diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b31c97a..00000000
--- a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-"""
-    SleekXMPP: The Sleek XMPP Library
-    Copyright (C) 2010 Nathanael C. Fritz
-    This file is part of SleekXMPP.
-
-    See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
-"""
-
-from datetime import datetime, tzinfo
-import logging
-import time
-
-from . import base
-from .. stanza.iq import Iq
-from .. xmlstream.handler.callback import Callback
-from .. xmlstream.matcher.xpath import MatchXPath
-from .. xmlstream import ElementBase, ET, JID, register_stanza_plugin
-
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class EntityTime(ElementBase):
-    name = 'time'
-    namespace = 'urn:xmpp:time'
-    plugin_attrib = 'entity_time'
-    interfaces = set(('tzo', 'utc'))
-    sub_interfaces = set(('tzo', 'utc'))
-
-    #def get_tzo(self):
-        # TODO: Right now it returns a string but maybe it should
-        # return a datetime.tzinfo object or maybe a datetime.timedelta?
-        #pass
-
-    def set_tzo(self, tzo):
-        if isinstance(tzo, tzinfo):
-            td = datetime.now(tzo).utcoffset() # What if we are faking the time? datetime.now() shouldn't be used here'
-            seconds = td.seconds + td.days * 24 * 3600
-            sign = ('+' if seconds >= 0 else '-')
-            minutes = abs(seconds // 60)
-            tzo = '{sign}{hours:02d}:{minutes:02d}'.format(sign=sign, hours=minutes//60, minutes=minutes%60)
-        elif not isinstance(tzo, str):
-            raise TypeError('The time should be a string or a datetime.tzinfo object.')
-        self._set_sub_text('tzo', tzo)
-
-    def get_utc(self):
-        # Returns a datetime object instead the string. Is this a good idea?
-        value = self._get_sub_text('utc')
-        if '.' in value:
-            return datetime.strptime(value, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')
-        else:
-            return datetime.strptime(value, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
-
-    def set_utc(self, tim=None):
-        if isinstance(tim, datetime):
-            if tim.utcoffset():
-                tim = tim - tim.utcoffset()
-            tim = tim.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
-        elif isinstance(tim, time.struct_time):
-            tim = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', tim)
-        elif not isinstance(tim, str):
-            raise TypeError('The time should be a string or a datetime.datetime or time.struct_time object.')
-
-        self._set_sub_text('utc', tim)
-
-
-class xep_0202(base.base_plugin):
-    """
-    XEP-0202 Entity Time
-    """
-    def plugin_init(self):
-        self.description = "Entity Time"
-        self.xep = "0202"
-
-        self.xmpp.registerHandler(
-            Callback('Time Request',
-                 MatchXPath('{%s}iq/{%s}time' % (self.xmpp.default_ns,
-                                  EntityTime.namespace)),
-                 self.handle_entity_time_query))
-        register_stanza_plugin(Iq, EntityTime)
-
-        self.xmpp.add_event_handler('entity_time_request', self.handle_entity_time)
-
-
-    def post_init(self):
-        base.base_plugin.post_init(self)
-
-        self.xmpp.plugin['xep_0030'].add_feature('urn:xmpp:time')
-
-    def handle_entity_time_query(self, iq):
-        if iq['type'] == 'get':
-            log.debug("Entity time requested by %s" % iq['from'])
-            self.xmpp.event('entity_time_request', iq)
-        elif iq['type'] == 'result':
-            log.debug("Entity time result from %s" % iq['from'])
-            self.xmpp.event('entity_time', iq)
-
-    def handle_entity_time(self, iq):
-        iq = iq.reply()
-        iq.enable('entity_time')
-        tzo = time.strftime('%z') # %z is not on all ANSI C libraries
-        tzo = tzo[:3] + ':' + tzo[3:]
-        iq['entity_time']['tzo'] = tzo
-        iq['entity_time']['utc'] = datetime.utcnow()
-        iq.send()
-
-    def get_entity_time(self, jid):
-        iq = self.xmpp.makeIqGet()
-        iq.enable('entity_time')
-        iq.attrib['to'] = jid
-        iq.attrib['from'] = self.xmpp.boundjid.full
-        id = iq.get('id')
-        result = iq.send()
-        if result and result is not None and result.get('type', 'error') != 'error':
-            return {'utc': result['entity_time']['utc'], 'tzo': result['entity_time']['tzo']}
-        else:
-            return False
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/__init__.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82338d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""
+    SleekXMPP: The Sleek XMPP Library
+    Copyright (C) 2011 Nathanael C. Fritz, Lance J.T. Stout
+    This file is part of SleekXMPP.
+
+    See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
+"""
+
+from sleekxmpp.plugins.xep_0202 import stanza
+from sleekxmpp.plugins.xep_0202.stanza import EntityTime
+from sleekxmpp.plugins.xep_0202.time import xep_0202
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/stanza.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/stanza.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb27692a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/stanza.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+"""
+    SleekXMPP: The Sleek XMPP Library
+    Copyright (C) 2010 Nathanael C. Fritz
+    This file is part of SleekXMPP.
+
+    See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
+"""
+
+import datetime as dt
+from dateutil.tz import tzoffset, tzutc
+
+from sleekxmpp.xmlstream import ElementBase
+from sleekxmpp.plugins import xep_0082
+
+
+class EntityTime(ElementBase):
+
+    """
+    The <time> element represents the local time for an XMPP agent.
+    The time is expressed in UTC to make synchronization easier
+    between entities, but the offset for the local timezone is also
+    included.
+
+    Example <time> stanzas:
+        <iq type="result">
+          <time xmlns="urn:xmpp:time">
+            <utc>2011-07-03T11:37:12.234569</utc>
+            <tzo>-07:00</tzo>
+          </time>
+        </iq>
+
+    Stanza Interface:
+        time -- The local time for the entity (updates utc and tzo).
