diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 441c1ed6229..02f08a797e1 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting   @dantraMSFT @mirichmo @PaulHi
 # Area: Side-By-Side
 # @mirichmo @charub
 
+# Area: Libpsl-native
+src/libpsl-native                                  @dantraMSFT
+
 # Areas: Build
 # Must be last
 *.config   @daxian-dbw @TravisEz13 @adityapatwardhan
diff --git a/src/libpsl-native/src/.gitignore b/src/libpsl-native/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c8aecc64be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libpsl-native/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pal_config.h
diff --git a/src/libpsl-native/src/getstat.cpp b/src/libpsl-native/src/getstat.cpp
index dba95262a7a..2cc6f66ce36 100644
--- a/src/libpsl-native/src/getstat.cpp
+++ b/src/libpsl-native/src/getstat.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 //! @retval -1 if failed
 //!
 
+// DO NOT use in managed code
+// use externally defined structs in managed code has proven to be buggy
+// (memory corruption issues due to layout difference between platforms)
+// see https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/29700#issuecomment-389313075
 int32_t GetStat(const char* path, struct stat* buf)
 {
     assert(path);
diff --git a/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.cpp b/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.cpp
index 97709ad558d..b5d7b70dde1 100644
--- a/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.cpp
+++ b/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.cpp
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 
 //! @brief SetDate sets the date and time on local computer.
 //!      You must be super-user to set the time.
+//!      See comment in setdate.h about the use of private_tm
 //!
 //! SetDate
 //!
 //! @retval 0 successfully set date
 //! @retval -1 if failure occurred.
 //!
-int32_t SetDate(struct tm* time)
+int32_t SetDate(struct private_tm* time)
 {
     errno = 0;
 
@@ -29,8 +30,29 @@ int32_t SetDate(struct tm* time)
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
     struct timeval tv;
+    int32_t result = GetTimeVal(*time,tv);
+    if(result != 0)
+    {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    return settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+}
+
+static int32_t GetTimeVal(struct private_tm& time, struct timeval& tv)
+{
+    struct tm nativeTime = 0;
+    nativeTime.tm_hour  = static_cast<int>(time.Hour);
+    nativeTime.tm_isdst = static_cast<int>(time.IsDst);
+    nativeTime.tm_mday  = static_cast<int>(time.DayOfMonth);
+    nativeTime.tm_min   = static_cast<int>(time.Minutes);
+    nativeTime.tm_mon   = static_cast<int>(time.Month);
+    nativeTime.tm_sec   = static_cast<int>(time.Seconds);
+    nativeTime.tm_wday  = static_cast<int>(time.DayOfWeek);
+    nativeTime.tm_yday  = static_cast<int>(time.DayInYear);
+    nativeTime.tm_year  = static_cast<int>(time.Year);
 
-    time_t newTime = mktime(time);
+    time_t newTime = mktime(&nativeTime);
     if (newTime == -1)
     {
         return -1;
@@ -39,5 +61,5 @@ int32_t SetDate(struct tm* time)
     tv.tv_sec = newTime;
     tv.tv_usec = 0;
 
-    return settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.h b/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.h
index 250cf515e59..4d69f1e0a7c 100644
--- a/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.h
+++ b/src/libpsl-native/src/setdate.h
@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@
 
 PAL_BEGIN_EXTERNC
 
-int32_t SetDate(struct tm* time);
+int32_t SetDate(struct private_tm* time);
+
+static int32_t GetTimeVal(struct private_tm& time, struct timeval& tv);
 
 PAL_END_EXTERNC
+
+// Using a private struct because theuse externally defined structs
+// in managed code has proven to be buggy
+// (memory corruption issues due to layout difference between platforms)
+// see https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/29700#issuecomment-389313075
+#pragma pack(push, 4) // exact fit - no padding
+struct private_tm
+{
+    int32_t Seconds;   /* Seconds (0-60) */
+    int32_t Minutes;   /* Minutes (0-59) */
+    int32_t Hour;      /* Hours (0-23) */
+    int32_t DayOfMonth;/* Day of the month (1-31) */
+    int32_t Month;     /* Month (0-11) */
+    int32_t Year;      /* Year - 1900 */
+    int32_t DayOfWeek; /* Day of the week (0-6, Sunday = 0) */
+    int32_t DayInYear; /* Day in the year (0-365, 1 Jan = 0) */
+    int32_t IsDst;     /* Daylight saving time */
+};
+#pragma pack(pop) //back to whatever the previous packing mode was