diff --git a/libpod/finished_32.go b/libpod/finished_32.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d66974177d..0000000000
--- a/libpod/finished_32.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// +build arm 386
-
-package libpod
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// Get created time of a file
-// Only works on 32-bit OSes
-func getFinishedTime(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
-	st := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-	return time.Unix(int64(st.Ctim.Sec), int64(st.Ctim.Nsec))
-}
diff --git a/libpod/finished_unsupported.go b/libpod/finished_unsupported.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a893d668cc..0000000000
--- a/libpod/finished_unsupported.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// +build darwin,!linux
-
-package libpod
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func getFinishedTime(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
-	return time.Time{}
-}
diff --git a/libpod/oci.go b/libpod/oci.go
index fcb36241b7..612935aedd 100644
--- a/libpod/oci.go
+++ b/libpod/oci.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/projectatomic/libpod/pkg/ctime"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	kwait "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) updateContainerStatus(ctr *Container) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		ctr.state.FinishedTime = getFinishedTime(fi)
+		ctr.state.FinishedTime = ctime.Created(fi)
 		statusCodeStr, err := ioutil.ReadFile(exitFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to read exit file for container %s", ctr.ID())
diff --git a/pkg/ctime/ctime.go b/pkg/ctime/ctime.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5c69c7e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ctime/ctime.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Package ctime includes a utility for determining file-creation times.
+package ctime
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Created returns the file-creation time.
+func Created(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
+	return created(fi)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ctime/ctime_linux_32.go b/pkg/ctime/ctime_linux_32.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00c1a9a8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ctime/ctime_linux_32.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// +build arm,linux 386,linux
+
+package ctime
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func created(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
+	st := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	return time.Unix(int64(st.Ctim.Sec), int64(st.Ctim.Nsec))
+}
diff --git a/libpod/finished_64.go b/pkg/ctime/ctime_linux_64.go
similarity index 53%
rename from libpod/finished_64.go
rename to pkg/ctime/ctime_linux_64.go
index 3688afa846..1251c1ded7 100644
--- a/libpod/finished_64.go
+++ b/pkg/ctime/ctime_linux_64.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // +build !arm,!386,linux
 
-package libpod
+package ctime
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Get the created time of a file
-// Only works on 64-bit OSes
-func getFinishedTime(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
+func created(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
 	st := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
 	return time.Unix(st.Ctim.Sec, st.Ctim.Nsec)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ctime/ctime_test.go b/pkg/ctime/ctime_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abfc627da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ctime/ctime_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package ctime
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestCreated(t *testing.T) {
+	before := time.Now()
+
+	fileA, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "ctime-test-")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(fileA.Name())
+
+	fileB, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "ctime-test-")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(fileB.Name())
+
+	after := time.Now()
+
+	infoA, err := fileA.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	err = fileA.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	infoB, err := fileB.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	err = fileB.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	createdA := Created(infoA)
+	beforeToCreateA := createdA.Sub(before)
+	if beforeToCreateA.Nanoseconds() < -1000000000 {
+		t.Errorf("created file A %s is %v nanoseconds before %s", createdA, -beforeToCreateA.Nanoseconds(), before)
+	}
+
+	createdB := Created(infoB)
+	createAToCreateB := createdB.Sub(createdA)
+	if createAToCreateB.Nanoseconds() < 0 {
+		t.Errorf("created file B %s is %v nanoseconds before file A %s", createdB, -createAToCreateB.Nanoseconds(), createdA)
+	}
+
+	createBToAfter := after.Sub(createdB)
+	if createBToAfter.Nanoseconds() < 0 {
+		t.Errorf("created file B %s is %v nanoseconds after %s", createdB, -createBToAfter.Nanoseconds(), after)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ctime/ctime_unsupported.go b/pkg/ctime/ctime_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3257313538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ctime/ctime_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package ctime
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func created(fi os.FileInfo) time.Time {
+	return fi.ModTime()
+}