diff --git a/policies/events.go b/policies/events.go
index aa2811a..aa2019b 100644
--- a/policies/events.go
+++ b/policies/events.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 )
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ func RestrictToSpecifiedKinds(kinds ...uint16) func(context.Context, *nostr.Even
 	}
 }
 
-func PreventTimestampsInThePast(thresholdSeconds nostr.Timestamp) func(context.Context, *nostr.Event) (bool, string) {
+func PreventTimestampsInThePast(threshold time.Duration) func(context.Context, *nostr.Event) (bool, string) {
+	thresholdSeconds := nostr.Timestamp(threshold.Seconds())
 	return func(ctx context.Context, event *nostr.Event) (reject bool, msg string) {
 		if nostr.Now()-event.CreatedAt > thresholdSeconds {
 			return true, "event too old"
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ func PreventTimestampsInThePast(thresholdSeconds nostr.Timestamp) func(context.C
 	}
 }
 
-func PreventTimestampsInTheFuture(thresholdSeconds nostr.Timestamp) func(context.Context, *nostr.Event) (bool, string) {
+func PreventTimestampsInTheFuture(threshold time.Duration) func(context.Context, *nostr.Event) (bool, string) {
+	thresholdSeconds := nostr.Timestamp(threshold.Seconds())
 	return func(ctx context.Context, event *nostr.Event) (reject bool, msg string) {
 		if event.CreatedAt-nostr.Now() > thresholdSeconds {
 			return true, "event too much in the future"