diff --git a/packages/logging/include/logging/String.h b/packages/logging/include/logging/String.h
index a4ceaf80..137fed96 100644
--- a/packages/logging/include/logging/String.h
+++ b/packages/logging/include/logging/String.h
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	bool cstring_equal(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset = 0, size_t b_offset = 0);
-	bool partial_equality(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset = 0, size_t b_offset = 0);
+	bool cstring_equal(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset = 0, size_t b_offset = 0, size_t maxCount = 20);
+	bool partial_equality(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset = 0, size_t b_offset = 0, size_t maxCount = 20);
 	bool partial_equality(std::string_view a, std::string_view b, size_t a_offset = 0, size_t b_offset = 0);
 
 	std::vector<std::wstring_view> split(std::wstring_view text, std::wstring_view delim = L" \t\n", char escapeChar = '\"');
diff --git a/packages/logging/source/common/String.cpp b/packages/logging/source/common/String.cpp
index 3cc19928..2db0bb6f 100644
--- a/packages/logging/source/common/String.cpp
+++ b/packages/logging/source/common/String.cpp
@@ -308,17 +308,17 @@ namespace string {
 		return static_cast<size_t>(count);
 	}
 
-	bool cstring_equal(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset, size_t b_offset) {
-		return !strcmp(a + a_offset, b + b_offset);
+	bool cstring_equal(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset, size_t b_offset, size_t maxCount) {
+		return !strncmp(a + a_offset, b + b_offset, maxCount);
 	}
 
-	bool partial_equality(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset, size_t b_offset) {
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < a_offset; i++) { // check for missed null terminators before a_offset
+	bool partial_equality(const char* a, const char* b, size_t a_offset, size_t b_offset, size_t maxCount) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < a_offset && i < maxCount; i++) { // check for missed null terminators before a_offset
 			if (a[i] == 0) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < b_offset; i++) { // check for missed null terminators before b_offset
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < b_offset && i < maxCount; i++) { // check for missed null terminators before b_offset
 			if (b[i] == 0) {
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ namespace string {
 		const char* a1 = a + a_offset;
 		const char* b1 = b + b_offset;
 		int i = 0;
-		for (i = 0; a1[i] != 0 && b1[i] != 0; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; a1[i] != 0 && b1[i] != 0 && i < maxCount; i++) {
 			if (a1[i] != b1[i]) {
 				return false;
 			}
diff --git a/packages/testing/tests/common/LoggingTest.cpp b/packages/testing/tests/common/LoggingTest.cpp
index deb7a9f7..c2ab17ee 100644
--- a/packages/testing/tests/common/LoggingTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/testing/tests/common/LoggingTest.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ TEST(Logging, StringComparisons) {
 		TEST_TRUE(l::string::partial_equality(d, e, 2, 0), "");
 		TEST_TRUE(l::string::partial_equality(d, f, 1, 1), "");
 	}
+	{
+		std::string a = "asdgkösd";
+		TEST_TRUE(l::string::cstring_equal(a.c_str(), "asdg34643", 0, 0, 4), "");
+		TEST_FALSE(l::string::cstring_equal(a.c_str(), "asdg34643", 0, 0, 5), "");
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -142,33 +147,25 @@ TEST(Logging, TimeConversions) {
 	}
 	{
 		auto unixtime = l::string::get_unix_epoch();
-
 		auto localtime = l::string::convert_to_local_time_from_utc_time(unixtime);
 		struct tm timeinfolocal;
 		l::string::convert_to_tm(localtime, &timeinfolocal, true);
-
 		struct tm timeinfo;
 		l::string::convert_to_local_tm_from_utc_time(unixtime, &timeinfo, true);
-
 		TEST_EQ(timeinfo.tm_hour, timeinfolocal.tm_hour, "");
 	}
 
 	{
 		auto unixtime = l::string::get_unix_epoch();
-
 		int32_t fullDate[6];
 		l::string::to_local_time(unixtime, fullDate);
-
 		auto unixtime2 = l::string::to_unix_time_from_local(fullDate);
-
 		TEST_EQ(unixtime, unixtime2, "");
 	}
 	{
-		auto unixtime = l::string::get_unix_epoch();
-		int32_t fullDate[6];
-		l::string::to_local_time(unixtime, fullDate);
-		auto unixtimelocal = l::string::to_unix_time_from_local(fullDate);
-
+		auto unixtime = 1724097382;
+		auto timeString = l::string::get_local_time_string(unixtime);
+		TEST_TRUE(l::string::cstring_equal(timeString.c_str(), "2024-08-19 21:56:22"), "");
 	}
 
 	return 0;