diff --git a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/pendingseries.go b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/pendingseries.go
index 3b64d3212..9d51ec653 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/pendingseries.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/pendingseries.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/persistentqueue"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/prompbmarshal"
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	flushInterval = flag.Duration("remoteWrite.flushInterval", time.Second, "Interval for flushing the data to remote storage. "+
-		"Higher value reduces network bandwidth usage at the cost of delayed push of scraped data to remote storage")
+		"Higher value reduces network bandwidth usage at the cost of delayed push of scraped data to remote storage. "+
+		"Minimum supported interval is 1 second")
 	maxUnpackedBlockSize = flag.Int("remoteWrite.maxBlockSize", 32*1024*1024, "The maximum size in bytes of unpacked request to send to remote storage. "+
 		"It shouldn't exceed -maxInsertRequestSize from VictoriaMetrics")
 )
@@ -55,6 +57,10 @@ func (ps *pendingSeries) Push(tss []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries) {
 }
 
 func (ps *pendingSeries) periodicFlusher() {
+	flushSeconds := int64(flushInterval.Seconds())
+	if flushSeconds <= 0 {
+		flushSeconds = 1
+	}
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(*flushInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 	mustStop := false
@@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ func (ps *pendingSeries) periodicFlusher() {
 		case <-ps.stopCh:
 			mustStop = true
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			if time.Since(ps.wr.lastFlushTime) < *flushInterval/2 {
+			if fasttime.UnixTimestamp()-ps.wr.lastFlushTime < uint64(flushSeconds) {
 				continue
 			}
 		}
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ func (ps *pendingSeries) periodicFlusher() {
 type writeRequest struct {
 	wr            prompbmarshal.WriteRequest
 	pushBlock     func(block []byte)
-	lastFlushTime time.Time
+	lastFlushTime uint64
 
 	tss []prompbmarshal.TimeSeries
 
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ func (wr *writeRequest) reset() {
 
 func (wr *writeRequest) flush() {
 	wr.wr.Timeseries = wr.tss
-	wr.lastFlushTime = time.Now()
+	wr.lastFlushTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	pushWriteRequest(&wr.wr, wr.pushBlock)
 	wr.reset()
 }
diff --git a/app/vmalert/main.go b/app/vmalert/main.go
index 77fb4ae08..b394eb621 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/main.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmalert/remotewrite"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/envflag"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 	go func() {
 		// init reload metrics with positive values to improve alerting conditions
 		configSuccess.Set(1)
-		configTimestamp.Set(uint64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9)
+		configTimestamp.Set(fasttime.UnixTimestamp())
 		sigHup := procutil.NewSighupChan()
 		for {
 			<-sigHup
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func main() {
 				continue
 			}
 			configSuccess.Set(1)
-			configTimestamp.Set(uint64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9)
+			configTimestamp.Set(fasttime.UnixTimestamp())
 			logger.Infof("Rules reloaded successfully from %q", *rulePath)
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 13cd8e2a7..5b704fa13 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmselect/netstorage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmselect/promql"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
@@ -395,14 +396,14 @@ func TSDBStatusHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %s", err)
 	}
-	date := time.Now().Unix() / secsPerDay
+	date := fasttime.UnixDate()
 	dateStr := r.FormValue("date")
 	if len(dateStr) > 0 {
 		t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02", dateStr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse `date` arg %q: %s", dateStr, err)
 		}
-		date = t.Unix() / secsPerDay
+		date = uint64(t.Unix()) / secsPerDay
 	}
 	topN := 10
 	topNStr := r.FormValue("topN")
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ func TSDBStatusHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		}
 		topN = n
 	}
-	status, err := netstorage.GetTSDBStatusForDate(deadline, uint64(date), topN)
+	status, err := netstorage.GetTSDBStatusForDate(deadline, date, topN)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(`cannot obtain tsdb status for date=%d, topN=%d: %s`, date, topN, err)
 	}
@@ -992,7 +993,7 @@ func getBool(r *http.Request, argKey string) bool {
 }
 
