diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index ae0186ec6..9360cbfff 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "allergies",
     "word-count",
     "hamming",
+    "gigasecond",
     "rna-transcription",
     "nucleotide-count",
     "nucleotide-codons",
diff --git a/exercises/gigasecond/Cargo.lock b/exercises/gigasecond/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..082c59411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/gigasecond/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+[root]
+name = "gigasecond"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono 0.2.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "num 0.1.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "time 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "kernel32-sys"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi-build 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num"
+version = "0.1.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "kernel32-sys 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-build"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
diff --git a/exercises/gigasecond/Cargo.toml b/exercises/gigasecond/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d27d9c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/gigasecond/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "gigasecond"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.2"
+
diff --git a/exercises/gigasecond/example.rs b/exercises/gigasecond/example.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85756ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/gigasecond/example.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+extern crate chrono;
+use chrono::*;
+
+pub fn after(start: DateTime<UTC>) -> DateTime<UTC> {
+    start + Duration::seconds(1_000_000_000)
+}
diff --git a/exercises/gigasecond/tests/gigasecond.rs b/exercises/gigasecond/tests/gigasecond.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92ebd1125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/gigasecond/tests/gigasecond.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+extern crate gigasecond;
+
+/*
+ * Students,
+ *
+ * Rust does not currently have a library for handling Time. To solve this exercise
+ * you'll need to use the Chrono 'crate' (which is Rust's term for an external library).
+ *
+ * The first time you run `cargo test`, the Chrono crate will automatically be downloaded
+ * and installed. More information on crates can be found at
+ * https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/guessing-game.html#generating-a-secret-number
+ *
+ * In order to use the crate, your solution will need to start with the two following lines
+*/
+extern crate chrono;
+use chrono::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_date() {
+    let start_date = UTC.ymd(2011, 4, 25).and_hms(0,0,0);
+    assert_eq!(gigasecond::after(start_date), UTC.ymd(2043, 1, 1).and_hms(1,46,40));
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore]
+fn test_another_date() {
+    let start_date = UTC.ymd(1977, 6, 13).and_hms(0,0,0);
+    assert_eq!(gigasecond::after(start_date), UTC.ymd(2009, 2, 19).and_hms(1,46,40));
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore]
+fn test_third_date() {
+    let start_date = UTC.ymd(1959, 7, 19).and_hms(0,0,0);
+    assert_eq!(gigasecond::after(start_date), UTC.ymd(1991, 3, 27).and_hms(1,46,40));
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore]
+fn test_datetime() {
+    let start_date = UTC.ymd(2015, 1, 24).and_hms(22,0,0);
+    assert_eq!(gigasecond::after(start_date), UTC.ymd(2046, 10, 2).and_hms(23,46,40));
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore]
+fn test_another_datetime() {
+    let start_date = UTC.ymd(2015, 1, 24).and_hms(23,59,59);
+    assert_eq!(gigasecond::after(start_date), UTC.ymd(2046, 10, 3).and_hms(1,46,39));
+}