (), 
-        expire - epicsTime::getCurrent (), 
+        expire - epicsTime::getMonotonic (), 
         this, preemptCount ) );
 }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void timer::show ( unsigned int level ) const
     double delay;
     if ( this->curState == statePending || this->curState == stateActive ) {
         try {
-            delay = this->exp - epicsTime::getCurrent();
+            delay = this->exp - epicsTime::getMonotonic();
         }
         catch ( ... ) {
             delay = - DBL_MAX;
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueue.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueue.cpp
index 5a798d4d4..d209bcbee 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueue.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueue.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ timerQueue::timerQueue ( epicsTimerQueueNotify & notifyIn ) :
     pExpireTmr ( 0 ),  
     processThread ( 0 ), 
     exceptMsgTimeStamp ( 
-        epicsTime :: getCurrent () - exceptMsgMinPeriod ),
+        epicsTime :: getMonotonic () - exceptMsgMinPeriod ),
     cancelPending ( false )
 {
 }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void timerQueue ::
     char date[64];
     double delay;
     try {
-        epicsTime cur = epicsTime :: getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime cur = epicsTime :: getMonotonic ();
         delay = cur - this->exceptMsgTimeStamp;
         cur.strftime ( date, sizeof ( date ), 
                         "%a %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S.%f" );
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueueActive.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueueActive.cpp
index 5d8b72951..3611f1ad1 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueueActive.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/timer/timerQueueActive.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void timerQueueActive :: _printLastChanceExceptionMessage (
 { 
     char date[64];
     try {
-        epicsTime cur = epicsTime :: getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime cur = epicsTime :: getMonotonic ();
         cur.strftime ( date, sizeof ( date ), "%a %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S.%f");
     }
     catch ( ... ) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void timerQueueActive :: run ()
     this->exitFlag = false;
     while ( ! this->terminateFlag ) {
         try {
-            double delay = this->queue.process ( epicsTime::getCurrent() );
+            double delay = this->queue.process ( epicsTime::getMonotonic() );
             debugPrintf ( ( "timer thread sleeping for %g sec (max)\n", delay ) );
             this->rescheduleEvent.wait ( delay );
         }
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/cvtFastPerform.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/cvtFastPerform.cpp
index c3f99dc61..28c831349 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/cvtFastPerform.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/cvtFastPerform.cpp
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ void Perf :: measure (double srcD, float srcF, int prec)
 
         std::memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 
-        epicsTime beg = epicsTime :: getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime beg = epicsTime :: getMonotonic ();
         for ( unsigned i = 0; i < nIterations; i++ ) {
             c->target (srcD, srcF, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, prec);
         }
-        epicsTime end = epicsTime :: getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime end = epicsTime :: getMonotonic ();
 
         double elapsed = end - beg;
         elapsed /= nIterations * nUnrolled;
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/epicsAtomicPerform.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/epicsAtomicPerform.cpp
index 2ef005efe..98eaf1778 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/epicsAtomicPerform.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/epicsAtomicPerform.cpp
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ static const unsigned N = 10000;
 void recursiveOwnershipRetPerformance ()
 {
     RefCtr refCtr;
-    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( size_t i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
         Ownership ownership ( refCtr );
         recurRetOwner1000 ( ownership );
     }
-    double delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () -  begin;
+    double delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () -  begin;
     delay /= N * 1000u; // convert to delay per call
     delay *= 1e6; // convert to micro seconds
     testDiag ( "retOwnership() takes %f microseconds", delay );
@@ -408,13 +408,13 @@ void recursiveOwnershipRetPerformance ()
 void ownershipPassRefPerformance ()
 {
     RefCtr refCtr;
-    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( size_t i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
         Ownership ownershipSrc ( refCtr );
         Ownership ownershipDest;
         passRefOwnership1000 ( ownershipSrc, ownershipDest );
     }
-    double delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () -  begin;
+    double delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () -  begin;
     delay /= N * 1000u; // convert to delay per call
     delay *= 1e6; // convert to micro seconds
     testDiag ( "passRefOwnership() takes %f microseconds", delay );
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ void Ten < T > :: diagnostic ( double delay )
 template < class T >
 void measurePerformance ()
 {
-    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     T target;
     for ( size_t i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
         target.run ();
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ void measurePerformance ()
         target.run ();
         target.run ();
     }
-    double delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () -  begin;
+    double delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () -  begin;
     delay /= ( N * 10u ); // convert to delay per call
     target.diagnostic ( delay );
 }
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/epicsEventTest.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/epicsEventTest.cpp
index 7c1a24141..b3e48f8f2 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/epicsEventTest.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/epicsEventTest.cpp
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ static void eventWakeupTest(void)
 
 static double eventWaitMeasureDelayError( const epicsEventId &id, const double & delay )
 {
-    epicsTime beg = epicsTime::getCurrent();
+    epicsTime beg = epicsTime::getMonotonic();
     epicsEventWaitWithTimeout ( id, delay );
-    epicsTime end = epicsTime::getCurrent();
+    epicsTime end = epicsTime::getMonotonic();
     double meas = end - beg;
     double error = fabs ( delay - meas );
     testDiag("epicsEventWaitWithTimeout(%.6f)  delay error %.6f sec",
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/epicsMutexTest.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/epicsMutexTest.cpp
index d44e5c0f1..e3ad5868f 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/epicsMutexTest.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/epicsMutexTest.cpp
@@ -168,32 +168,32 @@ void epicsMutexPerformance ()
 	unsigned i;
 