 func currentTime() int64 {
-	return int64(time.Now().UTC().Unix()) * 1e3
+	return int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp() * 1000)
 }
 
 func getTagFilterssFromMatches(matches []string) ([][]storage.TagFilter, error) {
diff --git a/app/vmselect/promql/rollup_result_cache.go b/app/vmselect/promql/rollup_result_cache.go
index 32b9070aa..5b41bb05f 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/promql/rollup_result_cache.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/promql/rollup_result_cache.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/workingsetcache"
@@ -64,18 +65,18 @@ func InitRollupResultCache(cachePath string) {
 
 	stats := &fastcache.Stats{}
 	var statsLock sync.Mutex
-	var statsLastUpdate time.Time
+	var statsLastUpdate uint64
 	fcs := func() *fastcache.Stats {
 		statsLock.Lock()
 		defer statsLock.Unlock()
 
-		if time.Since(statsLastUpdate) < time.Second {
+		if fasttime.UnixTimestamp()-statsLastUpdate < 2 {
 			return stats
 		}
 		var fcs fastcache.Stats
 		c.UpdateStats(&fcs)
 		stats = &fcs
-		statsLastUpdate = time.Now()
+		statsLastUpdate = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 		return stats
 	}
 	if len(rollupResultCachePath) > 0 {
diff --git a/lib/fasttime/fasttime.go b/lib/fasttime/fasttime.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f50a27f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fasttime/fasttime.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package fasttime
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+		defer ticker.Stop()
+		for tm := range ticker.C {
+			t := uint64(tm.Unix())
+			atomic.StoreUint64(&currentTimestamp, t)
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+var currentTimestamp = uint64(time.Now().Unix())
+
+// UnixTimestamp returns the current unix timestamp in seconds.
+//
+// It is faster than time.Now().Unix()
+func UnixTimestamp() uint64 {
+	return atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+}
+
+// UnixDate returns date from the current unix timestamp.
+//
+// The date is calculated by dividing unix timestamp by (24*3600)
+func UnixDate() uint64 {
+	return UnixTimestamp() / (24 * 3600)
+}
+
+// UnixHour returns hour from the current unix timestamp.
+//
+// The hour is calculated by dividing unix timestamp by 3600
+func UnixHour() uint64 {
+	return UnixTimestamp() / 3600
+}
diff --git a/lib/fasttime/fasttime_test.go b/lib/fasttime/fasttime_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad3f2cf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fasttime/fasttime_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package fasttime
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestUnixTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	tsExpected := uint64(time.Now().Unix())
+	ts := UnixTimestamp()
+	if ts-tsExpected > 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected UnixTimestamp; got %d; want %d", ts, tsExpected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnixDate(t *testing.T) {
+	dateExpected := uint64(time.Now().Unix() / (24 * 3600))
+	date := UnixDate()
+	if date-dateExpected > 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected UnixDate; got %d; want %d", date, dateExpected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnixHour(t *testing.T) {
+	hourExpected := uint64(time.Now().Unix() / 3600)
+	hour := UnixHour()
+	if hour-hourExpected > 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected UnixHour; got %d; want %d", hour, hourExpected)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/fasttime/fasttime_timing_test.go b/lib/fasttime/fasttime_timing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd27085c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fasttime/fasttime_timing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package fasttime
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkUnixTimestamp(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		var ts uint64
+		for pb.Next() {
+			ts += UnixTimestamp()
+		}
+		atomic.StoreUint64(&Sink, ts)
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTimeNowUnix(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		var ts uint64
+		for pb.Next() {
+			ts += uint64(time.Now().Unix())
+		}
+		atomic.StoreUint64(&Sink, ts)
+	})
+}
+
+// Sink should prevent from code elimination by optimizing compiler
+var Sink uint64
diff --git a/lib/mergeset/part.go b/lib/mergeset/part.go
index 9482ed6f0..c04a95ffb 100644
--- a/lib/mergeset/part.go
+++ b/lib/mergeset/part.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/filestream"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) cleaner() {
 }
 
