diff --git a/da/ct/obs.py b/da/ct/obs.py
index 37476e881976c01ce5bd5f83c3804a234804d132..cba90862fce90b901211a4b74e1827cbfa5266ad 100755
--- a/da/ct/obs.py
+++ b/da/ct/obs.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class CtObservations(object):
         from string import strip, join
 
         ncf         = Nio.open_file(self.ObsFilename)
-        #idates      = ncf.variables['date_components'].get_value()
+        idates      = ncf.variables['date_components'].get_value()
         ids         = ncf.variables['id'].get_value()
         #sites       = ncf.variables['site'].get_value()
         #sites       = [s.tostring().lower() for s in sites]