diff --git a/table/src/main/java/tech/ydb/table/values/PrimitiveValue.java b/table/src/main/java/tech/ydb/table/values/PrimitiveValue.java
index c92882b3..0caff1c2 100644
--- a/table/src/main/java/tech/ydb/table/values/PrimitiveValue.java
+++ b/table/src/main/java/tech/ydb/table/values/PrimitiveValue.java
@@ -291,14 +291,18 @@ public static PrimitiveValue newDatetime(LocalDateTime value) {
 
     public static PrimitiveValue newTimestamp(long microsSinceEpoch) {
         if (microsSinceEpoch < 0) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("negative microsSinceEpoch: " + microsSinceEpoch);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative microsSinceEpoch: " + microsSinceEpoch);
         }
         return new InstantValue(PrimitiveType.Timestamp, microsSinceEpoch);
     }
 
     public static PrimitiveValue newTimestamp(Instant value) {
-        long micros = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMicros(value.getEpochSecond()) +
-            TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMicros(value.getNano());
+        long seconds = value.getEpochSecond();
+        if (seconds < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Instant before epoch: " + value);
+        }
+        int nanos = value.getNano();
+        long micros = seconds * 1000000L + nanos / 1000;
         return new InstantValue(PrimitiveType.Timestamp, micros);
     }
 
diff --git a/table/src/test/java/tech/ydb/table/types/PrimitiveTypeTest.java b/table/src/test/java/tech/ydb/table/types/PrimitiveTypeTest.java
index 34bc0627..5e1e0806 100644
--- a/table/src/test/java/tech/ydb/table/types/PrimitiveTypeTest.java
+++ b/table/src/test/java/tech/ydb/table/types/PrimitiveTypeTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class PrimitiveTypeTest {
     @Test
     public void timestampTest() {
         PrimitiveValue min = PrimitiveValue.newTimestamp(Instant.EPOCH);
+        Assert.assertEquals(min, PrimitiveValue.newTimestamp(0));
         Value minValue = min.toPb();
 
         Assert.assertEquals(0, minValue.getUint32Value());
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public void timestampTest() {
         Assert.assertEquals(0, minValue.getHigh128());
 
         PrimitiveValue max = PrimitiveValue.newTimestamp(Instant.parse("2105-12-31T23:59:59.999999Z"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(max, PrimitiveValue.newTimestamp(4291747199999999l));
         Value maxValue = max.toPb();
 
         Assert.assertEquals(0, maxValue.getUint32Value());
@@ -35,5 +37,15 @@ public void timestampTest() {
         Assert.assertEquals(0, maxValue.getInt64Value());
         Assert.assertEquals(0, maxValue.getLow128());
         Assert.assertEquals(0, maxValue.getHigh128());
+
+        IllegalArgumentException err1 = Assert.assertThrows(
+                IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> PrimitiveValue.newTimestamp(-1)
+        );
+        Assert.assertEquals("Negative microsSinceEpoch: -1", err1.getMessage());
+
+        IllegalArgumentException err2 = Assert.assertThrows(
+                IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> PrimitiveValue.newTimestamp(Instant.EPOCH.minusNanos(1))
+        );
+        Assert.assertEquals("Instant before epoch: 1969-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z", err2.getMessage());
     }
 }