diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index f8204ff2..7424c4ae 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Process_instance_processor."""
+import _strptime  # type: ignore
 import decimal
 import json
 import logging
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ from SpiffWorkflow.spiff.serializer import UserTaskConverter
 from SpiffWorkflow.task import Task as SpiffTask  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.task import TaskState
 from SpiffWorkflow.util.deep_merge import DeepMerge  # type: ignore
-
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.active_task import ActiveTaskModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.bpmn_process_id_lookup import BpmnProcessIdLookup
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.file import File
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ DEFAULT_GLOBALS.update(
         "datetime": datetime,
         "time": time,
         "decimal": decimal,
+        "_strptime": _strptime,
     }
 )
 # This will overwrite the standard builtins