diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
index 4bda324..00924b5 100644
--- a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
@@ -19,56 +19,6 @@ sub log {
   return 1;
 }
 
-sub parse_timing {
-  my ($self, $str) = @_;
-  my $time = 0.0;
-  return unless $str =~ m/(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)([.,])(\d+)/oi;
-  my ($hrs, $min, $sec, $delim, $msec) = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5);
-  if ($msec < 0 or $msec > 999) {
-    $self->log(warn => "wrong mseconds part of timing: $msec");
-    return;
-  }
-  if ($sec < 0 or $sec > 59) {
-    $self->log(warn => "wrong seconds part of timing: $sec");
-    return;
-  }
-  if ($min < 0 or $min > 59) {
-    $self->log(warn => "wrong minutes part of timing: $sec");
-    return;
-  }
-  if ($hrs < 0) {
-    $self->log(warn => "wrong minutes part of timing: $sec");
-    return;
-  }
-  given (length("$msec")) {
-    when ("3") { $time += $msec * 0.001; }
-    when ("2") { $time += $msec * 0.01; }
-    when ("1") { $time += $msec * 0.1; }
-    default {
-      $self->log(error => "abnormal length of mseconds part");
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-  $time += $sec;
-  $time += $min * 60;
-  $time += $hrs * 60 * 60;
-  return $time;
-}
-
-sub build_timing {
-  my ($self, $time, $prec) = @_;
-  $prec //= 2;
-  my ($hrs, $min, $sec, $msec, $rest);
-  $hrs  = int($time / 3600);
-  $rest =     $time - ($hrs * 3600);
-  $min  = int($rest / 60);
-  $rest =     $rest - ($min * 60);
-  $sec  = int($rest / 1);
-  $msec = sprintf "%.${prec}f", ($rest - ($sec * 1));
-  $msec =~ s/^0\.//o;
-  return sprintf($self->{timing_fmt}, $hrs, $min, $sec, $msec);
-}
-
 sub events {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/Utils.pm b/lib/Subtitle/Utils.pm
index 42063ca..266bab8 100644
--- a/lib/Subtitle/Utils.pm
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/Utils.pm
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ use base 'Exporter';
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
   chomp_all strip_bom trim
+  make_timing parse_timing
 );
 
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
   string => [qw(chomp_all strip_bom trim)],
+  timing => [qw(make_timing parse_timing)],
 );
 
 
@@ -31,6 +33,48 @@ sub trim {
   $_ =~ s/(^\s+|\s+$)//go for @_;
 }
 
+## timing functions
+
+sub make_timing {
+  my ($time) = @_;
+  my ($hrs, $min, $sec, $msec, $rest);
+  $hrs  = int($time / 3600);
+  $rest =     $time - ($hrs * 3600);
+  $min  = int($rest / 60);
+  $rest =     $rest - ($min * 60);
+  $sec  = int($rest / 1);
+  $msec = sprintf "%.0f", (($rest - $sec) * 1000);
+  return ($hrs, $min, $sec, $msec);
+}
+
+sub parse_timing {
+  my ($str) = @_;
+  my $time = 0.0;
+  return unless $str =~ m/(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)([.,])(\d+)/oi;
+  my ($hrs, $min, $sec, $delim, $msec) = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5);
+  if ($msec < 0 or $msec > 999) {
+    return -1; # wrong mseconds part of timing
+  }
+  if ($sec < 0 or $sec > 59) {
+    return -1; # wrong seconds part of timing
+  }
+  if ($min < 0 or $min > 59) {
+    return -1; # wrong minutes part of timing
+  }
+  if ($hrs < 0) {
+    return -1; # wrong minutes part of timing
+  }
+  my $msec_len = length $msec;
+  if    ($msec_len == 3) { $time += $msec * 0.001; }
+  elsif ($msec_len == 2) { $time += $msec * 0.01;  }
+  elsif ($msec_len == 1) { $time += $msec * 0.1;   }
+  else  { return -1; } # abnormal length of mseconds part
+  $time += $sec;
+  $time += $min * 60;
+  $time += $hrs * 60 * 60;
+  return $time;
+}
+
 1;
 
 =pod
@@ -66,4 +110,21 @@ In-place strips Unicode's BOM (Byte Order Mark) from line.
 
 In-place strips leading and trailing spaces from the given string
 
+=head1 FUNCTIONS / TIMING
+
+=head2 C<make_timing>
+
+  my ($hrs, $min, $sec, $msec) = make_timing($time);
+  printf "%d:%02d:02d.%s", $hrs, $min, $sec, $msec;
+
+Takes float number of seconds and returns array with components of timing split by units.
+
+=head2 C<parse_timing>
+
+  my $time = parse_timing($string);
+
+Takes string like "HH:MM:SS.MSEC" and returns float number of seconds
+
+On parse error returns -1
+
 =cut
diff --git a/t/utils-timing.t b/t/utils-timing.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80f61c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/utils-timing.t
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 11;
+
+use Subtitle::Utils qw(:timing);
+
+my ($timing, $time);
+
+$timing = "123:11:15.459";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, (123 * 3600 + 11 * 60 + 15 + 0.459));
+
+$timing = "123:11:15.45";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, (123 * 3600 + 11 * 60 + 15 + 0.450));
+
+$timing = "123:11:15.4";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, (123 * 3600 + 11 * 60 + 15 + 0.400));
+
+$timing = "123:11:15,4";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, (123 * 3600 + 11 * 60 + 15 + 0.400));
+
+$timing = "123:60:15.45";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, -1);
+
+$timing = "123:11:65.45";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, -1);
+
+$timing = "123:11:15.4500";
+$time = parse_timing($timing);
+is($time, -1);
+
+my ($hrs, $min, $sec, $msec);
+
+($hrs, $min, $sec, $msec) = make_timing(8 * 3600 + 11 * 60 + 15 + 0.46);
+is($hrs,    8);
+is($min,   11);
+is($sec,   15);
+is($msec, 460);