diff --git a/edosl0util/headers.py b/edosl0util/headers.py
index 85b7227490a14e537707fedccc68b0a5947125f3..df27606c3c35cada2275e784cda3ecfb24f26d6f 100644
--- a/edosl0util/headers.py
+++ b/edosl0util/headers.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from edos.ccsds import (
     GROUP_STANDALONE
 )
 
-from edosl0util.timecode import cds_stamp
+from edosl0util.timecode import cds_stamp, cds_to_timestamp
 
 
 class BaseStruct(c.BigEndianStructure):
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ class AquaCucTimecode(BaseStruct):
     ]
 
     EPOCH = datetime(1958, 1, 1)
+    EPOCH_SECS = (EPOCH - datetime(1970, 1, 1)).total_seconds()
     SUB_SECOND_UNITS = 15.2
 
+    def astimestamp(self):
+        tc = self.timecode
+        return cds_to_timestamp(tc.days, tc.milliseconds, tc.microseconds, self.EPOCH_SECS)
+
     def asdatetime(self):
         """
         Return converted to UTC where leap seconds are as defined in `leap_seconds`.
@@ -75,6 +80,10 @@ class DaySegmentedTimecode(BaseStruct):
     ]
 
     EPOCH = datetime(1958, 1, 1)
+    EPOCH_SECS = (EPOCH - datetime(1970, 1, 1)).total_seconds()
+
+    def astimestamp(self):
+        return cds_to_timestamp(self.days, self.milliseconds, self.microseconds, self.EPOCH_SECS)
 
     def asdatetime(self):
         return cds_stamp(self.days, self.milliseconds, self.microseconds)
diff --git a/edosl0util/timecode.py b/edosl0util/timecode.py
index 51ac4a3d233e4f1d45205c3329691fc05c3406e5..3c8438446b0d17ef21f803d83da5d4cfd0f22f74 100644
--- a/edosl0util/timecode.py
+++ b/edosl0util/timecode.py
@@ -14,8 +14,15 @@ def unixtime(dt):
     return (UNIX_EPOCH - dt).total_seconds()
 
 
+def cds_to_timestamp(days, millis, micros, epoch):
+    """
+    CDS to unix timestamp seconds.
+    """
+    return epoch + (86400 * days) + (millis / 1000.) + (micros / 1000000)
+
+
 def cds_stamp(days, millis, micros, epoch=JPSS_EPOCH):
     """
     CCSDS Day Segmented timecode to UTC datetime.
     """
-    return JPSS_EPOCH + timedelta(days=days, microseconds=1000 * millis + micros)
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+    return JPSS_EPOCH + timedelta(days=days, microseconds=1000 * millis + micros)