diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/TimePoint.pm b/lib/Subtitle/TimePoint.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a57da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/TimePoint.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package Subtitle::TimePoint;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Subtitle::Utils ':timing';
+
+sub new {
+  my ($class, %args) = @_;
+  my $self = {
+    shift => $args{shift} || 0.0,
+    time  => $args{time}  || 0.0,
+  };
+  return bless($self, $class);
+}
+
+sub parse {
+  my ($self, $timespec) = @_;
+  
+  return 'empty timespec, nothing to do'
+    unless $timespec;
+  return 'wrong timespec, expected <time>/[+-]<time>, abort'
+    unless $timespec =~ m<^([0-9:.]+)/([+-]?[0-9:.]+)$>o;
+  my ($t1, $t2) = ($1, $2);
+  $self->{time}  = parse_timeshift($t1);
+  $self->{shift} = parse_timeshift($t2);
+  return "can't parse time: $t1"
+    unless defined $self->{time};
+  return "can't parse time: $t2"
+    unless defined $self->{shift};
+  return;
+}
+
+sub shift { return CORE::shift->{'shift'}; }
+sub time  { return CORE::shift->{'time'};  }
+
+1;
diff --git a/t/timepoint.t b/t/timepoint.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..182bae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/timepoint.t
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 19;
+
+use Subtitle::TimePoint;
+
+my $p = Subtitle::TimePoint->new;
+is(ref $p, 'Subtitle::TimePoint');
+can_ok($p, qw(new parse time shift));
+
+# valid timespec
+is($p->parse('0/0'), undef);
+is($p->time, 0.0), is($p->shift, 0.0);
+is($p->parse('0.3/0'), undef);
+is($p->time, 0.3), is($p->shift, 0.0);
+is($p->parse('1:17/-4.1'), undef);
+is($p->time, 77), is($p->shift, -4.1);
+is($p->parse('2:15:03.515/+3:02.7'), undef);
+is($p->time, 8103.515), is($p->shift, 182.7);
+# invalid timespec
+is($p->parse('0.3/-'),    "wrong timespec, expected <time>/[+-]<time>, abort");
+is($p->parse('1:17/-4.'), "can't parse time: -4.");
+is($p->parse(':47/-5.4'),  "can't parse time: :47");
+is($p->parse('1:1.2/-5'),  "can't parse time: 1:1.2");
+is($p->parse('5:31./7'),   "can't parse time: 5:31.");
+
+1;