+        utc  -- The UTC equivalent to local time.
+        tzo  -- The local timezone offset from UTC.
+
+    Methods:
+        get_time -- Return local time datetime object.
+        set_time -- Set UTC and TZO fields.
+        del_time -- Remove both UTC and TZO fields.
+        get_utc  -- Return datetime object of UTC time.
+        set_utc  -- Set the UTC time.
+        get_tzo  -- Return tzinfo object.
+        set_tzo  -- Set the local timezone offset.
+    """
+
+    name = 'time'
+    namespace = 'urn:xmpp:time'
+    plugin_attrib = 'entity_time'
+    interfaces = set(('tzo', 'utc', 'time'))
+    sub_interfaces = interfaces
+
+    def set_time(self, value):
+        """
+        Set both the UTC and TZO fields given a time object.
+
+        Arguments:
+            value -- A datetime object or properly formatted
+                     string equivalent.
+        """
+        date = value
+        if not isinstance(value, dt.datetime):
+            date = xep_0082.parse(value)
+        self['utc'] = date
+        self['tzo'] = date.tzinfo
+
+    def get_time(self):
+        """
+        Return the entity's local time based on the UTC and TZO data.
+        """
+        date = self['utc']
+        tz = self['tzo']
+        return date.astimezone(tz)
+
+    def del_time(self):
+        """Remove both the UTC and TZO fields."""
+        del self['utc']
+        del self['tzo']
+
+    def get_tzo(self):
+        """
+        Return the timezone offset from UTC as a tzinfo object.
+        """
+        tzo = self._get_sub_text('tzo')
+        if tzo == '':
+            tzo = 'Z'
+        time = xep_0082.parse('00:00:00%s' % tzo)
+        return time.tzinfo
+
+    def set_tzo(self, value):
+        """
+        Set the timezone offset from UTC.
+
+        Arguments:
+            value -- Either a tzinfo object or the number of
+                     seconds (positive or negative) to offset.
+        """
+        time = xep_0082.time(offset=value)
+        if xep_0082.parse(time).tzinfo == tzutc():
+            self._set_sub_text('tzo', 'Z')
+        else:
+            self._set_sub_text('tzo', time[-6:])
+
+    def get_utc(self):
+        """
+        Return the time in UTC as a datetime object.
+        """
+        value = self._get_sub_text('utc')
+        if value == '':
+            return xep_0082.parse(xep_0082.datetime())
+        return xep_0082.parse('%sZ' % value)
+
+    def set_utc(self, value):
+        """
+        Set the time in UTC.
+
+        Arguments:
+            value -- A datetime object or properly formatted
+                     string equivalent.
+        """
+        date = value
+        if not isinstance(value, dt.datetime):
+            date = xep_0082.parse(value)
+        date = date.astimezone(tzutc())
+        value = xep_0082.format_datetime(date)[:-1]
+        self._set_sub_text('utc', value)
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/time.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/time.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f944bcb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0202/time.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+"""
+    SleekXMPP: The Sleek XMPP Library
+    Copyright (C) 2010 Nathanael C. Fritz
+    This file is part of SleekXMPP.
+
+    See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+from sleekxmpp.stanza.iq import Iq
+from sleekxmpp.xmlstream import register_stanza_plugin
+from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.handler import Callback
+from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.matcher import StanzaPath
+from sleekxmpp.plugins.base import base_plugin
+from sleekxmpp.plugins import xep_0082
+from sleekxmpp.plugins.xep_0202 import stanza
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class xep_0202(base_plugin):
+
+    """
+    XEP-0202: Entity Time
+    """
+
+    def plugin_init(self):
+        """Start the XEP-0203 plugin."""
+        self.xep = '0202'
+        self.description = 'Entity Time'
+        self.stanza = stanza
+
+        # As a default, respond to time requests with the
+        # local time returned by XEP-0082. However, a
+        # custom function can be supplied which accepts
+        # the JID of the entity to query for the time.
+        self.local_time = self.config.get('local_time', None)
+        if not self.local_time:
+            self.local_time = lambda x: xep_0082.datetime()
+
+        self.xmpp.registerHandler(
+            Callback('Entity Time',
+                 StanzaPath('iq/entity_time'),
+                 self._handle_time_request))
+        register_stanza_plugin(Iq, stanza.EntityTime)
+
+    def post_init(self):
+        """Handle cross-plugin interactions."""
+        base_plugin.post_init(self)
+        self.xmpp['xep_0030'].add_feature('urn:xmpp:time')
+
+
+    def _handle_time_request(self, iq):
+        """
+        Respond to a request for the local time.
+
+        The time is taken from self.local_time(), which may be replaced
+        during plugin configuration with a function that maps JIDs to
+        times.
+
+        Arguments:
+            iq -- The Iq time request stanza.
+        """
+        iq.reply()
+        iq['entity_time']['time'] = self.local_time(iq['to'])
+        iq.send()
+
+    def get_entity_time(self, to, ifrom=None, **iqargs):
+        """
+        Request the time from another entity.
+
+        Arguments:
+            to       -- JID of the entity to query.
+            ifrom    -- Specifiy the sender's JID.
+            block    -- If true, block and wait for the stanzas' reply.
+            timeout  -- The time in seconds to block while waiting for
+                        a reply. If None, then wait indefinitely.
+            callback -- Optional callback to execute when a reply is
+                        received instead of blocking and waiting for
+                        the reply.
+        """
+        iq = self.xmpp.Iq()
+        iq['type'] = 'get'
+        iq['to'] = 'to'
+        if ifrom:
+            iq['from'] = 'ifrom'
+        iq.enable('entity_time')
+        return iq.send(**iqargs)