diff --git a/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_test.go b/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_test.go
index 4c290fa4c..b8e007e9b 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block_test.go
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ func TestStore_OnBlock(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErrString: "provided block root does not have block saved in the db",
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "block is from the feature",
+			name:          "block is from the future",
 			blk:           &ethpb.BeaconBlock{ParentRoot: randomParentRoot[:], Slot: params.BeaconConfig().FarFutureEpoch},
 			s:             st.Copy(),
-			wantErrString: "could not process slot from the future",
+			wantErrString: "far distant future",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "could not get finalized block",
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/BUILD.bazel
index 0515f2626..a64d97eee 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/BUILD.bazel
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ go_test(
         "//shared/featureconfig:go_default_library",
         "//shared/hashutil:go_default_library",
         "//shared/params:go_default_library",
+        "//shared/roughtime:go_default_library",
         "//shared/sliceutil:go_default_library",
         "//shared/testutil:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_google_gofuzz//:go_default_library",
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch.go b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch.go
index 1f69af56a..0f54b8457 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package helpers
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"time"
 
 	stateTrie "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/state"
@@ -94,16 +95,28 @@ const TimeShiftTolerance = 500 * time.Millisecond // ms
 
 // VerifySlotTime validates the input slot is not from the future.
 func VerifySlotTime(genesisTime uint64, slot uint64, timeTolerance time.Duration) error {
-	// denominate everything in milliseconds
-	slotTime := 1000 * (genesisTime + slot*params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot)
-	currentTime := 1000 * uint64(roughtime.Now().Unix())
-	tolerance := uint64(timeTolerance.Milliseconds())
-	if slotTime > currentTime+tolerance {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not process slot from the future, slot time(ms) %d > current time(ms) %d", slotTime, currentTime)
+	slotTime, err := SlotToTime(genesisTime, slot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	currentTime := roughtime.Now()
+	diff := slotTime.Sub(currentTime)
+
+	if diff > timeTolerance {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not process slot from the future, slot time %s > current time %s", slotTime, currentTime)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SlotToTime takes the given slot and genesis time to determine the start time of the slot.
+func SlotToTime(genesisTimeSec uint64, slot uint64) (time.Time, error) {
+	if slot >= math.MaxInt64 {
+		return time.Unix(0, 0), fmt.Errorf("slot (%d) is in the far distant future", slot)
+	}
+	timeSinceGenesis := slot * params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot
+	return time.Unix(int64(genesisTimeSec+timeSinceGenesis), 0), nil
+}
+
 // SlotsSince computes the number of time slots that have occurred since the given timestamp.
 func SlotsSince(time time.Time) uint64 {
 	return uint64(roughtime.Since(time).Seconds()) / params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch_test.go b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch_test.go
index e81fc94e5..84695f50e 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/slot_epoch_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package helpers
 
 import (
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/roughtime"
+	"math"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	beaconstate "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/state"
 	pb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/proto/beacon/p2p/v1"
@@ -200,3 +204,104 @@ func TestRoundUpToNearestEpoch_OK(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSlotToTime(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		genesisTimeSec uint64
+		slot           uint64
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want time.Time
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "slot_0",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTimeSec: 0,
+				slot:           0,
+			},
+			want: time.Unix(0, 0),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "slot_1",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTimeSec: 0,
+				slot:           1,
+			},
+			want: time.Unix(int64(1*params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot), 0),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "slot_12",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTimeSec: 500,
+				slot:           12,
+			},
+			want: time.Unix(500+int64(12*params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot), 0),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "overflow",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTimeSec: 500,
+				slot:           math.MaxUint64,
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got, err := SlotToTime(tt.args.genesisTimeSec, tt.args.slot); (err != nil ) != tt.wantErr && !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("SlotToTime() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVerifySlotTime(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		genesisTime   int64
+		slot          uint64
+		timeTolerance time.Duration
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Past slot",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTime: roughtime.Now().Add(-1 * 5 * time.Duration(params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot) * time.Second).Unix(),
+				slot:        3,
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "within tolerance",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTime: roughtime.Now().Add(-1 * 5 * time.Duration(params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot) * time.Second).Add(20 * time.Millisecond).Unix(),
+				slot:        5,
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "future slot",
+			args: args{
+				genesisTime: roughtime.Now().Add(-1 * 5 * time.Duration(params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot) * time.Second).Unix(),
+				slot:        6,
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if err := VerifySlotTime(uint64(tt.args.genesisTime), tt.args.slot, tt.args.timeTolerance); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("VerifySlotTime() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}