Index: wflow-py/wflow/wflow_sbm.py
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diff -u -rca72694fc3223d21ebf18751582047d8d7b0f282 -r333cba251cf7d46677265453c4e0743834b299db
--- wflow-py/wflow/wflow_sbm.py	(.../wflow_sbm.py)	(revision ca72694fc3223d21ebf18751582047d8d7b0f282)
+++ wflow-py/wflow/wflow_sbm.py	(.../wflow_sbm.py)	(revision 333cba251cf7d46677265453c4e0743834b299db)
@@ -1281,20 +1281,23 @@
 
     if fewsrun:
         ts = getTimeStepsfromRuninfo(runinfoFile, timestepsecs)
+        starttime = getStartTimefromRuninfo(runinfoFile)
         if (ts):
             _lastTimeStep = ts
             _firstTimeStep = 1
         else:
             print "Failed to get timesteps from runinfo file: " + runinfoFile
             exit(2)
-
+    else:
+        starttime = dt.datetime(1990,01,01)
+        
     if _lastTimeStep < _firstTimeStep:
         print "The starttimestep (" + str(_firstTimeStep) + ") is smaller than the last timestep (" + str(
             _lastTimeStep) + ")"
         usage()
 
     myModel = WflowModel(wflow_cloneMap, caseName, runId, configfile)
-    dynModelFw = wf_DynamicFramework(myModel, _lastTimeStep, firstTimestep=_firstTimeStep)
+    dynModelFw = wf_DynamicFramework(myModel, _lastTimeStep, firstTimestep=_firstTimeStep,datetimestart=starttime)
     dynModelFw.createRunId(NoOverWrite=_NoOverWrite, level=loglevel, logfname=LogFileName)
 
     for o, a in opts: