Index: nse_nsock.cc
===================================================================
--- nse_nsock.cc	(revision 6857)
+++ nse_nsock.cc	(working copy)
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@
         size_t          r_layer2_len;
         unsigned char  *r_layer3;
         size_t          r_layer3_len;
+        struct timeval timestamp;
         size_t          packetsz;
         
         int ncap_cback_ref; 	/* just copy of udata->ncap_cback_ref
@@ -1179,12 +1225,13 @@
 		const unsigned char *l2_data, *l3_data;
 		size_t l2_len, l3_len, packet_len;
 		nse_readpcap(nse, &l2_data, &l2_len, &l3_data, &l3_len, 
-					&packet_len, NULL);
+					&packet_len, &nr->timestamp);
 		char *packet = (char*) malloc(l2_len + l3_len);
 		nr->r_layer2 = (unsigned char*)memcpy(&packet[0],      l2_data, l2_len);
 		nr->r_layer3 = (unsigned char*)memcpy(&packet[l2_len], l3_data, l3_len);
 		nr->r_layer2_len = l2_len;
 		nr->r_layer3_len = l3_len;
+		//nr->timestamp    
 		nr->packetsz 	 = packet_len;
 		break;}
 	case NSE_STATUS_ERROR:
@@ -1221,11 +1268,16 @@
 		lua_pushnumber(l, nr->packetsz);
 		lua_pushlstring(l, (char*)nr->r_layer2, nr->r_layer2_len);
 		lua_pushlstring(l, (char*)nr->r_layer3, nr->r_layer3_len);
+		// no rounding error, unless the number is greater than 100,000,000,000,000
+		double usec = 0.0;                    //MAX_INT*1000 =    4 294 967 296 000 <- miliseconds since epoch should fit
+		usec = nr->timestamp.tv_sec*1000  + (int)(nr->timestamp.tv_usec/1000);	
+		lua_pushnumber(l, usec);
 	}else{
 		lua_pushnil(l);
 		lua_pushstring(l, nr->r_status);
 		lua_pushnil(l);
 		lua_pushnil(l);
+		lua_pushnil(l);
 	}
 	bool suspended  = nr->suspended;
 	nr->l 		   = NULL;
@@ -1238,9 +1290,9 @@
 	free(nr);
 	
 	if(suspended) 	/* lua process is  suspended */
-		return process_waiting2running(l, 4);
+		return process_waiting2running(l, 5);
 	else			/* not suspended, just pass output */
-		return 4;
+		return 5;
 }