 func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) cleanByTimeout() {
-	currentTime := atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	idxbc.mu.Lock()
 	for k, idxbe := range idxbc.m {
 		// Delete items accessed more than 10 minutes ago.
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) Get(k uint64) *indexBlock {
 	idxbc.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if idxbe != nil {
-		currentTime := atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+		currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 		if atomic.LoadUint64(&idxbe.lastAccessTime) != currentTime {
 			atomic.StoreUint64(&idxbe.lastAccessTime, currentTime)
 		}
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) Put(k uint64, idxb *indexBlock) {
 
 	// Store idxb in the cache.
 	idxbe := &indexBlockCacheEntry{
-		lastAccessTime: atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp),
+		lastAccessTime: fasttime.UnixTimestamp(),
 		idxb:           idxb,
 	}
 	idxbc.m[k] = idxbe
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) cleaner() {
 }
 
 func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) cleanByTimeout() {
-	currentTime := atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	ibc.mu.Lock()
 	for k, ibe := range ibc.m {
 		// Delete items accessed more than 10 minutes ago.
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) Get(k inmemoryBlockCacheKey) *inmemoryBlock {
 	ibc.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if ibe != nil {
-		currentTime := atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+		currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 		if atomic.LoadUint64(&ibe.lastAccessTime) != currentTime {
 			atomic.StoreUint64(&ibe.lastAccessTime, currentTime)
 		}
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@ func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) Put(k inmemoryBlockCacheKey, ib *inmemoryBlock) {
 
 	// Store ib in the cache.
 	ibe := &inmemoryBlockCacheEntry{
-		lastAccessTime: atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp),
+		lastAccessTime: fasttime.UnixTimestamp(),
 		ib:             ib,
 	}
 	ibc.m[k] = ibe
@@ -445,16 +446,3 @@ func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) Requests() uint64 {
 func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) Misses() uint64 {
 	return atomic.LoadUint64(&ibc.misses)
 }
-
-func init() {
-	go func() {
-		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
-		defer ticker.Stop()
-		for tm := range ticker.C {
-			t := uint64(tm.Unix())
-			atomic.StoreUint64(&currentTimestamp, t)
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
-var currentTimestamp uint64
diff --git a/lib/mergeset/table.go b/lib/mergeset/table.go
index 7467943c3..b4fedec40 100644
--- a/lib/mergeset/table.go
+++ b/lib/mergeset/table.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ type Table struct {
 
 	rawItemsBlocks        []*inmemoryBlock
 	rawItemsLock          sync.Mutex
-	rawItemsLastFlushTime time.Time
+	rawItemsLastFlushTime uint64
 
 	snapshotLock sync.RWMutex
 
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ func (tb *Table) AddItems(items [][]byte) error {
 	if len(tb.rawItemsBlocks) >= 1024 {
 		blocksToMerge = tb.rawItemsBlocks
 		tb.rawItemsBlocks = nil
-		tb.rawItemsLastFlushTime = time.Now()
+		tb.rawItemsLastFlushTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	}
 	tb.rawItemsLock.Unlock()
 
@@ -508,11 +509,15 @@ func (tb *Table) flushRawItems(isFinal bool) {
 	defer tb.rawItemsPendingFlushesWG.Done()
 
 	mustFlush := false
-	currentTime := time.Now()
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
+	flushSeconds := int64(rawItemsFlushInterval.Seconds())
+	if flushSeconds <= 0 {
+		flushSeconds = 1
+	}
 	var blocksToMerge []*inmemoryBlock
 
 	tb.rawItemsLock.Lock()
-	if isFinal || currentTime.Sub(tb.rawItemsLastFlushTime) > rawItemsFlushInterval {
+	if isFinal || currentTime-tb.rawItemsLastFlushTime > uint64(flushSeconds) {
 		mustFlush = true
 		blocksToMerge = tb.rawItemsBlocks
 		tb.rawItemsBlocks = nil
@@ -674,7 +679,7 @@ const (
 
