diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b524115..2c6d19c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.21.0] - 2023-06-30
+### Added
+- Instant type to make working with monotonically increasing times more convenient. 
+
 ## [5.20.0] - 2023-06-17
 ### Added
 - Expanded Option type SQL Value support to handle value custom types and honour the `driver.Valuer` interface.
@@ -62,7 +66,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Added `timext.NanoTime` for fast low level monotonic time with nanosecond precision.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/compare/v5.20.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/compare/v5.21.0...HEAD
+[5.21.0]: https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/compare/v5.20.0..v5.21.0
 [5.20.0]: https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/compare/v5.19.0..v5.20.0
 [5.19.0]: https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/compare/v5.18.0..v5.19.0
 [5.18.0]: https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/compare/v5.17.2..v5.18.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0e92f1..b7ee92a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pkg
 
-![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-5.20.0-green.svg)
+![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-5.21.0-green.svg)
 [![Lint & Test](https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/actions/workflows/go.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/go-playground/pkg/actions/workflows/go.yml)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/go-playground/pkg/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/go-playground/pkg?branch=master)
 [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/go-playground/pkg?status.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/mod/github.com/go-playground/pkg/v5)
diff --git a/time/instant.go b/time/instant.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..218f58a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/time/instant.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
+
+package timeext
+
+import "time"
+
+// Instant represents a monotonic instant in time.
+//
+// Instants are opaque types that can only be compared with one another and allows measuring of duration.
+type Instant struct {
+	monotonic int64
+}
+
+// NewInstant returns a new Instant.
+func NewInstant() Instant {
+	return Instant{monotonic: NanoTime()}
+}
+
+// Elapsed returns the duration since the instant was created.
+func (i Instant) Elapsed() time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(NanoTime() - i.monotonic)
+}
+
+// Since returns the duration elapsed from another Instant, or zero is that Instant is later than this one.
+func (i Instant) Since(instant Instant) time.Duration {
+	if instant.monotonic > i.monotonic {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return time.Duration(i.monotonic - instant.monotonic)
+}
diff --git a/time/instant_test.go b/time/instant_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a26b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/time/instant_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
+
+package timeext
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestInstant(t *testing.T) {
+	i := NewInstant()
+	if i.Elapsed() < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("elapsed time should be always be monotonically increasing")
+	}
+	i2 := NewInstant()
+	if i2.Since(i) < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("time since instant should always be after")
+	}
+	if i.Since(i2) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("time since instant should be zero")
+	}
+}