diff --git a/src/python_pybind11/src/Helpers.cc b/src/python_pybind11/src/Helpers.cc
index 67ee97f34..dcd0934e8 100644
--- a/src/python_pybind11/src/Helpers.cc
+++ b/src/python_pybind11/src/Helpers.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ void defineMathHelpers(py::module &m)
    .def("parse_float",
         &ignition::math::parseFloat,
         "parse string into an float")
+   .def("is_time_string",
+        &ignition::math::isTimeString,
+        "An example time string is \"0 00:00:00.000\", which has the format "
+        "DAYS HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS.MILLISECONDS")
    .def("ign_sphere_volume",
         &SphereVolume,
         "Compute sphere volume")
diff --git a/src/python_pybind11/test/Helpers_TEST.py b/src/python_pybind11/test/Helpers_TEST.py
index 685e05881..2f67626d8 100644
--- a/src/python_pybind11/test/Helpers_TEST.py
+++ b/src/python_pybind11/test/Helpers_TEST.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from ignition.math import (Helpers, ign_box_volume, ign_box_volume_v, ign_cylinder_volume,
                            ign_sphere_volume, Vector3d, equal, fixnan,
                            greater_or_near_equal, is_even, is_odd, is_power_of_two, isnan,
-                           less_or_near_equal, max, mean, min,
+                           is_time_string, less_or_near_equal, max, mean, min,
                            parse_float, parse_int, precision, round_up_multiple,
                            round_up_power_of_two, signum, sort2, sort3, variance)
 
@@ -270,6 +270,55 @@ def test_volume(self):
             ign_box_volume_v(Vector3d(0.1, 0.2, 0.3)),
             6)
 
+    def test_is_time_string(self):
+        time = "0 00:00:00.000"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "10 0"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "7"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "7:10"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "17:10"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "7:10.4"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "7:10.45"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "7:10.456"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "2 23:18:25.902"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = ".9"
+        self.assertTrue(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "bad time"
+        self.assertFalse(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "60"
+        self.assertFalse(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "60:12"
+        self.assertFalse(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "12:12.9999"
+        self.assertFalse(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "25:12:12.99"
+        self.assertFalse(is_time_string(time))
+
+        time = "999999999999999 5:12:12.5"
+        self.assertFalse(is_time_string(time))
+
     def test_round_up_multiple(self):
         self.assertEqual(0, round_up_multiple(0, 0))
         self.assertEqual(12, round_up_multiple(12, 0))