diff --git a/pyart/util/datetime_utils.py b/pyart/util/datetime_utils.py
index eb809f1865..174bc41c05 100644
--- a/pyart/util/datetime_utils.py
+++ b/pyart/util/datetime_utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 
 """
 
-from cftime import num2date, date2num
+try:
+    from cftime import num2date, date2num
+except ImportError
+    from netCDF4 import num2date, date2num
 
 EPOCH_UNITS = "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"