diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index ca693eb6c..fcbf7765d 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -34065,6 +34065,20 @@ int wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_length(WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *t)
     return (int)t->data[1];
 }
 
+int wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_data(WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *t, unsigned char* data)
+{
+    char *dptr = NULL;
+
+    WOLFSSL_ENTER("wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_data");
+    if (t == NULL || data == NULL)
+        return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;
+
+    dptr = (char*)t->data + 2;
+    XSTRNCPY((char*)data, dptr, t->data[1]);
+
+    return WOLFSSL_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *t,
                                                         WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME **out)
 {
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index cdc18e482..e209011a8 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -19686,6 +19686,7 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(void){
     WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *out;
     WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *gtime;
     int tlen = 0;
+    unsigned char data[ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME_SIZE];
 
     printf(testingFmt, "wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime()");
 
@@ -19704,6 +19705,8 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(void){
 =======
     tlen = wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_length(t);
     AssertIntEQ(tlen, ASN_UTC_TIME_SIZE);
+    wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_data(t,data);
+    AssertStrEQ((char*)data, "050727123456Z");
     gtime = wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(t, &out);
 >>>>>>> wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_length()
     AssertIntEQ(gtime->data[0], ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME);
@@ -19713,6 +19716,7 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(void){
     /* Generalized Time test */
     XMEMSET(t, 0, ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME_SIZE);
     XMEMSET(out, 0, ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME_SIZE);
+    XMEMSET(data, 0, ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME_SIZE);
     gtime = NULL;
     t->data[0] = ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME;
     t->data[1] = ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME_SIZE;
@@ -19723,6 +19727,8 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(void){
 
     tlen = wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_length(t);
     AssertIntEQ(tlen, ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME_SIZE);
+    wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_data(t,data);
+    AssertStrEQ((char*)data, "20050727123456Z");
     gtime = wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(t, &out);
 >>>>>>> wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_length()
     AssertIntEQ(gtime->data[0], ASN_GENERALIZED_TIME);
diff --git a/wolfssl/ssl.h b/wolfssl/ssl.h
index 5d2a6eb20..aa99560d4 100644
--- a/wolfssl/ssl.h
+++ b/wolfssl/ssl.h
@@ -2991,6 +2991,7 @@ WOLFSSL_API void wolfSSL_EC_POINT_dump(const char *msg, const WOLFSSL_EC_POINT *
 WOLFSSL_API const char *wolfSSL_ASN1_tag2str(int tag);
 WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_ASN1_STRING_print_ex(WOLFSSL_BIO *out, WOLFSSL_ASN1_STRING *str, unsigned long flags);
 WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_length(WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *t);
+WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_get_data(WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *t, unsigned char *data);
 WOLFSSL_API WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *wolfSSL_ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime(WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME *t,
                                                                 WOLFSSL_ASN1_TIME **out);
 WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_i2c_ASN1_INTEGER(WOLFSSL_ASN1_INTEGER *a, unsigned char **pp);