diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_FhemTestUtils.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_FhemTestUtils.pm
index 2f24c4c33..01e360458 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_FhemTestUtils.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_FhemTestUtils.pm
@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@ FhemTestUtils_resetLogs()
   @logs=();
 }
 
+sub 
+FhemTestUtils_getLogTime
+{
+  my $arg = shift;
+
+  foreach my $line (@logs) {
+    if($line =~ m/^([0-9\.]+ [0-9:\.]+)\s.*$arg/ms) {
+      my @a = split("[\. :]", $1);
+      my $time =  mktime($a[5],$a[4],$a[3],$a[2],$a[1]-1,$a[0]-1900,0,0,-1);
+      $time += $a[6]/1000 if(@a == 7); # attrg global mseclog is active
+      return $time;
+    }
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
 
 1;
 
@@ -99,6 +115,9 @@ FhemTestUtils_resetLogs()
       Return the logs matching the regexp argument (with grep).
       Note, that loglevel filtering with verbose ist still active.
       </li>
+    <li>FhemTestUtils_getLogTime($)<br>
+      Return the timestamp of the first log matching the argument.
+      </li>
     <li>FhemTestUtils_resetEvents()<br>
       Reset the internal event buffer.
       </li>