 func (tb *Table) partMerger() error {
 	sleepTime := minMergeSleepTime
-	var lastMergeTime time.Time
+	var lastMergeTime uint64
 	isFinal := false
 	t := time.NewTimer(sleepTime)
 	for {
@@ -682,7 +687,7 @@ func (tb *Table) partMerger() error {
 		if err == nil {
 			// Try merging additional parts.
 			sleepTime = minMergeSleepTime
-			lastMergeTime = time.Now()
+			lastMergeTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 			isFinal = false
 			continue
 		}
@@ -693,10 +698,10 @@ func (tb *Table) partMerger() error {
 		if err != errNothingToMerge {
 			return err
 		}
-		if time.Since(lastMergeTime) > 30*time.Second {
+		if fasttime.UnixTimestamp()-lastMergeTime > 30 {
 			// We have free time for merging into bigger parts.
 			// This should improve select performance.
-			lastMergeTime = time.Now()
+			lastMergeTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 			isFinal = true
 			continue
 		}
@@ -892,15 +897,15 @@ func (tb *Table) nextMergeIdx() uint64 {
 
 var (
 	maxOutPartItemsLock     sync.Mutex
-	maxOutPartItemsDeadline time.Time
+	maxOutPartItemsDeadline uint64
 	lastMaxOutPartItems     uint64
 )
 
 func (tb *Table) maxOutPartItems() uint64 {
 	maxOutPartItemsLock.Lock()
-	if time.Until(maxOutPartItemsDeadline) < 0 {
+	if maxOutPartItemsDeadline < fasttime.UnixTimestamp() {
 		lastMaxOutPartItems = tb.maxOutPartItemsSlow()
-		maxOutPartItemsDeadline = time.Now().Add(time.Second)
+		maxOutPartItemsDeadline = fasttime.UnixTimestamp() + 2
 	}
 	n := lastMaxOutPartItems
 	maxOutPartItemsLock.Unlock()
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discoveryutils/config_map.go b/lib/promscrape/discoveryutils/config_map.go
index d16c95261..e82230ebf 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discoveryutils/config_map.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discoveryutils/config_map.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package discoveryutils
 import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 )
 
 // ConfigMap is a map for storing discovery api configs.
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func (cm *ConfigMap) Get(key interface{}, newConfig func() (interface{}, error))
 
 	e := cm.m[key]
 	if e != nil {
-		e.lastAccessTime = time.Now()
+		e.lastAccessTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 		return e.cfg, nil
 	}
 	cfg, err := newConfig()
@@ -46,17 +48,18 @@ func (cm *ConfigMap) Get(key interface{}, newConfig func() (interface{}, error))
 	}
 	cm.m[key] = &configMapEntry{
 		cfg:            cfg,
-		lastAccessTime: time.Now(),
+		lastAccessTime: fasttime.UnixTimestamp(),
 	}
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
 func (cm *ConfigMap) cleaner() {
 	tc := time.NewTicker(15 * time.Minute)
-	for currentTime := range tc.C {
+	for range tc.C {
+		currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 		cm.mu.Lock()
 		for k, e := range cm.m {
-			if currentTime.Sub(e.lastAccessTime) > 10*time.Minute {
+			if currentTime-e.lastAccessTime > 10*60 {
 				delete(cm.m, k)
 			}
 		}
@@ -66,5 +69,5 @@ func (cm *ConfigMap) cleaner() {
 
 type configMapEntry struct {
 	cfg            interface{}
-	lastAccessTime time.Time
+	lastAccessTime uint64
 }
diff --git a/lib/protoparser/graphite/streamparser.go b/lib/protoparser/graphite/streamparser.go
index afda93c8c..3d6657f24 100644
--- a/lib/protoparser/graphite/streamparser.go
+++ b/lib/protoparser/graphite/streamparser.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func (ctx *streamContext) Read(r io.Reader) bool {
 	rows := ctx.Rows.Rows
 
