diff --git a/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py b/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py
index 2b4ec6a1..703dadcf 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ follow :  whether to tail -f the input"""
                 #2008/08/17 - 01:14:43 (ET)
                 #2008/09/07 06:23:14 ET
                 m2 = re.search("(?P<Y>[0-9]{4})\/(?P<M>[0-9]{2})\/(?P<D>[0-9]{2})[\- ]+(?P<H>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+):(?P<S>[0-9]+)", info[key])
-                datetime = "%s/%s/%s %s:%s:%s" % (m2.group('Y'), m2.group('M'),m2.group('D'),m2.group('H'),m2.group('MIN'),m2.group('S'))
-                hand.starttime = time.strptime(datetime, "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
+                datetimestr = "%s/%s/%s %s:%s:%s" % (m2.group('Y'), m2.group('M'),m2.group('D'),m2.group('H'),m2.group('MIN'),m2.group('S'))
+                hand.starttime = datetime.datetime.strptime(datetimestr, "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
             if key == 'HID':
                 hand.handid = info[key]
             if key == 'TABLE':