diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index a5fce499cc318817d13290633e3018445dd5248e..726644216aa4f352b3549ee5ea5064a3d3fc5149 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/modules/util/util.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ def make_times(dt_str_0, dt_str_1=None, num_steps=None, days=None, hours=None, m
     ts_s = []
     dto_0 = datetime.datetime.strptime(dt_str_0, '%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
     ts_0 = dto_0.timestamp()
+
     if dt_str_1 is not None:
         dto_1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(dt_str_1, '%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         ts_1 = dto_1.timestamp()