 	// Fill missing timestamps with the current timestamp rounded to seconds.
-	currentTimestamp := time.Now().Unix()
+	currentTimestamp := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp())
 	for i := range rows {
 		r := &rows[i]
 		if r.Timestamp == 0 {
diff --git a/lib/protoparser/opentsdb/streamparser.go b/lib/protoparser/opentsdb/streamparser.go
index 031a986df..13c5e1890 100644
--- a/lib/protoparser/opentsdb/streamparser.go
+++ b/lib/protoparser/opentsdb/streamparser.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func (ctx *streamContext) Read(r io.Reader) bool {
 	rows := ctx.Rows.Rows
 
 	// Fill in missing timestamps
-	currentTimestamp := time.Now().Unix()
+	currentTimestamp := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp())
 	for i := range rows {
 		r := &rows[i]
 		if r.Timestamp == 0 {
diff --git a/lib/protoparser/opentsdbhttp/streamparser.go b/lib/protoparser/opentsdbhttp/streamparser.go
index 28a842c5c..1ad6da3c9 100644
--- a/lib/protoparser/opentsdbhttp/streamparser.go
+++ b/lib/protoparser/opentsdbhttp/streamparser.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func ParseStream(req *http.Request, callback func(rows []Row) error) error {
 	rows := ctx.Rows.Rows
 
 	// Fill in missing timestamps
-	currentTimestamp := time.Now().Unix()
+	currentTimestamp := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp())
 	for i := range rows {
 		r := &rows[i]
 		if r.Timestamp == 0 {
diff --git a/lib/storage/index_db.go b/lib/storage/index_db.go
index 5c1552c7d..b977fa3f0 100644
--- a/lib/storage/index_db.go
+++ b/lib/storage/index_db.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
@@ -1233,7 +1234,7 @@ func (db *indexDB) updateDeletedMetricIDs(metricIDs *uint64set.Set) {
 }
 
 func (is *indexSearch) getStartDateForPerDayInvertedIndex() (uint64, error) {
-	minDate := uint64(timestampFromTime(time.Now())) / msecPerDay
+	minDate := fasttime.UnixDate()
 	kb := &is.kb
 	ts := &is.ts
 	kb.B = append(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixDateTagToMetricIDs)
diff --git a/lib/storage/inmemory_part.go b/lib/storage/inmemory_part.go
index da8d78e56..788e3f182 100644
--- a/lib/storage/inmemory_part.go
+++ b/lib/storage/inmemory_part.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 )
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type inmemoryPart struct {
 	indexData      bytesutil.ByteBuffer
 	metaindexData  bytesutil.ByteBuffer
 
-	creationTime time.Time
+	creationTime uint64
 }
 
 // Reset resets mp.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (mp *inmemoryPart) Reset() {
 	mp.indexData.Reset()
 	mp.metaindexData.Reset()
 
-	mp.creationTime = time.Time{}
+	mp.creationTime = 0
 }
 
 // InitFromRows initializes mp from the given rows.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (mp *inmemoryPart) InitFromRows(rows []rawRow) {
 	rrm := getRawRowsMarshaler()
 	rrm.marshalToInmemoryPart(mp, rows)
 	putRawRowsMarshaler(rrm)
-	mp.creationTime = time.Now()
+	mp.creationTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 }
 
 // NewPart creates new part from mp.
diff --git a/lib/storage/part.go b/lib/storage/part.go
index 01d5a1a05..9ab84c263 100644
--- a/lib/storage/part.go
+++ b/lib/storage/part.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/filestream"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ func (ibc *indexBlockCache) cleaner() {
 }
 
 func (ibc *indexBlockCache) cleanByTimeout() {
-	currentTime := atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	ibc.mu.Lock()
 	for k, ibe := range ibc.m {
 		// Delete items accessed more than 10 minutes ago.
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ func (ibc *indexBlockCache) Get(k uint64) *indexBlock {
 	ibc.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if ibe != nil {
-		currentTime := atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp)
+		currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 		if atomic.LoadUint64(&ibe.lastAccessTime) != currentTime {
 			atomic.StoreUint64(&ibe.lastAccessTime, currentTime)
 		}
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ func (ibc *indexBlockCache) Put(k uint64, ib *indexBlock) {
 
