diff --git a/importexp b/importexp
index 9452510c69dc4f4b553f0d820e6a3a98e724d5a4..8b54514a4a4c73eb6415ec5b438d1cbe66d9e0c6 100755
--- a/importexp
+++ b/importexp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ cd '$WORK_DIR'
 
     echo "Generating configuration" >&2
 
-    eval "$(perl -lne '/^(?:\d{4,}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d:\ )?\+\ \s*(
+    eval "$(perl -lne '/^(?:\d{4,}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d(?:.\d+)?:\ )?\+\ \s*(
         EXPNAME|
         (?:start|end|initial|final)_date|
         restart_interval|