diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py b/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
index acfcc992f8..59b7f36517 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/PythonUtil.py
@@ -3867,6 +3867,8 @@ def isInteger(n):
     return type(n) in (types.IntType, types.LongType)
 
 def configIsToday(configName):
+    # TODO: replace usage of strptime with something else
+    return False
     # returns true if config string is a valid representation of today's date
     today = time.localtime()
     confStr = config.GetString(configName, '')