diff --git a/src/tools/utils.py b/src/tools/utils.py
index e0c12b2d..43bd8cb2 100644
--- a/src/tools/utils.py
+++ b/src/tools/utils.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import os.path
 from sat.core.log import getLogger
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 import datetime
-import dateutil
+from dateutil import parser as dateutil_parser
 import calendar
 import time
 import sys
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def date_parse(value):
     @param value(unicode): date to parse, in any format supported by dateutil.parser
     @return (int): timestamp
     """
-    return calendar.timegm(dateutil.parser.parse(unicode(value)).utctimetuple())
+    return calendar.timegm(dateutil_parser.parse(unicode(value)).utctimetuple())
 
 def generatePassword(vocabulary=None, size=20):
     """Generate a password with random characters.