diff --git a/modules/amv/intercompare.py b/modules/amv/intercompare.py
index 8e9c04ae6b8afe24ba310346615177a48fa512cc..2e594958743349f3dd6efbe01853fa47c18d94a7 100644
--- a/modules/amv/intercompare.py
+++ b/modules/amv/intercompare.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import time
 from scipy.interpolate import interp1d
 from util.util import minimize_quadratic
 from netCDF4 import Dataset
+import datetime
 
 #-- AMV intercompare stuff ------------------------------------------