diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0b1476e745..6d109f84f0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   settimeofday available to newly linked binaries after there is a
   replacement for Linux’s time-zone-like offset API.
 
+* The obsolete functions ftime has been deprecated and will be removed from
+  a future version of glibc.  Application should use clock_gettime instead.
+
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
   [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ftime.c b/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ftime.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e1f20bc609..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/bsd/ftime.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1994-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <sys/timeb.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
-int
-ftime (struct timeb *timebuf)
-{
-  struct timeval tv;
-  struct timezone tz;
-
-  if (__gettimeofday (&tv, &tz) < 0)
-    return -1;
-
-  timebuf->time = tv.tv_sec;
-  timebuf->millitm = (tv.tv_usec + 500) / 1000;
-  if (timebuf->millitm == 1000)
-    {
-      ++timebuf->time;
-      timebuf->millitm = 0;
-    }
-  timebuf->timezone = tz.tz_minuteswest;
-  timebuf->dstflag = tz.tz_dsttime;
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ftime.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ftime.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a5949f608..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ftime.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* Linux defines the ftime system call but doesn't actually implement
-   it.  Use the BSD implementation.  */
-#include <sysdeps/unix/bsd/ftime.c>
diff --git a/time/ftime.c b/time/ftime.c
index 8bedc0d91e..b4bd58ecef 100644
--- a/time/ftime.c
+++ b/time/ftime.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1994-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Deprecated return date and time.
+   Copyright (C) 1994-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -15,27 +16,18 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/timeb.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 int
 ftime (struct timeb *timebuf)
 {
-  int save = errno;
-  struct tm tp;
-
-  __set_errno (0);
-  if (time (&timebuf->time) == (time_t) -1 && errno != 0)
-    return -1;
-  timebuf->millitm = 0;
-
-  if (__localtime_r (&timebuf->time, &tp) == NULL)
-    return -1;
-
-  timebuf->timezone = tp.tm_gmtoff / 60;
-  timebuf->dstflag = tp.tm_isdst;
+  struct timespec ts;
+  __clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
 
-  __set_errno (save);
+  timebuf->time = ts.tv_sec;
+  timebuf->millitm = ts.tv_nsec / 1000000;
+  timebuf->timezone = 0;
+  timebuf->dstflag = 0;
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/time/sys/timeb.h b/time/sys/timeb.h
index b958dc3e4a..5c16f79da2 100644
--- a/time/sys/timeb.h
+++ b/time/sys/timeb.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ struct timeb
 
 /* Fill in TIMEBUF with information about the current time.  */
 
-extern int ftime (struct timeb *__timebuf);
+extern int ftime (struct timeb *__timebuf)
+  __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
 
 __END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/time/tst-ftime.c b/time/tst-ftime.c
index 4b7e90cc03..39d94a1b26 100644
--- a/time/tst-ftime.c
+++ b/time/tst-ftime.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/timeb.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <libc-diag.h>
 
 static int
 do_test (void)
@@ -29,12 +30,18 @@ do_test (void)
     {
       prev = curr;
 
+      /* ftime was deprecated on 2.31.  */
+      DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+      DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT (4.9, "-Wdeprecated-declarations");
+
       if (ftime (&curr))
         {
           printf ("ftime returned an error\n");
           return 1;
         }
 
+      DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+
       if (curr.time < prev.time)
         {
           printf ("ftime's time flowed backwards\n");
