diff --git a/src/eva/data/csv_space.py b/src/eva/data/csv_space.py
index 2ed3469..b0f9016 100644
--- a/src/eva/data/csv_space.py
+++ b/src/eva/data/csv_space.py
@@ -156,4 +156,6 @@ def get_datetime_array(self, file_data, date_config):
                               " \'year\': int, \'month\': int, \'day\': int, and \'hour\': int. " +
                               f" Date information found was {date_config}")
 
-        return np.array([np.datetime64(datetime.strptime(ds, '%Y%m%d%H')) for ds in date_str_list])
+        return np.array([np.datetime64(datetime.strptime(ds,
+                                       '%Y%m%d%H').strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f000000'),
+                                       'ns') for ds in date_str_list])