diff --git a/src/time/format/formatter.cr b/src/time/format/formatter.cr
index 5639ca83c0cb..2d5e5eda0878 100644
--- a/src/time/format/formatter.cr
+++ b/src/time/format/formatter.cr
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct Time::Format
       io << time.day_of_week.value
     end
 
-    def epoch
+    def unix_time
       io << time.to_unix
     end
 
diff --git a/src/time/format/parser.cr b/src/time/format/parser.cr
index 091e57b18a3b..4136199238b9 100644
--- a/src/time/format/parser.cr
+++ b/src/time/format/parser.cr
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct Time::Format
       "PDT" => Location.fixed("PDT", -7 * 3600),
     }
 
-    @epoch : Int64?
+    @unix_seconds : Int64?
     @location : Location?
 
     def initialize(string)
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ struct Time::Format
     def time(location : Location? = nil)
       @hour += 12 if @pm
 
-      if epoch = @epoch
-        return Time.unix(epoch)
+      if unix_seconds = @unix_seconds
+        return Time.unix(unix_seconds)
       end
 
       location = @location || location
@@ -268,17 +268,17 @@ struct Time::Format
       consume_number(1)
     end
 
-    def epoch
-      epoch_negative = false
+    def unix_seconds
+      negative = false
       case current_char
       when '-'
-        epoch_negative = true
+        negative = true
         next_char
       when '+'
         next_char
       end
 
-      @epoch = consume_number_i64(19) * (epoch_negative ? -1 : 1)
+      @unix_seconds = consume_number_i64(19) * (negative ? -1 : 1)
     end
 
     def time_zone(with_seconds = false)
diff --git a/src/time/format/pattern.cr b/src/time/format/pattern.cr
index 46e2b45130dc..9b96d6ec7d6d 100644
--- a/src/time/format/pattern.cr
+++ b/src/time/format/pattern.cr
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct Time::Format
         when 'R'
           twenty_four_hour_time
         when 's'
-          epoch
+          unix_seconds
         when 'S'
           second
         when 'T', 'X'