 	// Store frequently requested ib in the cache.
 	ibe := &indexBlockCacheEntry{
-		lastAccessTime: atomic.LoadUint64(&currentTimestamp),
+		lastAccessTime: fasttime.UnixTimestamp(),
 		ib:             ib,
 	}
 	ibc.m[k] = ibe
@@ -297,16 +298,3 @@ func (ibc *indexBlockCache) Len() uint64 {
 	ibc.mu.Unlock()
 	return n
 }
-
-func init() {
-	go func() {
-		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
-		defer ticker.Stop()
-		for tm := range ticker.C {
-			t := uint64(tm.Unix())
-			atomic.StoreUint64(&currentTimestamp, t)
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
-var currentTimestamp uint64
diff --git a/lib/storage/partition.go b/lib/storage/partition.go
index 7555fe4e7..cb495fbf1 100644
--- a/lib/storage/partition.go
+++ b/lib/storage/partition.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ func (rrs *rawRowsShards) Len() int {
 type rawRowsShard struct {
 	lock          sync.Mutex
 	rows          []rawRow
-	lastFlushTime time.Time
+	lastFlushTime uint64
 }
 
 func (rrs *rawRowsShard) Len() int {
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ func (rrs *rawRowsShard) addRows(pt *partition, rows []rawRow) {
 		rr := getRawRowsMaxSize()
 		rrs.rows, rr.rows = rr.rows, rrs.rows
 		rrss = append(rrss, rr)
-		rrs.lastFlushTime = time.Now()
+		rrs.lastFlushTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	}
 	rrs.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -722,10 +723,14 @@ func (rrs *rawRowsShards) flush(pt *partition, isFinal bool) {
 
 func (rrs *rawRowsShard) flush(pt *partition, isFinal bool) {
 	var rr *rawRows
-	currentTime := time.Now()
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
+	flushSeconds := int64(rawRowsFlushInterval.Seconds())
+	if flushSeconds <= 0 {
+		flushSeconds = 1
+	}
 
 	rrs.lock.Lock()
-	if isFinal || currentTime.Sub(rrs.lastFlushTime) > rawRowsFlushInterval {
+	if isFinal || currentTime-rrs.lastFlushTime > uint64(flushSeconds) {
 		rr = getRawRowsMaxSize()
 		rrs.rows, rr.rows = rr.rows, rrs.rows
 	}
@@ -764,7 +769,11 @@ func (pt *partition) inmemoryPartsFlusher() {
 }
 
 func (pt *partition) flushInmemoryParts(dstPws []*partWrapper, force bool) ([]*partWrapper, error) {
-	currentTime := time.Now()
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
+	flushSeconds := int64(inmemoryPartsFlushInterval.Seconds())
+	if flushSeconds <= 0 {
+		flushSeconds = 1
+	}
 
 	// Inmemory parts may present only in small parts.
 	pt.partsLock.Lock()
@@ -772,7 +781,7 @@ func (pt *partition) flushInmemoryParts(dstPws []*partWrapper, force bool) ([]*p
 		if pw.mp == nil || pw.isInMerge {
 			continue
 		}
-		if force || currentTime.Sub(pw.mp.creationTime) >= inmemoryPartsFlushInterval {
+		if force || currentTime-pw.mp.creationTime >= uint64(flushSeconds) {
 			pw.isInMerge = true
 			dstPws = append(dstPws, pw)
 		}
@@ -876,7 +885,7 @@ const (
 
