diff --git a/web/run.py b/web/run.py
index fe82ce0..2051c7f 100755
--- a/web/run.py
+++ b/web/run.py
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ def datetime_from_list(time_list):
     with DayOfYear starting at 0. We want it starting at 1 because it's what
     vendor parsers use, both in python and javascript.
     """
+    try:
+        time_list = [str(i, 'UTF8') for i in time_list]
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(e)
     # Day Of Year starts at 0, but for our datetime parser it starts at 1
     doy = '{:03d}'.format(int(''.join(time_list[4:7])) + 1)
     return datetime.datetime.strptime(
@@ -711,10 +715,6 @@ def get_data_for_target(target_config, input_slug,
                       (target_config['name'], orbit_file))
             for ltime, datum_hee in zip(times, data_hee):
                 try:
-                    try:
-                        ltime = [str(i, 'UTF8') for i in ltime]
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        print(e)
                     dtime = datetime_from_list(ltime)
                 except Exception:
                     log.error("Failed to parse time from get__data_for_target %s." % ltime)
@@ -776,10 +776,6 @@ def get_data_for_target(target_config, input_slug,
                     in zip(times, data_v, data_b, data_t, data_n, data_p, data_a):
 
                 try:
-                    try:
-                        ltime = [str(i, 'UTF8') for i in ltime]
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        print(e)
                     dtime = datetime_from_list(ltime)
                 except Exception:
                     log.error("Failed to parse time from %s." % ltime)
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