diff --git a/Chronos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Chronos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 581e68a..531bbc1 100644
--- a/Chronos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Chronos.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
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@@ -217,6 +229,7 @@
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@@ -502,6 +515,7 @@
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diff --git a/Chronos/DispatchTimer.swift b/Chronos/DispatchTimer.swift
index f622cef..e547a70 100644
--- a/Chronos/DispatchTimer.swift
+++ b/Chronos/DispatchTimer.swift
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ open class DispatchTimer : NSObject, RepeatingTimer {
     fileprivate var leeway: UInt64 {
         return UInt64(0.05 * interval) * NSEC_PER_SEC;
     }
-    private let timebaseNumer: Double
-    private let timebaseDenom: Double
     
     // MARK: Properties
     
@@ -133,12 +131,6 @@ open class DispatchTimer : NSObject, RepeatingTimer {
       self.queue      = queue
       self.interval   = interval
       self.closure    = closure
-      
-      //set timebase info
-      var info = mach_timebase_info(numer: 0, denom: 0)
-      mach_timebase_info(&info)
-      self.timebaseNumer = Double(info.numer)
-      self.timebaseDenom = Double(info.denom)
         
       super.init()
       
@@ -163,7 +155,7 @@ open class DispatchTimer : NSObject, RepeatingTimer {
         validate()
         if OSAtomicCompareAndSwap32Barrier(State.paused, State.running, &running) {
           timer.scheduleRepeating(deadline: startTime(interval, now: now),
-                                  interval:.nanoseconds(Int((interval * self.timebaseNumer) / self.timebaseDenom)))
+                                  interval: interval)
           timer.resume()
         }
     }
diff --git a/Chronos/TimerInternal.swift b/Chronos/TimerInternal.swift
index 6820551..0faf254 100644
--- a/Chronos/TimerInternal.swift
+++ b/Chronos/TimerInternal.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ internal struct State {
 // Mark:- Constants and Functions
 
 internal func startTime(_ interval: Double, now: Bool) -> DispatchTime {
-    return DispatchTime.now() + Double(now ? 0 : Int64(interval * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC))) / Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)
+    return DispatchTime.now() + Double(now ? 0 : interval)
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ChronosTests/DispatchTimerTests.swift b/ChronosTests/DispatchTimerTests.swift
index f1f576e..c572f22 100644
--- a/ChronosTests/DispatchTimerTests.swift
+++ b/ChronosTests/DispatchTimerTests.swift
@@ -163,4 +163,64 @@ class DispatchTimerTests : XCTestCase {
         
         XCTAssertFalse(dispatchTimer.isValid)
     }
+    
+    func testTimeInterval() {
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch()
+        stopwatch.start()
+        
+        let exp = expectation(description: "\(#function)\(#line)")
+        
+        var records = [Double]()
+        
+        let timeout = 22.2
+        let interval = 5.5
+        
+        let dispatchTimer = DispatchTimer(interval: interval) { (timer: RepeatingTimer, invocations: Int) in
+            stopwatch.stop()
+            records += [floor(stopwatch.seconds)]
+            
+            if invocations == Int(floor(timeout/interval))-1 {
+                exp.fulfill()
+            }
+        }
+        
+        dispatchTimer.start(false)
+        
+        waitForExpectations (timeout: timeout) { _ in
+            XCTAssertTrue(records.count == Int(timeout/interval))
+            for i in 0..<Int(floor(timeout/interval)) {
+                XCTAssertTrue(records[i] == floor(interval*Double(i + 1)))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    func testTimeIntervalStartingNow() {
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch()
+        stopwatch.start()
+        
+        let exp = expectation(description: "\(#function)\(#line)")
+        
+        var records = [Double]()
+        
+        let timeout = 22.2
+        let interval = 5.5
+        
+        let dispatchTimer = DispatchTimer(interval: interval) { (timer: RepeatingTimer, invocations: Int) in
+            stopwatch.stop()
+            records += [floor(stopwatch.seconds)]
+            
+            if invocations == Int(floor(timeout/interval)) {
+                exp.fulfill()
+            }
+        }
+        
+        dispatchTimer.start(true)
+        
+        waitForExpectations (timeout: timeout) { _ in
+            XCTAssertTrue(records.count == Int(timeout/interval)+1)
+            for i in 0...Int(floor(timeout/interval)) {
+                XCTAssertTrue(records[i] == floor(interval*Double(i)))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ChronosTests/Stopwatch.swift b/ChronosTests/Stopwatch.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2222fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChronosTests/Stopwatch.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//
+//  Stopwatch.swift
+//  Chronos
+//
+//  Created by ggiampietro on 2/2/17.
+//  Copyright © 2017 com.comyarzaheri. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+struct Stopwatch {
+    var startTime: UInt64 = 0
+    var stopTime: UInt64 = 0
+    let numer: UInt64
+    let denom: UInt64
+    
+    init() {
+        var info = mach_timebase_info(numer: 0, denom: 0)
+        mach_timebase_info(&info)
+        numer = UInt64(info.numer)
+        denom = UInt64(info.denom)
+    }
+    
+    mutating func start() {
+        startTime = mach_absolute_time()
+    }
+    
+    mutating func stop() {
+        stopTime = mach_absolute_time()
+    }
+    
+    var nanoseconds: UInt64 {
+        return ((stopTime - startTime) * numer) / denom
+    }
+    
+    var milliseconds: Double {
+        return Double(nanoseconds) / 1_000_000
+    }
+    
+    var seconds: Double {
+        return Double(nanoseconds) / 1_000_000_000
+    }
+}