diff --git a/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py b/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
index a997cdf592ef47a13af8dc4e7113d8c82ac79d50..98ec7dcd8f1ce4f728aa01b874358aab1db4a5b5 100644
--- a/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
+++ b/modules/aeolus/aeolus_amv.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_datetime_carr(pathname):
     fname = os.path.split(pathname)[1]
     toks = fname.split('_')
     dtstr = toks[3]
-    dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(dtstr, '%Y%j.%H%M').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(dtstr, '%Y%j.%H%M.ch').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
     return dto