diff --git a/can/interfaces/vector/canlib.py b/can/interfaces/vector/canlib.py
index ed366b4c8..cb1858062 100644
--- a/can/interfaces/vector/canlib.py
+++ b/can/interfaces/vector/canlib.py
@@ -282,8 +282,14 @@ def __init__(
 
         # Calculate time offset for absolute timestamps
         offset = xlclass.XLuint64()
-        xldriver.xlGetSyncTime(self.port_handle, offset)
-        self._time_offset = time.time() - offset.value * 1e-9
+        try:
+            try:
+                xldriver.xlGetSyncTime(self.port_handle, offset)
+            except VectorError:
+                xldriver.xlGetChannelTime(self.port_handle, self.mask, offset)
+            self._time_offset = time.time() - offset.value * 1e-9
+        except VectorError:
+            self._time_offset = 0.0
 
         self._is_filtered = False
         super().__init__(channel=channel, can_filters=can_filters, **kwargs)
diff --git a/can/interfaces/vector/xldriver.py b/can/interfaces/vector/xldriver.py
index 9bb1a1083..337135755 100644
--- a/can/interfaces/vector/xldriver.py
+++ b/can/interfaces/vector/xldriver.py
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ def check_status(result, function, arguments):
 xlGetSyncTime.restype = xlclass.XLstatus
 xlGetSyncTime.errcheck = check_status
 
+xlGetChannelTime = _xlapi_dll.xlGetChannelTime
+xlGetChannelTime.argtypes = [
+    xlclass.XLportHandle,
+    xlclass.XLaccess,
+    ctypes.POINTER(xlclass.XLuint64),
+]
+xlGetChannelTime.restype = xlclass.XLstatus
+xlGetChannelTime.errcheck = check_status
+
 xlClosePort = _xlapi_dll.xlClosePort
 xlClosePort.argtypes = [xlclass.XLportHandle]
 xlClosePort.restype = xlclass.XLstatus