diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90 b/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90
index f46639cc8bb827714d3f3ec6224539317b5d39bb..52869b1e91bb4cf90d4ab86072de36ff52a2aba4 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ program test_get_1_outerm
   use jumble, only: new_unit, count_lines
   use netcdf, only: nf90_nowrite
   use netcdf95, only: nf95_open, nf95_close, nf95_inq_varid, nf95_get_var, &
-       nf95_gw_var, find_coord, nf95_get_att
-  use nr_util, only: deg_to_rad, assert
+       nf95_gw_var
+  use nr_util, only: deg_to_rad
 
   use derived_types, only: eddy, shpc, null_ssh_contour, missing_speed
   use get_1_outerm_m, only: get_1_outerm
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ program test_get_1_outerm
   
   logical:: cyclone = .true.
   TYPE(shpc) hshp
-  character(len = 30) time_unit
-  real time
   type(eddy) e
 
   real, allocatable:: outside_points(:, :) ! (2, :) longitude and
@@ -62,20 +60,9 @@ program test_get_1_outerm
   call nf95_inq_varid(ncid, "adt", varid)
   call nf95_gw_var(ncid, varid, ssh)
 
-  ! Get the date:
-
-  call find_coord(ncid, varid = varid, std_name = "time")
-  call nf95_get_att(ncid, varid, name = "units", values = time_unit)
-  call assert(time_unit == "days since 1950-01-01 00:00:00" &
-       .or. time_unit == "days since 1950-1-1 00:00:00", "main: bad time unit")
-
-  ! We are assuming there is a single date in the input file:
-  call nf95_get_var(ncid, varid, time)
-
-  days_1950 = nint(time)
-  call assert(abs(time - days_1950) < 0.1, "main: bad time value")
   call nf95_close(ncid)
-
+  print *, "days_1950 = ?"
+  read *, days_1950
   step = [longitude(2) - longitude(1), latitude(2) - latitude(1)]
 
   print *, "Reading from outside_points.csv..."