diff --git a/lib/DateTimeUtils.test.ts b/lib/DateTimeUtils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c61f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/DateTimeUtils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { DateTimeUtils } from './DateTimeUtils';
+
+describe('DateTimeUtils.UTCDateTimeToString', () => {
+  it('decodes a DDMMYY date with the ACARS 1-12 month convention', () => {
+    // ACARS "150226" = day 15, month 02 (Feb), year 26 -> 15 Feb 2026
+    const out = DateTimeUtils.UTCDateTimeToString('150226', '1230');
+    expect(out).toContain('Feb');
+    expect(out).toContain('15');
+    expect(out).toContain('2026');
+  });
+
+  it('parses DDMMYY = 280226 as 28 Feb 2026, not a later month', () => {
+    // ACARS month 02 must map to JS month 1 (February). Before the fix,
+    // passing the raw digit 2 to setUTCMonth produced March. Assert the
+    // returned UTC string matches the canonical Date.UTC value directly.
+    const out = DateTimeUtils.UTCDateTimeToString('280226', '1230');
+    const expected = new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 1, 28, 12, 30, 0)).toUTCString();
+    expect(out).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('handles a six-digit time with seconds', () => {
+    const out = DateTimeUtils.UTCDateTimeToString('150226', '123045');
+    expect(out).toContain('12:30:45');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/DateTimeUtils.ts b/lib/DateTimeUtils.ts
index f436148..3bea6b1 100644
--- a/lib/DateTimeUtils.ts
+++ b/lib/DateTimeUtils.ts
@@ -9,25 +9,20 @@ export class DateTimeUtils {
   // Expects a six digit date string and a four digit UTC time string
   // (DDMMYY) (HHMM)
   public static UTCDateTimeToString(dateString: string, timeString: string) {
-    let utcDate = new Date();
-    utcDate.setUTCDate(+dateString.substr(0, 2));
-    utcDate.setUTCMonth(+dateString.substr(2, 2));
-    if (dateString.length === 6) {
-      utcDate.setUTCFullYear(2000 + +dateString.substr(4, 2));
-    }
-    if (timeString.length === 6) {
-      utcDate.setUTCHours(
-        +timeString.substr(0, 2),
-        +timeString.substr(2, 2),
-        +timeString.substr(4, 2),
-      );
-    } else {
-      utcDate.setUTCHours(
-        +timeString.substr(0, 2),
-        +timeString.substr(2, 2),
-        0,
-      );
-    }
+    const day = +dateString.substr(0, 2);
+    // ACARS month is 1-12; JS Date months are 0-11, so subtract one.
+    const month = +dateString.substr(2, 2) - 1;
+    const year =
+      dateString.length === 6
+        ? 2000 + +dateString.substr(4, 2)
+        : new Date().getUTCFullYear();
+    const hours = +timeString.substr(0, 2);
+    const minutes = +timeString.substr(2, 2);
+    const seconds = timeString.length === 6 ? +timeString.substr(4, 2) : 0;
+    // Build the date in one call so an incremental setUTC* on a Date that
+    // was initialised to "now" can't roll the month forward when the
+    // current real-world day is later than the last day of the target.
+    const utcDate = new Date(Date.UTC(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds));
     return utcDate.toUTCString();
   }