diff --git a/Overlap/read_field_indices.f90 b/Overlap/read_field_indices.f90
index 120b4f36cb4a59291e179fd6bcbcb7cd3ab0fb44..34fb80c9226de991df43d8e4f2f6403894f5cd28 100644
--- a/Overlap/read_field_indices.f90
+++ b/Overlap/read_field_indices.f90
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ contains
 
     if (rank == 0) then
        call dbf_get_field_index_03(hshp%extremum, "ssh", hshp%extr_ssh)
-       call dbf_get_field_index_03(hshp%extremum, "date_index", &
+       call dbf_get_field_index_03(hshp%extremum, "days_1950", &
             hshp%extr_date)
        call dbf_get_field_index_03(hshp%extremum, "eddy_index", &
             hshp%extr_eddy_index)