diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc b/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc
index dd8f599c48..14a41b64d1 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc
@@ -330,8 +330,6 @@ void MetNcFile::dump(ostream & out, int depth) const
 {
 
 int j, k;
-int month, day, year, hour, minute, second;
-char junk[256];
 Indent prefix(depth);
 Indent p2(depth + 1);
 Indent p3(depth + 2);
@@ -362,12 +360,6 @@ out << prefix << "Ydim = " << (Ydim ? GET_NC_NAME_P(Ydim) : "(nul)") << "\n";
 
 out << prefix << "\n";
 
-snprintf(junk, sizeof(junk), "%s %d, %d   %2d:%02d:%02d", short_month_name[month], day, year, hour, minute, second);
-
-out << junk << "\n";
-
-out << prefix << "\n";
-
 out << prefix << "Nvars = " << Nvars << "\n";
 
 for (j=0; j<Nvars; ++j)  {