--- a/mozglue/misc/TimeStamp.h
+++ b/mozglue/misc/TimeStamp.h
@@ -253,16 +253,24 @@ public:
   {
     return mValue == aOther.mValue;
   }
   template<typename E>
   bool operator!=(const BaseTimeDuration<E>& aOther) const
   {
     return mValue != aOther.mValue;
   }
+  bool IsZero() const
+  {
+    return mValue == 0;
+  }
+  explicit operator bool() const
+  {
+    return mValue != 0;
+  }
 
   // Return a best guess at the system's current timing resolution,
   // which might be variable.  BaseTimeDurations below this order of
   // magnitude are meaningless, and those at the same order of
   // magnitude or just above are suspect.
   static BaseTimeDuration Resolution() {
     return FromTicks(BaseTimeDurationPlatformUtils::ResolutionInTicks());
   }
@@ -409,16 +417,25 @@ public:
 #endif
 
   /**
    * Return true if this is the "null" moment
    */
   bool IsNull() const { return mValue == 0; }
 
   /**
+   * Return true if this is not the "null" moment, may be used in tests, e.g.:
+   * |if (timestamp) { ... }|
+   */
+  explicit operator bool() const
+  {
+    return mValue != 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Return a timestamp reflecting the current elapsed system time. This
    * is monotonically increasing (i.e., does not decrease) over the
    * lifetime of this process' XPCOM session.
    *
    * Now() is trying to ensure the best possible precision on each platform,
    * at least one millisecond.
    *
    * NowLoRes() has been introduced to workaround performance problems of