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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+     2        (Calendar: no_calendar=0, thirty_day_months=1, julian=2, gregorian=3, noleap=4)
+  2016     8     1     0     0     0        Model start time:   year, month, day, hour, minute, second
+  2016     8     1     0    30     0        Current model time: year, month, day, hour, minute, second
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diff --git a/tests/main/driver/test_restart_fortran.py b/tests/main/driver/test_restart_fortran.py
index dc297d4ed..4f933291a 100644
--- a/tests/main/driver/test_restart_fortran.py
+++ b/tests/main/driver/test_restart_fortran.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_state_from_fortran_restart():
     )
 
     quantity_factory = QuantityFactory.from_backend(sizer=sizer, backend="numpy")
-    restart_dir = os.path.join(PACE_DIR, "util/tests/data/c12_restart")
+    restart_dir = os.path.join(PACE_DIR, "/tests/data/c12_restart")
 
     (
         damping_coefficients,