1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ruby/qpid/codec.rb b/ruby/qpid/codec.rb
index 8d80e10aee..d1ecd2783f 100644
--- a/ruby/qpid/codec.rb
+++ b/ruby/qpid/codec.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ module Codec
       long(lower)
     end
 
+    def timestamp(l)
+      longlong(l)
+    end
+
     def shortstr(s)
       # shortstr is actually octetstr
       octet(s.length)
@@ -200,6 +204,10 @@ module Codec
       return upper << 32 | lower
     end
 
+    def timestamp()
+      return longlong()
+    end
+
     def shortstr()
       # shortstr is actually octetstr
       return read(octet())