diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index c0aa5272..2c2d6669 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+20/06/2010
+- replace internal get_time() calls with standard PHP5 microtime(true) calls
+
 18/06/2010
 - added __toString method to the Smarty_Variable class
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 9b806ee1..90bfb899 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
         if (is_callable('mb_internal_encoding')) {
             mb_internal_encoding(SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET);
         } 
-        $this->start_time = $this->_get_time(); 
+        $this->start_time = microtime(true); 
         // set exception handler
         if (!empty($this->exception_handler))
             set_exception_handler($this->exception_handler); 
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_data.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_data.php
index 3f45ccb9..7cfee408 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_data.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_data.php
@@ -374,17 +374,6 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Data {
         } 
     } 
 
-    /**
-     * return current time
-     * 
-     * @returns double current time
-     */
-    function _get_time()
-    {
-        $_mtime = microtime();
-        $_mtime = explode(" ", $_mtime);
-        return (double)($_mtime[1]) + (double)($_mtime[0]);
-    } 
 } 
 
 /**
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_debug.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_debug.php
index 9df0942d..5e2a3e9a 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_debug.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_debug.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public static function start_compile($template)
     {
         $key = self::get_key($template);
-        self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'] = self::get_time();
+        self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'] = microtime(true);
     } 
 
     /**
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public static function end_compile($template)
     {
         $key = self::get_key($template);
-        self::$template_data[$key]['compile_time'] += self::get_time() - self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'];
+        self::$template_data[$key]['compile_time'] += microtime(true) - self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'];
     } 
 
     /**
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public static function start_render($template)
     {
         $key = self::get_key($template);
-        self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'] = self::get_time();
+        self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'] = microtime(true);
     } 
 
     /**
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public static function end_render($template)
     {
         $key = self::get_key($template);
-        self::$template_data[$key]['render_time'] += self::get_time() - self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'];
+        self::$template_data[$key]['render_time'] += microtime(true) - self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'];
     } 
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public static function start_cache($template)
     {
         $key = self::get_key($template);
-        self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'] = self::get_time();
+        self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'] = microtime(true);
     } 
 
     /**
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public static function end_cache($template)
     {
         $key = self::get_key($template);
-        self::$template_data[$key]['cache_time'] += self::get_time() - self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'];
+        self::$template_data[$key]['cache_time'] += microtime(true) - self::$template_data[$key]['start_time'];
     } 
     /**
     * Opens a window for the Smarty Debugging Consol and display the data
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
         $_template->assign('template_data', self::$template_data);
         $_template->assign('assigned_vars', $_assigned_vars);
         $_template->assign('config_vars', $_config_vars);
-        $_template->assign('execution_time', $smarty->_get_time() - $smarty->start_time);
+        $_template->assign('execution_time', microtime(true) - $smarty->start_time);
         echo $smarty->fetch($_template);
     } 
 
@@ -113,17 +113,6 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Debug extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
         } 
     } 
 
-    /**
-    * return current time
-    * 
-    * @returns double current time
-    */
-    static function get_time()
-    {
-        $_mtime = microtime();
-        $_mtime = explode(" ", $_mtime);
-        return (double)($_mtime[1]) + (double)($_mtime[0]);
-    } 
 } 
 
-?>
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_utility.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_utility.php
index 9949e7a3..61528c50 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_utility.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_utility.php
@@ -273,15 +273,4 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Utility {
 
         return true;
     } 
-    /**
-     * Get Micro Time
-     * 
-     * @return double micro time
-     */
-    function _get_time()
-    {
-        $_mtime = microtime();
-        $_mtime = explode(" ", $_mtime);
-        return (double)($_mtime[1]) + (double)($_mtime[0]);
-    } 
 }