diff --git a/modules/amv/intercompare.py b/modules/amv/intercompare.py
index 44fe4fffe78f18696c251d3828e99ccc4fcbf732..50e2a55b87abc0245904fb7e282a33f804f3b648 100644
--- a/modules/amv/intercompare.py
+++ b/modules/amv/intercompare.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def pireps(filename):
     lats = []
     lons = []
     alts = []
+    times = []
     no_ice_reports = []
     ice_reports = []
     with open(filename) as file:
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ def pireps(filename):
                 if s.find('N/A') >= 0:
                     continue
 
+                dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(toks[0], '%Y%m%d%H%M').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+                timestmp = dto.timestamp()
+
                 if len(re.findall(NO_ICE, s)) != 0:
                     no_ice_reports.append(cnt)
                 else:
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ def pireps(filename):
                 lats.append(lat)
                 lons.append(lon)
                 alts.append(fl)
+                times.append(timestmp)
                 cnt += 1
 
     lats = np.array(lats)