diff --git a/rowers/interactiveplots.py b/rowers/interactiveplots.py
index 853d94e3..0b1de404 100644
--- a/rowers/interactiveplots.py
+++ b/rowers/interactiveplots.py
@@ -107,12 +107,10 @@ def get_datetimes(seconds,tzinfo=0):
 	    minutes = int((second-3600.*(hours+24.*days))/60.) % 60
 	    sec = int(second-3600.*(hours+24.*days)-60.*minutes) % 60
 	    microsecond = int(1.0e6*(second-3600.*(hours+24.*days)-60.*minutes-sec)) 
-	dt = datetime.datetime(2016,5,1,hours,minutes,sec,microsecond)
+	dt = datetime.timedelta(hours=hours,minutes=minutes,
+				seconds=sec,microseconds=microsecond)
+
 
-	if tzinfo:
-	    dt = thetimezone.localize(dt, is_dst=True)
-	    # this is ugly
-#	    dt = dt+datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
 	out.append(dt)