diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS.txt b/REQUIREMENTS.txt
index 5902dc2f..5e8c659c 100644
--- a/REQUIREMENTS.txt
+++ b/REQUIREMENTS.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ pooch
 cmweather
 cdsapi
 xarray
+cftime
 xarray-datatree
diff --git a/pydda/constraints/station_data.py b/pydda/constraints/station_data.py
index 793350c0..717c0506 100644
--- a/pydda/constraints/station_data.py
+++ b/pydda/constraints/station_data.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import pyart
 import time
 
+
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from six import StringIO
 
@@ -94,8 +95,13 @@ def get_iem_obs(Grid, window=60.0):
                 )
 
     # Get the timestamp for each request
-    grid_time = datetime.strptime(
-        Grid["time"].attrs["units"], "seconds since %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+    grid_time = datetime(
+        year=Grid["time"][0].dt.year.values,
+        month=Grid["time"][0].dt.month.values,
+        day=Grid["time"][0].dt.day.values,
+        hour=Grid["time"][0].dt.hour.values,
+        minute=Grid["time"][0].dt.minute.values,
+        second=Grid["time"][0].dt.second.values,
     )
     start_time = grid_time - timedelta(minutes=window / 2.0)
     end_time = grid_time + timedelta(minutes=window / 2.0)
diff --git a/pydda/io/read_grid.py b/pydda/io/read_grid.py
index d4378c89..d7727080 100644
--- a/pydda/io/read_grid.py
+++ b/pydda/io/read_grid.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import xarray as xr
 import numpy as np
+import cftime
 
 from glob import glob
 from datatree import DataTree
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ def read_from_pyart_grid(Grid):
     origin_latitude = Grid.origin_latitude
     origin_longitude = Grid.origin_longitude
     origin_altitude = Grid.origin_altitude
+    radar_name = Grid.radar_name
 
     if len(list(Grid.fields.keys())) > 0:
         first_grid_name = list(Grid.fields.keys())[0]
@@ -97,19 +99,16 @@ def read_from_pyart_grid(Grid):
         first_grid_name = ""
     projection = Grid.get_projparams()
     new_grid = new_grid.to_xarray()
-
+    new_grid.attrs["radar_name"] = radar_name["data"]
     new_grid["projection"] = xr.DataArray(1, dims=(), attrs=projection)
-
+    new_grid["time"] = cftime.num2date(Grid.time["data"], Grid.time["units"]).astype(
+        "datetime64[ns]"
+    )
     if "lat_0" in projection.keys():
         new_grid["projection"].attrs["_include_lon_0_lat_0"] = "true"
     else:
         new_grid["projection"].attrs["_include_lon_0_lat_0"] = "false"
 
-    if "units" not in new_grid["time"].attrs.keys():
-        new_grid["time"].attrs["units"] = (
-            "seconds since %s"
-            % new_grid["time"].dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").values[0]
-        )
     new_grid.attrs["first_grid_name"] = first_grid_name
     x = radar_latitude.pop("data").squeeze()
     new_grid["radar_latitude"] = xr.DataArray(
diff --git a/pydda/tests/test_initialization.py b/pydda/tests/test_initialization.py
index 2970cbc6..5c632e71 100644
--- a/pydda/tests/test_initialization.py
+++ b/pydda/tests/test_initialization.py
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ def test_get_iem_data():
     )
     fdata3 = np.zeros((20, 20, 20))
     Grid.add_field("zero_field", {"data": fdata3, "_FillValue": -9999.0})
+    Grid.time["units"] = "seconds since 2024-05-22 15:15:46.934000"
     Grid = pydda.io.read_from_pyart_grid(Grid)
     station_obs = pydda.constraints.get_iem_obs(Grid)
     names = [x["site_id"] for x in station_obs]
-    assert names == ["P28", "WLD", "WDG", "SWO", "END"]
+    assert "P28" in names
+    assert "IAB" in names
 
 
 def test_hrrr_data():