diff --git a/.arclint b/.arclint
--- a/.arclint
+++ b/.arclint
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@
                 "(^src/bench/nanobench.h$)"
             ]
         },
+        "lint-std-chrono": {
+            "type": "lint-std-chrono",
+            "include": "(^src/.*\\.(h|cpp)$)"
+        },
         "lint-stdint": {
             "type": "lint-stdint",
             "include": "(^src/.*\\.(h|c|cpp)$)",
diff --git a/arcanist/__phutil_library_map__.php b/arcanist/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/arcanist/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/arcanist/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     'RustfmtLinter' => 'linter/RustfmtLinter.php',
     'ShellCheckLinter' => 'linter/ShellCheckLinter.php',
     'ShellLocaleLinter' => 'linter/ShellLocaleLinter.php',
+    'StdChronoLinter' => 'linter/StdChronoLinter.php',
     'StdintLinter' => 'linter/StdintLinter.php',
     'TestsLinter' => 'linter/TestsLinter.php',
     'WhitespaceLinter' => 'linter/WhitespaceLinter.php',
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
     'RustfmtLinter' => 'ArcanistExternalLinter',
     'ShellCheckLinter' => 'ArcanistExternalLinter',
     'ShellLocaleLinter' => 'ArcanistLinter',
+    'StdChronoLinter' => 'ArcanistLinter',
     'StdintLinter' => 'ArcanistLinter',
     'TestsLinter' => 'ArcanistExternalLinter',
     'WhitespaceLinter' => 'ArcanistLinter',
diff --git a/arcanist/linter/StdChronoLinter.php b/arcanist/linter/StdChronoLinter.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arcanist/linter/StdChronoLinter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Enforce safe usage of std::chrono.
+ */
+final class StdChronoLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
+
+  const BAD_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR = 1;
+
+  public function getInfoName() {
+    return 'lint-std-chrono';
+  }
+
+  public function getInfoDescription() {
+    return pht('Enforce safe usage of std::chrono.');
+  }
+
+  public function getLinterName() {
+    return 'STD_CHRONO';
+  }
+
+  public function getLinterConfigurationName() {
+    return 'lint-std-chrono';
+  }
+
+  public function getLintSeverityMap() {
+    return array(
+      self::BAD_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR => ArcanistLintSeverity::SEVERITY_ERROR,
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function getLintNameMap() {
+    return array(
+      self::BAD_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR => pht(
+        'Uninitialized chrono::duration constructor'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function lintPath($path) {
+    $absPath = Filesystem::resolvePath($path, $this->getProjectRoot());
+    $fileContent = Filesystem::readFile($absPath);
+
+    if (preg_match_all(
+      '/std::chrono::(?:'.
+      'duration|hours|minutes|seconds|milliseconds|microseconds|nanoseconds)'.
+      '(?:<.*>)?\(\)/', $fileContent, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+      foreach ($matches[0] as $match) {
+        list($durationConstructor, $offset) = $match;
+        $this->raiseLintAtOffset(
+          $offset,
+          self::BAD_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR,
+          pht($durationConstructor." without an explicit initialized value ".
+            "may lead to undesired behavior."),
+          $durationConstructor,
+          substr_replace($durationConstructor, '0', -1, 0)
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}