diff --git a/Editor/AGS.Editor/Resources/agsdefns.sh b/Editor/AGS.Editor/Resources/agsdefns.sh
index 457e8d46c7..d5d57df3e6 100644
--- a/Editor/AGS.Editor/Resources/agsdefns.sh
+++ b/Editor/AGS.Editor/Resources/agsdefns.sh
@@ -2266,6 +2266,12 @@ builtin struct Maths {
 builtin managed struct DateTime {
   /// Gets the current date and time on the player's system.
   readonly import static attribute DateTime* Now;   // $AUTOCOMPLETESTATICONLY$
+  /// Creates DateTime object from the provided calendar and, optionally, time components
+  import static DateTime* CreateFromDate(int year, int month, int day, int hour = 0, int minute = 0, int second = 0);   // $AUTOCOMPLETESTATICONLY$
+  /// Creates DateTime object from the provided time components
+  import static DateTime* CreateFromTime(int hour, int minute, int second);   // $AUTOCOMPLETESTATICONLY$
+  /// Creates DateTime object from the provided raw time value (in seconds)
+  import static DateTime* CreateFromRawTime(int rawTime);   // $AUTOCOMPLETESTATICONLY$
   /// Gets the Year component of the date.
   readonly import attribute int Year;
   /// Gets the Month (1-12) component of the date.
diff --git a/Engine/ac/datetime.cpp b/Engine/ac/datetime.cpp
index c3e5c69e79..bb101a590b 100644
--- a/Engine/ac/datetime.cpp
+++ b/Engine/ac/datetime.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 // https://opensource.org/license/artistic-2-0/
 //
 //=============================================================================
-#include <time.h>
 #include "ac/datetime.h"
 #include "ac/dynobj/dynobj_manager.h"
+#include "debug/debug_log.h"
 #include "platform/base/agsplatformdriver.h"
 
 
@@ -23,6 +23,33 @@ ScriptDateTime* DateTime_Now() {
     return sdt;
 }
 
+ScriptDateTime* DateTime_CreateFromDate(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second) {
+    if (month < 1 || month > 12 || day < 1 || day > 31 || hour < 0 || hour > 23 || minute < 0 || minute > 59 || second < 0 || second > 59)
+    {
+        debug_script_warn("DateTime.CreateFromDate: out of range date or time requested, result may be incorrect: %dy,%dm,%dd,%dh:%dm:%ds",
+            year, month, day, hour, minute, second);
+    }
+    ScriptDateTime *sdt = new ScriptDateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second);
+    ccRegisterManagedObject(sdt, sdt);
+    return sdt;
+}
+
+ScriptDateTime* DateTime_CreateFromTime(int hour, int minute, int second) {
+    if (hour < 0 || hour > 23 || minute < 0 || minute > 59 || second < 0 || second > 59)
+    {
+        debug_script_warn("DateTime.CreateFromDate: out of range time requested, result may be incorrect: %dh:%dm:%ds",
+            hour, minute, second);
+    }
+    ScriptDateTime *sdt = new ScriptDateTime(0, 0, 0, hour, minute, second);
+    ccRegisterManagedObject(sdt, sdt);
+    return sdt;
+}
+
+ScriptDateTime* DateTime_CreateFromRawTime(int raw_time) {
+    ScriptDateTime *sdt = new ScriptDateTime(raw_time);
+    ccRegisterManagedObject(sdt, sdt);
+    return sdt;
+}
 
 int DateTime_GetYear(ScriptDateTime *sdt) {
     return sdt->Year();
@@ -68,6 +95,21 @@ RuntimeScriptValue Sc_DateTime_Now(const RuntimeScriptValue *params, int32_t par
     API_SCALL_OBJAUTO(ScriptDateTime, DateTime_Now);
 }
 
+RuntimeScriptValue Sc_DateTime_CreateFromRawTime(const RuntimeScriptValue *params, int32_t param_count)
+{
+    API_SCALL_OBJAUTO_PINT(ScriptDateTime, DateTime_CreateFromRawTime);
+}
+
+RuntimeScriptValue Sc_DateTime_CreateFromDate(const RuntimeScriptValue *params, int32_t param_count)
+{
+    API_SCALL_OBJAUTO_PINT6(ScriptDateTime, DateTime_CreateFromDate);
+}
+
+RuntimeScriptValue Sc_DateTime_CreateFromTime(const RuntimeScriptValue *params, int32_t param_count)
+{
+    API_SCALL_OBJAUTO_PINT3(ScriptDateTime, DateTime_CreateFromTime);
+}
+
 // int (ScriptDateTime *sdt)
 RuntimeScriptValue Sc_DateTime_GetYear(void *self, const RuntimeScriptValue *params, int32_t param_count)
 {
@@ -114,6 +156,9 @@ void RegisterDateTimeAPI()
 {
     ScFnRegister datetime_api[] = {
         { "DateTime::get_Now",        API_FN_PAIR(DateTime_Now) },
+        { "DateTime::CreateFromDate", API_FN_PAIR(DateTime_CreateFromDate) },
+        { "DateTime::CreateFromTime", API_FN_PAIR(DateTime_CreateFromTime) },
+        { "DateTime::CreateFromRawTime", API_FN_PAIR(DateTime_CreateFromRawTime) },
 
