diff --git a/app/vmctl/time.go b/app/vmctl/time.go
index 55652475c..e4c5f03ff 100644
--- a/app/vmctl/time.go
+++ b/app/vmctl/time.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promutils"
@@ -15,11 +14,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 func parseTime(s string) (time.Time, error) {
-	secs, err := promutils.ParseTime(s)
+	msecs, err := promutils.ParseTimeMsec(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s: %w", s, err)
 	}
-	msecs := int64(math.Round(secs * 1e3))
 	if msecs < minTimeMsecs {
 		msecs = 0
 	}
diff --git a/lib/httputils/time.go b/lib/httputils/time.go
index 0ad156575..f3e3b383e 100644
--- a/lib/httputils/time.go
+++ b/lib/httputils/time.go
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ func GetTime(r *http.Request, argKey string, defaultMs int64) (int64, error) {
 		return maxTimeMsecs, nil
 	}
 	// Parse argValue
-	secs, err := promutils.ParseTime(argValue)
+	msecs, err := promutils.ParseTimeMsec(argValue)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s=%s: %w", argKey, argValue, err)
 	}
-	msecs := int64(math.Round(secs * 1e3))
 	if msecs < minTimeMsecs {
 		msecs = 0
 	}
diff --git a/lib/promutils/time.go b/lib/promutils/time.go
index 5b999c27f..8ec51dc85 100644
--- a/lib/promutils/time.go
+++ b/lib/promutils/time.go
@@ -2,19 +2,25 @@ package promutils
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
-// ParseTime parses time s in different formats.
+// ParseTimeMsec parses time s in different formats.
 //
 // See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.html#timestamp-formats
 //
-// It returns unix timestamp in seconds.
-func ParseTime(s string) (float64, error) {
+// It returns unix timestamp in milliseconds.
+func ParseTimeMsec(s string) (int64, error) {
 	currentTimestamp := float64(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9
-	return ParseTimeAt(s, currentTimestamp)
+	secs, err := ParseTimeAt(s, currentTimestamp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	msecs := int64(math.Round(secs * 1000))
+	return msecs, nil
 }
 
 const (
diff --git a/lib/promutils/time_test.go b/lib/promutils/time_test.go
index 38934eea4..9ce9c9a6c 100644
--- a/lib/promutils/time_test.go
+++ b/lib/promutils/time_test.go
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ func TestParseTimeAtSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f("2023-05-20T04:57:43.123456789-02:30", now, 1.6845676631234567e+09)
 }
 
-func TestParseTimeFailure(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParseTimeMsecFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string) {
 		t.Helper()
-		ts, err := ParseTime(s)
-		if ts != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected time parsed: %f; want 0", ts)
+		msec, err := ParseTimeMsec(s)
+		if msec != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected time parsed: %d; want 0", msec)
 		}
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expecting non-nil error")