diff --git a/lib/objects.js b/lib/objects.js
index 46dbe4d..f83e0ec 100644
--- a/lib/objects.js
+++ b/lib/objects.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ var getpubkey = exports.getpubkey = {
    * @typedef {Object} DecodeResult
    * @property {Buffer} nonce - A 8-byte object nonce
    * @property {number} ttl - Time to live in seconds
+   * @property {Date} expires - Object expiration date
    * @property {number} type - Object type
    * @property {number} version - Object version
    * @property {number} stream - Object stream
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ var pubkey = exports.pubkey = {
    * @typedef {Object} DecodeResult
    * @property {Buffer} nonce - A 8-byte object nonce
    * @property {number} ttl - Time to live in seconds
+   * @property {Date} expires - Object expiration date
    * @property {number} type - Object type
    * @property {number} version - Object version
    * @property {number} stream - Object stream
@@ -587,6 +589,7 @@ var msg = exports.msg = {
    * @typedef {Object} DecodeResult
    * @property {Buffer} nonce - A 8-byte object nonce
    * @property {number} ttl - Time to live in seconds
+   * @property {Date} expires - Object expiration date
    * @property {number} type - Object type
    * @property {number} version - Object version
    * @property {number} stream - Object stream
@@ -877,6 +880,7 @@ var broadcast = exports.broadcast = {
    * @typedef {Object} DecodeResult
    * @property {Buffer} nonce - A 8-byte object nonce
    * @property {number} ttl - Time to live in seconds
+   * @property {Date} expires - Object expiration date
    * @property {number} type - Object type
    * @property {number} version - Object version
    * @property {number} stream - Object stream
diff --git a/lib/structs.js b/lib/structs.js
index e6beb41..1b06d31 100644
--- a/lib/structs.js
+++ b/lib/structs.js
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ var object = exports.object = {
    * @typedef {Object} DecodeResult
    * @property {Buffer} nonce - A 8-byte object nonce
    * @property {number} ttl - Time to live in seconds
+   * @property {Date} expires - Object expiration date
    * @property {number} type - Object type
    * @property {number} version - Object version
    * @property {number} stream - Object stream
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ var object = exports.object = {
 
     // TTL.
     var expiresTime = util.readTimestamp64BE(buf.slice(8, 16));
+    var expires = new Date(expiresTime * 1000);
     var ttl = expiresTime - util.tnow();
     assert(ttl <= 2430000, "expiresTime is too far in the future");
     if (!opts.allowExpired) {
@@ -375,6 +377,7 @@ var object = exports.object = {
     return {
       nonce: nonce,
       ttl: ttl,
+      expires: expires,
       type: type,
       version: decodedVersion.value,
       stream: decodedStream.value,
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 6d2e5a9..a5ac836 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ describe("Common structures", function() {
   describe("object", function() {
     it("should encode and decode", function() {
       var nonce = Buffer(8);
+      var now = new Date().getTime();
       var res = object.decode(object.encode({
         nonce: nonce,
         ttl: 100,
@@ -197,6 +198,8 @@ describe("Common structures", function() {
 
       expect(bufferEqual(nonce, res.nonce)).to.be.true;
       expect(res.ttl).to.be.at.most(100);
+      expect(res.expires.getTime()).to.be.at.least(now);
+      expect(res.expires.getTime()).to.be.at.most(now + 100*1000);
       expect(res.type).to.equal(2);
       expect(res.version).to.equal(1);
       expect(res.stream).to.equal(1);
@@ -789,6 +792,7 @@ describe("Object types", function() {
 
   describe("pubkey", function() {
     it("should encode and decode pubkey v2", function() {
+      var now = new Date().getTime();
       return pubkey.encodeAsync({
         ttl: 123,
         from: from,
@@ -799,6 +803,8 @@ describe("Object types", function() {
         return pubkey.decodeAsync(buf, skipPow);
       }).then(function(res) {
         expect(res.ttl).to.be.at.most(123);
+        expect(res.expires.getTime()).to.be.at.least(now);
+        expect(res.expires.getTime()).to.be.at.most(now + 123*1000);
         expect(res.type).to.equal(object.PUBKEY);
         expect(res.version).to.equal(2);
         expect(res.stream).to.equal(1);