diff --git a/src/MNH/prep_ideal_case.f90 b/src/MNH/prep_ideal_case.f90
index 370e214120d671ca8fd809fd3b69ee93a26c2e6b..fde7020d44cb68715e0f62caaa50406be2048670 100644
--- a/src/MNH/prep_ideal_case.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/prep_ideal_case.f90
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ USE MODD_IO,        ONLY: TFILE_DUMMY, TFILE_OUTPUTLISTING
 USE MODD_CONF_n
 USE MODD_NSV,       ONLY: NSV
 use modd_precision, only: LFIINT, MNHREAL_MPI, MNHTIME
+USE MODD_TYPE_DATE, ONLY: DATE_TIME
 !
 USE MODN_BLANK_n
 !
@@ -1480,7 +1481,7 @@ IF (CIDEAL == 'RSOU') THEN
   WRITE(NLUOUT,FMT=*) 'CIDEAL="RSOU", attempt to read DATE'
   CALL POSKEY(NLUPRE,NLUOUT,'RSOU')
   READ(NLUPRE,FMT=*)  NYEAR,NMONTH,NDAY,XTIME
-  TDTCUR = DATE_TIME(DATE(NYEAR,NMONTH,NDAY),XTIME)
+  TDTCUR = DATE_TIME( DATE = DATE( NYEAR, NMONTH, NDAY ), XTIME = XTIME )
   TDTEXP = TDTCUR
   TDTSEG = TDTCUR
   TDTMOD = TDTCUR
@@ -1499,7 +1500,7 @@ ELSE IF (CIDEAL == 'CSTN') THEN
   WRITE(NLUOUT,FMT=*) 'CIDEAL="CSTN", attempt to read DATE'
   CALL POSKEY(NLUPRE,NLUOUT,'CSTN')
   READ(NLUPRE,FMT=*)  NYEAR,NMONTH,NDAY,XTIME
-  TDTCUR = DATE_TIME(DATE(NYEAR,NMONTH,NDAY),XTIME)
+  TDTCUR = DATE_TIME( DATE = DATE( NYEAR, NMONTH, NDAY ), XTIME = XTIME )
   TDTEXP = TDTCUR
   TDTSEG = TDTCUR
   TDTMOD = TDTCUR