diff --git a/aezeed/cipherseed.go b/aezeed/cipherseed.go
index 3c34754d..3459e4cd 100644
--- a/aezeed/cipherseed.go
+++ b/aezeed/cipherseed.go
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	// bitcoinGenesisDate is the timestamp of Bitcoin's genesis block.
+	// BitcoinGenesisDate is the timestamp of Bitcoin's genesis block.
 	// We'll use this value in order to create a compact birthday for the
 	// seed. The birthday will be interested as the number of days since
 	// the genesis date. We refer to this time period as ABE (after Bitcoin
 	// era).
-	bitcoinGenesisDate = time.Unix(1231006505, 0)
+	BitcoinGenesisDate = time.Unix(1231006505, 0)
 )
 
 // CipherSeed is a fully decoded instance of the aezeed scheme. At a high
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func New(internalVersion uint8, entropy *[EntropySize]byte,
 	// To compute our "birthday", we'll first use the current time, then
 	// subtract that from the Bitcoin Genesis Date. We'll then convert that
 	// value to days.
-	birthday := uint16(now.Sub(bitcoinGenesisDate) / (time.Hour * 24))
+	birthday := uint16(now.Sub(BitcoinGenesisDate) / (time.Hour * 24))
 
 	c := &CipherSeed{
 		InternalVersion: internalVersion,
@@ -384,6 +384,13 @@ func (c *CipherSeed) Encipher(pass []byte) ([EncipheredCipherSeedSize]byte, erro
 	return c.encipher(pass)
 }
 
+// BirthdayTime returns the cipher seed's internal birthday format as a native
+// golang Time struct.
+func (c *CipherSeed) BirthdayTime() time.Time {
+	offset := time.Duration(c.Birthday) * 24 * time.Hour
+	return BitcoinGenesisDate.Add(offset)
+}
+
 // Mnemonic is a 24-word passphrase as of CipherSeedVersion zero. This
 // passphrase encodes an encrypted seed triple (version, birthday, entropy).
 // Additionally, we also encode the salt used with scrypt to derive the key
diff --git a/aezeed/cipherseed_test.go b/aezeed/cipherseed_test.go
index 7703bdc5..e17d8e64 100644
--- a/aezeed/cipherseed_test.go
+++ b/aezeed/cipherseed_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	version0TestVectors = []TestVector{
 		{
 			version:  0,
-			time:     bitcoinGenesisDate,
+			time:     BitcoinGenesisDate,
 			entropy:  testEntropy,
 			salt:     testSalt,
 			password: []byte{},
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ func TestSeedEncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		now := time.Unix(nowInt, 0)
 		seed := CipherSeed{
 			InternalVersion: version,
-			Birthday:        uint16(now.Sub(bitcoinGenesisDate) / (time.Hour * 24)),
+			Birthday:        uint16(now.Sub(BitcoinGenesisDate) / (time.Hour * 24)),
 			Entropy:         entropy,
 		}