 func (pt *partition) partsMerger(mergerFunc func(isFinal bool) error) error {
 	sleepTime := minMergeSleepTime
-	var lastMergeTime time.Time
+	var lastMergeTime uint64
 	isFinal := false
 	t := time.NewTimer(sleepTime)
 	for {
@@ -884,7 +893,7 @@ func (pt *partition) partsMerger(mergerFunc func(isFinal bool) error) error {
 		if err == nil {
 			// Try merging additional parts.
 			sleepTime = minMergeSleepTime
-			lastMergeTime = time.Now()
+			lastMergeTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 			isFinal = false
 			continue
 		}
@@ -895,10 +904,10 @@ func (pt *partition) partsMerger(mergerFunc func(isFinal bool) error) error {
 		if err != errNothingToMerge {
 			return err
 		}
-		if time.Since(lastMergeTime) > 30*time.Second {
+		if fasttime.UnixTimestamp()-lastMergeTime > 30 {
 			// We have free time for merging into bigger parts.
 			// This should improve select performance.
-			lastMergeTime = time.Now()
+			lastMergeTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 			isFinal = true
 			continue
 		}
@@ -939,7 +948,7 @@ func mustGetFreeDiskSpace(path string) uint64 {
 	defer freeSpaceMapLock.Unlock()
 
 	e, ok := freeSpaceMap[path]
-	if ok && time.Since(e.updateTime) < time.Second {
+	if ok && fasttime.UnixTimestamp()-e.updateTime < 2 {
 		// Fast path - the entry is fresh.
 		return e.freeSpace
 	}
@@ -947,7 +956,7 @@ func mustGetFreeDiskSpace(path string) uint64 {
 	// Slow path.
 	// Determine the amount of free space on bigPartsPath.
 	e.freeSpace = fs.MustGetFreeSpace(path)
-	e.updateTime = time.Now()
+	e.updateTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	freeSpaceMap[path] = e
 	return e.freeSpace
 }
@@ -958,7 +967,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type freeSpaceEntry struct {
-	updateTime time.Time
+	updateTime uint64
 	freeSpace  uint64
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/storage/storage.go b/lib/storage/storage.go
index cec1769fd..32f743879 100644
--- a/lib/storage/storage.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
@@ -142,14 +143,14 @@ func OpenStorage(path string, retentionMonths int) (*Storage, error) {
 	s.metricNameCache = s.mustLoadCache("MetricID->MetricName", "metricID_metricName", mem/8)
 	s.dateMetricIDCache = newDateMetricIDCache()
 
-	hour := uint64(timestampFromTime(time.Now())) / msecPerHour
+	hour := fasttime.UnixHour()
 	hmCurr := s.mustLoadHourMetricIDs(hour, "curr_hour_metric_ids")
 	hmPrev := s.mustLoadHourMetricIDs(hour-1, "prev_hour_metric_ids")
 	s.currHourMetricIDs.Store(hmCurr)
 	s.prevHourMetricIDs.Store(hmPrev)
 	s.pendingHourEntries = &uint64set.Set{}
 
-	date := uint64(timestampFromTime(time.Now())) / msecPerDay
+	date := fasttime.UnixDate()
 	nextDayMetricIDs := s.mustLoadNextDayMetricIDs(date)
 	s.nextDayMetricIDs.Store(nextDayMetricIDs)
 	s.pendingNextDayMetricIDs = &uint64set.Set{}
@@ -1138,7 +1139,7 @@ func (s *Storage) updatePerDateData(rows []rawRow) error {
 	idb := s.idb()
 	hm := s.currHourMetricIDs.Load().(*hourMetricIDs)
 	nextDayMetricIDs := &s.nextDayMetricIDs.Load().(*byDateMetricIDEntry).v
-	todayShare16bit := uint64((float64(uint64(time.Now().UnixNano()/1e9)%(3600*24)) / (3600 * 24)) * (1 << 16))
+	todayShare16bit := uint64((float64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp()%(3600*24)) / (3600 * 24)) * (1 << 16))
 	for i := range rows {
 		r := &rows[i]
 		if r.Timestamp != prevTimestamp {
@@ -1213,7 +1214,7 @@ type dateMetricIDCache struct {
 
