diff --git a/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp b/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
index 5cc1c868f76..f3db7920981 100644
--- a/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
@@ -1698,6 +1698,11 @@ uint64_t OS_Windows::get_unix_time() const {
 };
 
 uint64_t OS_Windows::get_system_time_secs() const {
+
+
+	const uint64_t WINDOWS_TICK = 10000000;
+	const uint64_t SEC_TO_UNIX_EPOCH = 11644473600LL;
+
 	SYSTEMTIME st;
 	GetSystemTime(&st);
 	FILETIME ft;
@@ -1706,7 +1711,8 @@ uint64_t OS_Windows::get_system_time_secs() const {
 	ret=ft.dwHighDateTime;
 	ret<<=32;
 	ret|=ft.dwLowDateTime;
-	return ret;
+
+	return (uint64_t)(ret / WINDOWS_TICK - SEC_TO_UNIX_EPOCH);
 }
 
 void OS_Windows::delay_usec(uint32_t p_usec) const {