     // test a single lock pair
-    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     static const unsigned N = 1000;
     for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
         tenLockPairsSquared ( mutex );
     }
-    double delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () -  begin;
+    double delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () -  begin;
     delay /= N * 100u; // convert to delay per lock pair
     delay *= 1e6; // convert to micro seconds
     testDiag("lock()*1/unlock()*1 takes %f microseconds", delay);
 
     // test a two times recursive lock pair
-    begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
         tenDoubleRecursiveLockPairsSquared ( mutex );
     }
-    delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () -  begin;
+    delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () -  begin;
     delay /= N * 100u; // convert to delay per lock pair
     delay *= 1e6; // convert to micro seconds
     testDiag("lock()*2/unlock()*2 takes %f microseconds", delay);
 
     // test a four times recursive lock pair
-    begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
         tenQuadRecursiveLockPairsSquared ( mutex );
     }
-    delay = epicsTime::getCurrent () -  begin;
+    delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic () -  begin;
     delay /= N * 100u; // convert to delay per lock pair
     delay *= 1e6; // convert to micro seconds
     testDiag("lock()*4/unlock()*4 takes %f microseconds", delay);
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/epicsThreadPerform.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/epicsThreadPerform.cpp
index c8fd34515..b73d90c9e 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/epicsThreadPerform.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/epicsThreadPerform.cpp
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ static void epicsThreadPriorityTest()
 
 static double threadSleepMeasureDelayError ( const double & delay )
 {
-    epicsTime beg = epicsTime::getCurrent();
+    epicsTime beg = epicsTime::getMonotonic();
     epicsThreadSleep ( delay );
-    epicsTime end = epicsTime::getCurrent();
+    epicsTime end = epicsTime::getMonotonic();
     double meas = end - beg;
     double error = fabs ( delay - meas );
     return error;
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ static double measureSleepQuantum (
         double interval = rand ();
         interval /= RAND_MAX;
         interval *= testInterval;
-        epicsTime start = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime start = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
         epicsTime current = start;
         while ( current - start < interval ) {
-            current = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+            current = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
         }
         errorSum += threadSleepMeasureDelayError ( testInterval );
         if ( i % ( iterations / 10 ) == 0 ) {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void epicsThreadGetIdSelfPerfTest ()
 {
     static const unsigned N = 10000;
     static const double microSecPerSec = 1e6;
-    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( unsigned i = 0u; i < N; i++ ) {
         epicsThreadGetIdSelf ();
         epicsThreadGetIdSelf ();
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void epicsThreadGetIdSelfPerfTest ()
         epicsThreadGetIdSelf ();
         epicsThreadGetIdSelf ();
     };
-    epicsTime end = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime end = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     printf ( "It takes %f micro sec to call epicsThreadGetIdSelf ()\n",
         microSecPerSec * ( end - begin ) / (10 * N) );
 }
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ static void timeEpicsThreadPrivateGet ()
 {
     priv.set ( 0 );
 
-    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime begin = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     static const unsigned N = 1000u;
     for ( unsigned i = 0u; i < N; i++ ) {
         callItTenTimesSquared ();
     }
-    double delay = epicsTime::getCurrent() - begin;
+    double delay = epicsTime::getMonotonic() - begin;
     delay /= N * 100u; // convert to sec per call
     delay *= 1e6; // convert to micro sec
     printf("epicsThreadPrivateGet() takes %f microseconds\n", delay);
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/epicsTimerTest.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/epicsTimerTest.cpp
index f2a510819..55ce82eeb 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/test/epicsTimerTest.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/epicsTimerTest.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void testAccuracy ()
 
     expireCount = nTimers;
     for ( i = 0u; i < nTimers; i++ ) {
-        epicsTime cur = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+        epicsTime cur = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
         pTimers[i]->setBegin ( cur );
         pTimers[i]->start ( cur + pTimers[i]->delay () );
     }
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void testCancel ()
         testDiag ( "cancelCount = %u", cancelVerify::cancelCount );
 
     testDiag ( "starting %d timers", nTimers );
-    epicsTime exp = epicsTime::getCurrent () + 4.0;
+    epicsTime exp = epicsTime::getMonotonic () + 4.0;
     for ( i = 0u; i < nTimers; i++ ) {
         pTimers[i]->start ( exp );
     }
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void testExpireDestroy ()
     testOk1 ( expireDestroyVerify::destroyCount == 0 );
 
     testDiag ( "starting %d timers", nTimers );
-    epicsTime cur = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime cur = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( i = 0u; i < nTimers; i++ ) {
         pTimers[i]->start ( cur );
     }
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ void testPeriodic ()
     testOk1 ( timerCount == nTimers );
 
     testDiag ( "starting %d timers", nTimers );
-    epicsTime cur = epicsTime::getCurrent ();
+    epicsTime cur = epicsTime::getMonotonic ();
     for ( i = 0u; i < nTimers; i++ ) {
         pTimers[i]->start ( cur );
     }