 	// Contains mutable map protected by mu
 	byDateMutable *byDateMetricIDMap
-	lastSyncTime  time.Time
+	lastSyncTime  uint64
 	mu            sync.Mutex
 }
 
@@ -1228,7 +1229,7 @@ func (dmc *dateMetricIDCache) Reset() {
 	// Do not reset syncsCount and resetsCount
 	dmc.byDate.Store(newByDateMetricIDMap())
 	dmc.byDateMutable = newByDateMetricIDMap()
-	dmc.lastSyncTime = time.Now()
+	dmc.lastSyncTime = fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	dmc.mu.Unlock()
 
 	atomic.AddUint64(&dmc.resetsCount, 1)
@@ -1262,13 +1263,12 @@ func (dmc *dateMetricIDCache) Has(date, metricID uint64) bool {
 	}
 
 	// Slow path. Check mutable map.
-	currentTime := time.Now()
-
+	currentTime := fasttime.UnixTimestamp()
 	dmc.mu.Lock()
 	v = dmc.byDateMutable.get(date)
 	ok := v.Has(metricID)
 	mustSync := false
-	if currentTime.Sub(dmc.lastSyncTime) > 10*time.Second {
+	if currentTime-dmc.lastSyncTime > 10 {
 		mustSync = true
 		dmc.lastSyncTime = currentTime
 	}
@@ -1351,8 +1351,7 @@ type byDateMetricIDEntry struct {
 }
 
 func (s *Storage) updateNextDayMetricIDs() {
-	date := uint64(timestampFromTime(time.Now())) / msecPerDay
-
+	date := fasttime.UnixDate()
 	e := s.nextDayMetricIDs.Load().(*byDateMetricIDEntry)
 	s.pendingNextDayMetricIDsLock.Lock()
 	pendingMetricIDs := s.pendingNextDayMetricIDs
@@ -1380,7 +1379,7 @@ func (s *Storage) updateCurrHourMetricIDs() {
 	newMetricIDs := s.pendingHourEntries
 	s.pendingHourEntries = &uint64set.Set{}
 	s.pendingHourEntriesLock.Unlock()
-	hour := uint64(timestampFromTime(time.Now())) / msecPerHour
+	hour := fasttime.UnixHour()
 	if newMetricIDs.Len() == 0 && hm.hour == hour {
 		// Fast path: nothing to update.
 		return
diff --git a/lib/storage/table.go b/lib/storage/table.go
index 19e3035c9..7cdd54ae2 100644
--- a/lib/storage/table.go
+++ b/lib/storage/table.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/uint64set"
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ func (tb *table) AddRows(rows []rawRow) error {
 }
 
 func (tb *table) getMinMaxTimestamps() (int64, int64) {
-	now := timestampFromTime(time.Now())
+	now := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp() * 1000)
 	minTimestamp := now - tb.retentionMilliseconds
 	maxTimestamp := now + 2*24*3600*1000 // allow max +2 days from now due to timezones shit :)
 	if minTimestamp < 0 {
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ func (tb *table) retentionWatcher() {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 		}
 
-		minTimestamp := timestampFromTime(time.Now()) - tb.retentionMilliseconds
+		minTimestamp := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp()*1000) - tb.retentionMilliseconds
 		var ptwsDrop []*partitionWrapper
 		tb.ptwsLock.Lock()
 		dst := tb.ptws[:0]
diff --git a/lib/storage/table_search.go b/lib/storage/table_search.go
index b82ff9011..113c8053c 100644
--- a/lib/storage/table_search.go
+++ b/lib/storage/table_search.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"container/heap"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"time"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fasttime"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 )
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (ts *tableSearch) Init(tb *table, tsids []TSID, tr TimeRange) {
 
 	// Adjust tr.MinTimestamp, so it doesn't obtain data older
 	// than the tb retention.
-	now := timestampFromTime(time.Now())
+	now := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp() * 1000)
 	minTimestamp := now - tb.retentionMilliseconds
 	if tr.MinTimestamp < minTimestamp {
 		tr.MinTimestamp = minTimestamp