diff --git a/src/COMPRESS/dump_xyz_zstd.cpp b/src/COMPRESS/dump_xyz_zstd.cpp
index 0138e89e01..19e521ba38 100644
--- a/src/COMPRESS/dump_xyz_zstd.cpp
+++ b/src/COMPRESS/dump_xyz_zstd.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void DumpXYZZstd::write_header(bigint ndump)
 {
   if (me == 0) {
     auto header = fmt::format("{}\n", ndump);
-    if (time_flag && (update->whichflag == 1)) {
+    if (time_flag) {
       double tcurrent = update->atime + (update->ntimestep-update->atimestep) + update->dt;
       header += fmt::format("Atoms. Timestep: {} Time: {:.6f}\n", update->ntimestep, tcurrent);
     } else header += fmt::format("Atoms. Timestep: {}\n", update->ntimestep);
diff --git a/src/dump.cpp b/src/dump.cpp
index df39f3738d..0f338e99b5 100644
--- a/src/dump.cpp
+++ b/src/dump.cpp
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ double Dump::compute_time()
 {
   return update->atime + (update->ntimestep - update->atimestep)*update->dt;
 }
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    return # of bytes of allocated memory
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/dump_xyz.cpp b/src/dump_xyz.cpp
index c554593b69..e90243fd1f 100644
--- a/src/dump_xyz.cpp
+++ b/src/dump_xyz.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int DumpXYZ::modify_param(int narg, char **arg)
 void DumpXYZ::write_header(bigint n)
 {
   if (me == 0) {
-    if (time_flag && (update->whichflag == 1)) {
+    if (time_flag) {
       double tcurrent = update->atime + (update->ntimestep-update->atimestep) + update->dt;
       fmt::print(fp,"{}\n Atoms. Timestep: {} Time: {:.6f}\n", n, update->ntimestep, tcurrent);
     } else fmt::print(fp,"{}\n Atoms. Timestep: {}\n", n, update->ntimestep);