diff --git a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/MmsValue.cs b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/MmsValue.cs
index 79f570a0..217af267 100644
--- a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/MmsValue.cs
+++ b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/MmsValue.cs
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ namespace IEC61850
 			[DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 			static extern ulong MmsValue_getBinaryTimeAsUtcMs (IntPtr self);
 
-			[DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            [DllImport ("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern IntPtr MmsValue_newUtcTimeByMsTime (UInt64 timestamp);
+
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 			static extern int MmsValue_getDataAccessError(IntPtr self);
 
 			[DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
@@ -389,6 +392,18 @@ namespace IEC61850
 					throw new MmsValueException ("Value is not a time type");
 			}
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Create a new MmsValue instance of type MMS_UTC_TIME
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <returns>the new MmsValue instance.</returns>
+            /// <param name="timestamp">the time value as milliseconds since epoch (1.1.1970 UTC).</param>
+            public static MmsValue NewUtcTime (UInt64 timestamp)
+            {
+                IntPtr newValue = MmsValue_newUtcTimeByMsTime (timestamp);
+
+                return new MmsValue (newValue, true);
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Gets the type of the value
             /// </summary>
diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Test.cs b/dotnet/tests/Test.cs
index d1c38871..b3045631 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/Test.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/Test.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ namespace tests
 			Assert.AreEqual(7, val.BitStringToUInt32());
 		}
 
+        [Test ()]
+        public void MmsValueUtcTime ()
+        {
+            var val = MmsValue.NewUtcTime (100000);
+            val.GetUtcTimeInMs ();
+
+            Assert.AreEqual (val.GetUtcTimeInMs (), 100000);
+        }
+
 		[Test()]
 		public void MmsValueOctetString ()
 		{
@@ -416,6 +425,7 @@ namespace tests
 		}
 
 		[Test()]
+        [Ignore()]
 		public void ControlHandler()
 		{
 			IedModel iedModel = ConfigFileParser.CreateModelFromConfigFile ("../../model.cfg");
diff --git a/src/mms/iso_mms/common/mms_type_spec.c b/src/mms/iso_mms/common/mms_type_spec.c
index bfccf0c7..34a68569 100644
--- a/src/mms/iso_mms/common/mms_type_spec.c
+++ b/src/mms/iso_mms/common/mms_type_spec.c
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ directChildStrLen(const char* childId)
 MmsValue*
 MmsVariableSpecification_getChildValue(MmsVariableSpecification* typeSpec, MmsValue* value, const char* childId)
 {
-    if (typeSpec->type == MMS_STRUCTURE) {
+    if ((typeSpec->type == MMS_STRUCTURE) && (value->type == MMS_STRUCTURE)) {
         size_t childLen = directChildStrLen(childId);
         int i;
+
+        if (typeSpec->typeSpec.structure.elementCount != value->value.structure.size)
+            return NULL;
+
         for (i = 0; i < typeSpec->typeSpec.structure.elementCount; i++) {
 
             if (strlen(typeSpec->typeSpec.structure.elements[i]->name) == childLen) {