diff --git a/lib/parallelIO/BinaryIO.h b/lib/parallelIO/BinaryIO.h
index 01b79dc6..bb1b559a 100644
--- a/lib/parallelIO/BinaryIO.h
+++ b/lib/parallelIO/BinaryIO.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-
+#include <algorithm>
 // 64bit endian swap is a portability pain
 #ifndef __has_builtin         // Optional of course.
 #define __has_builtin(x) 0  // Compatibility with non-clang compilers.
diff --git a/lib/parallelIO/NerscIO.h b/lib/parallelIO/NerscIO.h
index 595588dd..a442f20b 100644
--- a/lib/parallelIO/NerscIO.h
+++ b/lib/parallelIO/NerscIO.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ inline void NerscMachineCharacteristics(NerscField &header)
   std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
   std::tm tm = *std::localtime(&t);
   std::ostringstream oss; 
-  oss << std::put_time(&tm, "%c %Z");
+  //  oss << std::put_time(&tm, "%c %Z");
   header.creation_date = oss.str();
   header.archive_date  = header.creation_date;