diff --git a/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js b/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js
index 3912be6205bf3e..a7f1f5a3a5aacd 100644
--- a/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js
+++ b/Libraries/BatchedBridge/MessageQueue.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
     this._failureCallbacks = {};
     this._callID = 0;
     this._lastFlush = 0;
-    this._eventLoopStartTime = new Date().getTime();
+    this._eventLoopStartTime = Date.now();
     this._immediatesCallback = null;
 
     if (__DEV__) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
   }
 
   getEventLoopRunningTime() {
-    return new Date().getTime() - this._eventLoopStartTime;
+    return Date.now() - this._eventLoopStartTime;
   }
 
   registerCallableModule(name: string, module: Object) {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
     }
     this._queue[PARAMS].push(params);
 
-    const now = new Date().getTime();
+    const now = Date.now();
     if (
       global.nativeFlushQueueImmediate &&
       now - this._lastFlush >= MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_FLUSHES_MS
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
   }
 
   __callFunction(module: string, method: string, args: any[]): any {
-    this._lastFlush = new Date().getTime();
+    this._lastFlush = Date.now();
     this._eventLoopStartTime = this._lastFlush;
     if (__DEV__ || this.__spy) {
       Systrace.beginEvent(`${module}.${method}(${stringifySafe(args)})`);
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class MessageQueue {
   }
 
   __invokeCallback(cbID: number, args: any[]) {
-    this._lastFlush = new Date().getTime();
+    this._lastFlush = Date.now();
     this._eventLoopStartTime = this._lastFlush;
 
     // The rightmost bit of cbID indicates fail (0) or success (1), the other bits are the callID shifted left.