diff --git a/api/src/trace/NonRecordingSpan.ts b/api/src/trace/NonRecordingSpan.ts
index a9e5bcaf9be..3908c650801 100644
--- a/api/src/trace/NonRecordingSpan.ts
+++ b/api/src/trace/NonRecordingSpan.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Exception } from '../common/Exception';
-import { TimeInput } from '../common/Time';
+import { HrTime, TimeInput } from '../common/Time';
 import { SpanAttributes } from './attributes';
 import { INVALID_SPAN_CONTEXT } from './invalid-span-constants';
 import { Span } from './span';
@@ -72,4 +72,8 @@ export class NonRecordingSpan implements Span {
 
   // By default does nothing
   recordException(_exception: Exception, _time?: TimeInput): void {}
+
+  currentTime(): HrTime {
+    return [0, 0];
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/trace/span.ts b/api/src/trace/span.ts
index d80b8c2626d..bd4c36abd4f 100644
--- a/api/src/trace/span.ts
+++ b/api/src/trace/span.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Exception } from '../common/Exception';
-import { TimeInput } from '../common/Time';
+import { HrTime, TimeInput } from '../common/Time';
 import { SpanAttributes, SpanAttributeValue } from './attributes';
 import { SpanContext } from './span_context';
 import { SpanStatus } from './status';
@@ -126,4 +126,10 @@ export interface Span {
    *     use the current time.
    */
   recordException(exception: Exception, time?: TimeInput): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns current time based on the anchored clock.
+   * Used to snapshot time when the span has to be ended later.
+   */
+  currentTime(): HrTime;
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts
index f30c185bce8..fb4fffba046 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export class FetchInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Promise<Response>>
     spanData: SpanData,
     response: FetchResponse
   ) {
-    const endTime = core.hrTime();
+    const endTime = span.currentTime();
     this._addFinalSpanAttributes(span, response);
 
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ export class FetchInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Promise<Response>>
         if (!createdSpan) {
           return original.apply(this, args);
         }
-        const spanData = plugin._prepareSpanData(url);
+        const startTime = createdSpan.currentTime();
+        const spanData = plugin._prepareSpanData(url, startTime);
 
         function endSpanOnError(span: api.Span, error: FetchError) {
           plugin._applyAttributesAfterFetch(span, options, error);
@@ -427,8 +428,7 @@ export class FetchInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Promise<Response>>
    *     resources
    * @param spanUrl
    */
-  private _prepareSpanData(spanUrl: string): SpanData {
-    const startTime = core.hrTime();
+  private _prepareSpanData(spanUrl: string, startTime: api.HrTime): SpanData {
     const entries: PerformanceResourceTiming[] = [];
     if (typeof PerformanceObserver !== 'function') {
       return { entries, startTime, spanUrl };
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/xhr.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/xhr.ts
index 062d6fde4ac..4cc7c1d4480 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/xhr.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/xhr.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   InstrumentationConfig,
   safeExecuteInTheMiddle,
 } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
-import { hrTime, isUrlIgnored, otperformance } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { isUrlIgnored, otperformance } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import {
   addSpanNetworkEvents,
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export class XMLHttpRequestInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<XMLHttpRe
       if (xhrMem.span) {
         plugin._applyAttributesAfterXHR(xhrMem.span, xhr);
       }
-      const endTime = hrTime();
+      const endTime = xhrMem.span?.currentTime();
 
       // the timeout is needed as observer doesn't have yet information
       // when event "load" is called. Also the time may differ depends on
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ export class XMLHttpRequestInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<XMLHttpRe
             api.trace.setSpan(api.context.active(), currentSpan),
             () => {
               plugin._tasksCount++;
-              xhrMem.sendStartTime = hrTime();
+              xhrMem.sendStartTime = currentSpan.currentTime();
               currentSpan.addEvent(EventNames.METHOD_SEND);
 
               this.addEventListener('abort', onAbort);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
index fe0b0d04704..63108885916 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ export class Span implements api.Span, ReadableSpan {
     return this._ended;
   }
 
+  currentTime(): api.HrTime {
+    return timeInputToHrTime(this._clock.now());
+  }
+
   private _isSpanEnded(): boolean {
     if (this._ended) {
       api.diag.warn(`Can not execute the operation on ended Span {traceId: ${this._spanContext.traceId}, spanId: ${this._spanContext.spanId}}`);