diff --git a/include/timespec.h b/include/timespec.h
index c612340..97330cf 100644
--- a/include/timespec.h
+++ b/include/timespec.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "mgos.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 /* A simple time specifier for windows of time throughout a 24 hour day.
  *
@@ -47,3 +48,7 @@ bool timespec_clear_spec(struct mgos_timespec *ts);
 bool timespec_get_spec(struct mgos_timespec *ts, char *ret, int retlen);
 bool timespec_match(const struct mgos_timespec *ts, const struct tm *tm);
 bool timespec_match_now(const struct mgos_timespec *ts);
+
+// File IO -- read or write the current timespec to a file
+bool timespec_write_file(struct mgos_timespec *ts, const char *fn);
+bool timespec_read_file(struct mgos_timespec *ts, const char *fn);
diff --git a/src/.timespec.c.swp b/src/.timespec.c.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6798b5
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/.timespec.c.swp differ
diff --git a/src/timespec.c b/src/timespec.c
index 4599d79..fca57f3 100644
--- a/src/timespec.c
+++ b/src/timespec.c
@@ -250,3 +250,83 @@ bool timespec_get_spec(struct mgos_timespec *ts, char *ret, int retlen) {
   }
   return true;
 }
+
+bool timespec_write_file(struct mgos_timespec *ts, const char *fn) {
+  char buf[500];
+  int  fd;
+
+  if (!timespec_get_spec(ts, buf, sizeof(buf))) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Could not convert timespec to string"));
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!fn) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!(fd = open(fn, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC))) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Could not open %s for writing", fn));
+    return false;
+  }
+  if ((uint32_t)strlen(buf) != (uint32_t)write(fd, buf, strlen(buf))) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Short write on %s for data '%s'", fn, buf));
+    return false;
+  }
+  close(fd);
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool timespec_read_file(struct mgos_timespec *ts, const char *fn) {
+  int         fd;
+  char *      buf;
+  char *      spec;
+  char *      buf_ptr;
+  struct stat fp_stat;
+
+  if (!ts) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!fn) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (0 != stat(fn, &fp_stat)) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Could not stat %s", fn));
+  }
+  if (fp_stat.st_size > 1024) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("File size of %s is larger than 1024 bytes (%u)", fn, (uint32_t)fp_stat.st_size));
+  }
+  buf = malloc(fp_stat.st_size + 1);
+  if (!buf) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Could not malloc %u bytes for file %s", (uint32_t)fp_stat.st_size, fn));
+  }
+
+  if (!(fd = open(fn, O_RDONLY))) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Could not open %s for reading", fn));
+    free(buf);
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (fp_stat.st_size != read(fd, buf, fp_stat.st_size)) {
+    LOG(LL_ERROR, ("Could not read %u bytes from %s", (uint32_t)fp_stat.st_size, fn));
+    close(fd);
+    free(buf);
+    return false;
+  }
+  buf[fp_stat.st_size] = '\0';
+  close(fd);
+  LOG(LL_INFO, ("buf='%s'", buf));
+
+  // Wipe the timespec and parse back
+  timespec_clear_spec(ts);
+
+  buf_ptr = buf;
+  while ((spec = strtok_r(buf_ptr, ",", &buf_ptr))) {
+    if (!timespec_add_spec(ts, spec)) {
+      LOG(LL_WARN, ("Could not add spec '%s'", spec));
+    }
+  }
+  free(buf);
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/unittest/test_timespec.c b/unittest/test_timespec.c
index 7a77fdb..fc36023 100644
--- a/unittest/test_timespec.c
+++ b/unittest/test_timespec.c
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ static void test_timespec_state(void) {
   struct mgos_timespec *ts = timespec_create();
   struct tm             target;
   char   buf[500];
+  char   tmp_file[30];
+  int    fd;
+
+  snprintf (tmp_file, sizeof(tmp_file)-1, "/tmp/timespec_XXXXXX");
+  fd = mkstemp(tmp_file);
+  close(fd);
+  LOG(LL_INFO, ("Temporary filename: %s", tmp_file));
 
   ASSERT(ts, "Created timespec");
   timespec_get_spec(ts, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
@@ -157,7 +164,11 @@ static void test_timespec_state(void) {
   // Test timespec retrieval
   timespec_get_spec(ts, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
   ASSERT(0 == strcmp(buf, "23:01:02-01:02:03,14:11:05-14:59:52,12:00:00-13:00:00,08:00:00-10:00:00"), "timespec_get_spec() didn't match input spec(s)");
-  LOG(LL_INFO, ("Spec: '%s'", buf));
+
+  // Write to file and read back
+  ASSERT(timespec_write_file(ts, tmp_file), "Could not write timespec to file");
+  ASSERT(timespec_read_file(ts, tmp_file), "Could not read timespec from file");
+  ASSERT(0 == strcmp(buf, "23:01:02-01:02:03,14:11:05-14:59:52,12:00:00-13:00:00,08:00:00-10:00:00"), "timespec_read_file() didn't match input spec(s)");
 
   ASSERT(timespec_destroy(&ts), "Destroyed timespec");
 
@@ -187,6 +198,11 @@ static void test_timespec_state(void) {
   timespec_get_spec(ts, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
   ASSERT(0 == strcmp(buf, "03:02:03-04:03:04,02:00:00-02:00:01,23:00:00-01:00:00,00:00:00-00:00:00,08:00:00-10:00:00"), "timespec_get_spec() didn't match input spec(s)");
 
+  // Write to file and read back
+  ASSERT(timespec_write_file(ts, tmp_file), "Could not write timespec to file");
+  ASSERT(timespec_read_file(ts, tmp_file), "Could not read timespec from file");
+  ASSERT(0 == strcmp(buf, "03:02:03-04:03:04,02:00:00-02:00:01,23:00:00-01:00:00,00:00:00-00:00:00,08:00:00-10:00:00"), "timespec_read_file() didn't match input spec(s)");
+
   ASSERT(timespec_destroy(&ts), "Destroyed timespec");
 
   // Some other time counting tests
@@ -201,7 +217,15 @@ static void test_timespec_state(void) {
   timespec_get_spec(ts, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
   ASSERT(0 == strcmp(buf, "12:00:00-00:00:00,00:00:00-12:00:00"), "timespec_get_spec() didn't match input spec(s)");
 
+  // Write to file and read back
+  ASSERT(timespec_write_file(ts, tmp_file), "Could not write timespec to file");
+  ASSERT(timespec_read_file(ts, tmp_file), "Could not read timespec from file");
+  ASSERT(0 == strcmp(buf, "12:00:00-00:00:00,00:00:00-12:00:00"), "timespec_read_file() didn't match input spec(s)");
+
   ASSERT(timespec_destroy(&ts), "Destroyed timespec");
+
+  LOG(LL_INFO, ("Removing temporary file: %s", tmp_file));
+  unlink(tmp_file);
 }
 
 void test_timespec() {