diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1614e6856..8a90d06ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ See the [migration guide](./docs/migration.md) for details of how to migrate fro
   [#1794](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/pull/1794)
 
 ### Changed
+* Use performance timers for test case duration measurement.
+  [#1793](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/pull/1793)
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/features/support/helpers.ts b/features/support/helpers.ts
index 4fa7586f0..a17b1dc57 100644
--- a/features/support/helpers.ts
+++ b/features/support/helpers.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ export function normalizeText(text: string): string {
     .replace(/\d+(.\d+)?ms/g, '<d>ms')
     .replace(/\//g, path.sep)
     .replace(/ +/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/─+/gu, '─')
     .split('\n')
     .map((line) => line.trim())
     .join('\n')
+
   return normalizeSummaryDuration(normalized)
 }
diff --git a/src/formatter/usage_formatter.ts b/src/formatter/usage_formatter.ts
index 5b7a29ed5..ff6afe142 100644
--- a/src/formatter/usage_formatter.ts
+++ b/src/formatter/usage_formatter.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default class UsageFormatter extends Formatter {
             col2.push(
               `${messages.TimeConversion.durationToMilliseconds(
                 match.duration
-              ).toString()}ms`
+              ).toFixed(2)}ms`
             )
           } else {
             col2.push('-')
diff --git a/src/formatter/usage_formatter_spec.ts b/src/formatter/usage_formatter_spec.ts
index 89da62e57..5c8545124 100644
--- a/src/formatter/usage_formatter_spec.ts
+++ b/src/formatter/usage_formatter_spec.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ describe('UsageFormatter', () => {
               │ Pattern / Text │ Duration │ Location          │
               ├────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────┤
               │ /def?/         │ 1.50ms   │ usage_steps.ts:16 │
-              │   def          │ 2ms      │ a.feature:3       │
-              │   de           │ 1ms      │ a.feature:4       │
+              │   def          │ 2.00ms   │ a.feature:3       │
+              │   de           │ 1.00ms   │ a.feature:4       │
               ├────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────┤
               │ abc            │ UNUSED   │ usage_steps.ts:11 │
               ├────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────┤
diff --git a/src/time.ts b/src/time.ts
index ab3d50cda..32ec1c9ed 100644
--- a/src/time.ts
+++ b/src/time.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { performance } from 'perf_hooks'
 import * as messages from '@cucumber/messages'
 
 let previousTimestamp: number
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const methods: any = {
   },
   setInterval: setInterval.bind(global),
   setTimeout: setTimeout.bind(global),
+  performance,
 }
 
 if (typeof setImmediate !== 'undefined') {
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ if (typeof setImmediate !== 'undefined') {
 }
 
 function getTimestamp(): number {
-  return new methods.Date().getTime()
+  return methods.performance.now()
 }
 
 export function durationBetweenTimestamps(