diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 6a03fa8..e6cee12 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // A Conn represents a secured connection.
@@ -86,24 +87,23 @@ func (c *Conn) RemoteAddr() net.Addr {
 	return c.conn.RemoteAddr()
 }
 
-// SetTimeout sets the read deadline associated with the connection.
+// SetDeadline sets the read deadline associated with the connection.
 // There is no write deadline.
-func (c *Conn) SetTimeout(nsec int64) error {
-	return c.conn.SetTimeout(nsec)
+// A zero value for t means Read will not time out.
+func (c *Conn) SetDeadline(t time.Time) error {
+	return c.conn.SetDeadline(t)
 }
 
-// SetReadTimeout sets the time (in nanoseconds) that
-// Read will wait for data before returning a net.Error
-// with Timeout() == true.
-// Setting nsec == 0 (the default) disables the deadline.
-func (c *Conn) SetReadTimeout(nsec int64) error {
-	return c.conn.SetReadTimeout(nsec)
+// SetReadDeadline sets the read deadline on the underlying connection.
+// A zero value for t means Read will not time out.
+func (c *Conn) SetReadDeadline(t time.Time) error {
+	return c.conn.SetReadDeadline(t)
 }
 
-// SetWriteTimeout exists to satisfy the net.Conn interface
+// SetWriteDeadline exists to satisfy the net.Conn interface
 // but is not implemented by TLS.  It always returns an error.
-func (c *Conn) SetWriteTimeout(nsec int64) error {
-	return errors.New("TLS does not support SetWriteTimeout")
+func (c *Conn) SetWriteDeadline(t time.Time) error {
+	return errors.New("TLS does not support SetWriteDeadline")
 }
 
 // A halfConn represents one direction of the record layer
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ func (c *Conn) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 }
 
 // Read can be made to time out and return a net.Error with Timeout() == true
-// after a fixed time limit; see SetTimeout and SetReadTimeout.
+// after a fixed time limit; see SetDeadline and SetReadDeadline.
 func (c *Conn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if err = c.Handshake(); err != nil {
 		return