diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-timestamp-parsing-error.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-timestamp-parsing-error.js
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+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+[undefined, null, []].forEach((input) => {
+  assert.throws(() => fs._toUnixTimestamp(input),
+                new RegExp('^Error: Cannot parse time: ' + input + '$'));
+});
+
+assert.throws(() => fs._toUnixTimestamp({}),
+              /^Error: Cannot parse time: \[object Object\]$/);
+
+[1, '1', Date.now(), -1, '-1', Infinity].forEach((input) => {
+  assert.doesNotThrow(() => fs._toUnixTimestamp(input));
+});