diff --git a/workflows/examples/create_collection_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb b/workflows/examples/create_collection_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb
index 0649a030da1eac74837011b77bdd7cf9d90f6102..e92b50901dd55df995f9ca367969a41f289fc7f8 100644
--- a/workflows/examples/create_collection_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb
+++ b/workflows/examples/create_collection_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@
     "# pull out first and last timestamps\n",
     "temporal_extent_lower = pd.Timestamp(ds[dim_names_dict['T']].data.min())\n",
     "temporal_extent_upper = pd.Timestamp(ds[dim_names_dict['T']].data.max())\n",
+    "# if you get an error:\n",
+    "# Cannot convert input [] of type <class 'cftime._cftime.DatetimeNoLeap'> to Timestamp\n",
+    "# use the following instead:\n",
+    "# temporal_extent_lower = pd.Timestamp(ds.indexes[dim_names_dict['T']].to_datetimeindex().min())\n",
+    "# temporal_extent_upper = pd.Timestamp(ds.indexes[dim_names_dict['T']].to_datetimeindex().max())\n",
     "print(f'min: {temporal_extent_lower} \\nmax: {temporal_extent_upper}')\n",
     "# create a temporal extent object\n",
     "temporal_extent = pystac.TemporalExtent(intervals=[[temporal_extent_lower, temporal_extent_upper]])"
diff --git a/workflows/examples/create_item_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb b/workflows/examples/create_item_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb
index 722e28c12ca9a15fa2ccefe2df8e07f4593b2182..c18ea7037109603d2fb130f27b23934fe1bcec40 100644
--- a/workflows/examples/create_item_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb
+++ b/workflows/examples/create_item_from_zarr_conus404-daily.ipynb
@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@
     "# pull out first and last timestamps\n",
     "temporal_extent_lower = pd.Timestamp(ds[dim_names_dict['T']].data.min())\n",
     "temporal_extent_upper = pd.Timestamp(ds[dim_names_dict['T']].data.max())\n",
+    "# if you get an error:\n",
+    "# Cannot convert input [] of type <class 'cftime._cftime.DatetimeNoLeap'> to Timestamp\n",
+    "# use the following instead:\n",
+    "# temporal_extent_lower = pd.Timestamp(ds.indexes[dim_names_dict['T']].to_datetimeindex().min())\n",
+    "# temporal_extent_upper = pd.Timestamp(ds.indexes[dim_names_dict['T']].to_datetimeindex().max())\n",
     "print(f'min: {temporal_extent_lower} \\nmax: {temporal_extent_upper}')"
    ]
   },