         { "DateTime::get_DayOfMonth", API_FN_PAIR(DateTime_GetDayOfMonth) },
         { "DateTime::get_Hour",       API_FN_PAIR(DateTime_GetHour) },
diff --git a/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.cpp b/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.cpp
index 3f0c30026d..8c4826e505 100644
--- a/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.cpp
+++ b/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ ScriptDateTime::ScriptDateTime(const ClockTimePoint &time)
     SetTime(time);
 }
 
+ScriptDateTime::ScriptDateTime(int raw_time)
+{
+    SetTime(ClockTimePoint(std::chrono::seconds(raw_time)));
+}
+
+ScriptDateTime::ScriptDateTime(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second)
+{
+    // NOTE: we do not init our calendar fields here directly, and instead
+    // go through SetTime, in case the combination of input values does not
+    // represent a true date, in which case it may be auto corrected when
+    // constructing a time point.
+    std::tm tm = { /* .tm_sec  = */ second,
+                   /* .tm_min  = */ minute,
+                   /* .tm_hour = */ hour,
+                   /* .tm_mday = */ day,
+                   /* .tm_mon  = */ month - 1,
+                   /* .tm_year = */ year - 1900,
+                };
+    tm.tm_isdst = -1; // use DST value from local time zone
+    SetTime(std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t(std::mktime(&tm)));
+}
+
 void ScriptDateTime::SetTime(const ClockTimePoint &time)
 {
     // NOTE: subject to year 2038 problem due to shoving seconds since epoch into an int32
@@ -48,6 +70,9 @@ void ScriptDateTime::SetTime(const ClockTimePoint &time)
 
     std::time_t ttime = SystemClock::to_time_t(time);
     std::tm *newtime = std::localtime(&ttime);
+    if (newtime == nullptr)
+        return;
+
     _hour = newtime->tm_hour;
     _minute = newtime->tm_min;
     _second = newtime->tm_sec;
diff --git a/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.h b/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.h
index 67b5094d7d..1731be7609 100644
--- a/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.h
+++ b/Engine/ac/dynobj/scriptdatetime.h
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ struct ScriptDateTime final : AGSCCDynamicObject
     ScriptDateTime(const time_t &time);
     // Constructs DateTime initialized using chrono::time_point
     ScriptDateTime(const ClockTimePoint &time);
+    // Constructs DateTime initialized with raw time (unix time)
+    ScriptDateTime(int raw_time);
+    // Constructs DateTime initialized with all the date/time components
+    ScriptDateTime(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second);
 
     int Dispose(void *address, bool force) override;
     const char *GetType() override;
diff --git a/Engine/script/script_api.h b/Engine/script/script_api.h
index b7194469cf..60c645f4f6 100644
--- a/Engine/script/script_api.h
+++ b/Engine/script/script_api.h
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ inline const char *ScriptVSprintf(char *buffer, size_t buf_length, const char *f
     RET_CLASS* ret_obj = FUNCTION(params[0].IValue, params[1].IValue, params[2].IValue, params[3].IValue, params[4].IValue); \
     return RuntimeScriptValue().SetScriptObject(ret_obj, ret_obj)
 
+#define API_SCALL_OBJAUTO_PINT6(RET_CLASS, FUNCTION) \
+    ASSERT_PARAM_COUNT(FUNCTION, 6); \
+    RET_CLASS* ret_obj = FUNCTION(params[0].IValue, params[1].IValue, params[2].IValue, params[3].IValue, params[4].IValue, params[5].IValue); \
+    return RuntimeScriptValue().SetScriptObject(ret_obj, ret_obj)
+
 #define API_SCALL_OBJAUTO_PINT2_PBOOL(RET_CLASS, FUNCTION) \
     ASSERT_PARAM_COUNT(FUNCTION, 3); \
     RET_CLASS* ret_obj = FUNCTION(params[0].IValue, params[1].IValue, params[2].GetAsBool()); \