diff --git a/py/obj.c b/py/obj.c
index 9a81d65eca..d2483ed993 100644
--- a/py/obj.c
+++ b/py/obj.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ void mp_obj_get_complex(mp_obj_t arg, mp_float_t *real, mp_float_t *imag) {
 
 // note: returned value in *items may point to the interior of a GC block
 void mp_obj_get_array(mp_obj_t o, size_t *len, mp_obj_t **items) {
-    if (mp_obj_is_type(o, &mp_type_tuple)) {
+    if (mp_obj_is_tuple_compatible(o)) {
         mp_obj_tuple_get(o, len, items);
     } else if (mp_obj_is_type(o, &mp_type_list)) {
         mp_obj_list_get(o, len, items);
diff --git a/py/obj.h b/py/obj.h
index 75caf459d4..da2ef08451 100644
--- a/py/obj.h
+++ b/py/obj.h
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ extern const struct _mp_obj_exception_t mp_const_GeneratorExit_obj;
 #define mp_obj_is_str_or_bytes(o) (mp_obj_is_qstr(o) || (mp_obj_is_obj(o) && ((mp_obj_base_t *)MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(o))->type->binary_op == mp_obj_str_binary_op))
 #define mp_obj_is_dict_or_ordereddict(o) (mp_obj_is_obj(o) && ((mp_obj_base_t *)MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(o))->type->make_new == mp_obj_dict_make_new)
 #define mp_obj_is_fun(o) (mp_obj_is_obj(o) && (((mp_obj_base_t *)MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(o))->type->name == MP_QSTR_function))
+// type check is done on getiter method to allow tuple, namedtuple, attrtuple
+#define mp_obj_is_tuple_compatible(o) (mp_obj_get_type(o)->getiter == mp_obj_tuple_getiter)
 
 mp_obj_t mp_obj_new_type(qstr name, mp_obj_t bases_tuple, mp_obj_t locals_dict);
 static inline mp_obj_t mp_obj_new_bool(mp_int_t x) {
diff --git a/py/objtuple.c b/py/objtuple.c
index bb4f79997c..414cf65c3b 100644
--- a/py/objtuple.c
+++ b/py/objtuple.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "supervisor/shared/translate.h"
 
-// type check is done on getiter method to allow tuple, namedtuple, attrtuple
-#define mp_obj_is_tuple_compatible(o) (mp_obj_get_type(o)->getiter == mp_obj_tuple_getiter)
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 /* tuple                                                                      */
diff --git a/shared-bindings/time/__init__.c b/shared-bindings/time/__init__.c
index 87a40f6fc1..03f4fac0dc 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/time/__init__.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/time/__init__.c
@@ -80,22 +80,21 @@ MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(time_sleep_obj, time_sleep);
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_COLLECTIONS
 mp_obj_t struct_time_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
-    if (n_args != 1 || (kw_args != NULL && kw_args->used > 0)) {
-        return namedtuple_make_new(type, n_args, args, kw_args);
-    }
-    if (mp_obj_get_type(args[0])->getiter != mp_obj_tuple_getiter || ((mp_obj_tuple_t *)MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(args[0]))->len != 9) {
+    mp_arg_check_num(n_args, kw_args, 1, 1, false);
+    size_t len;
+    mp_obj_t *items;
+    mp_obj_get_array(args[0], &len, &items);
+    if (len != 9) {
         mp_raise_TypeError(translate("time.struct_time() takes a 9-sequence"));
     }
-
-    mp_obj_tuple_t *tuple = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(args[0]);
-    return namedtuple_make_new(type, 9, tuple->items, NULL);
+    return namedtuple_make_new(type, len, items, NULL);
 }
 
 //| class struct_time:
-//|     def __init__(self, time_tuple: Tuple[int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int]) -> None:
-//|         """Structure used to capture a date and time. Note that it takes a tuple!
+//|     def __init__(self, time_tuple: Sequence[int]) -> None:
+//|         """Structure used to capture a date and time.  Can be constructed from a `struct_time`, `tuple`, `list`, or `namedtuple` with 9 elements.
 //|
-//|         :param tuple time_tuple: Tuple of time info: ``(tm_year, tm_mon, tm_mday, tm_hour, tm_min, tm_sec, tm_wday, tm_yday, tm_isdst)``
+//|         :param Sequence time_tuple: Sequence of time info: ``(tm_year, tm_mon, tm_mday, tm_hour, tm_min, tm_sec, tm_wday, tm_yday, tm_isdst)``
 //|
 //|           * ``tm_year``: the year, 2017 for example
 //|           * ``tm_mon``: the month, range [1, 12]