diff --git a/swh/loader/svn/tasks.py b/swh/loader/svn/tasks.py
index 711cdd8..7193b15 100644
--- a/swh/loader/svn/tasks.py
+++ b/swh/loader/svn/tasks.py
@@ -1,66 +1,63 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2016  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import shutil
 
-from datetime import datetime
-from os import stat
 from os.path import basename
 
 from swh.scheduler.task import Task
 
 from .loader import SWHSvnLoader
 from . import utils
 
 
 class LoadSWHSvnRepositoryTsk(Task):
     """Import one svn repository to Software Heritage.
 
     """
     task_queue = 'swh_loader_svn'
 
     def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Import a svn repository with swh policy.
 
         Args:
             args: ordered arguments (expected None)
             kwargs: Dictionary with the following expected keys:
               - svn_url: (mandatory) svn's repository url
               - destination_path: (mandatory) root directory to
                 locally retrieve svn's data
               - swh_revision: (optional) extra SWH revision hex to
                 start from.  cf. swh.loader.svn.SvnLoader.process
                 docstring
 
         """
         SWHSvnLoader().load(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class MountAndLoadSvnRepositoryTsk(Task):
     task_queue = 'swh_loader_svn_mount_and_load'
 
-    def run(self, archive_path, origin_url=None):
+    def run(self, archive_path, origin_url=None, visit_date=None):
         """1. Mount an svn dump from archive as a local svn repository.
            2. Load it through the svn loader.
            3. Clean up mounted svn repository archive.
         """
         temp_dir = None
         try:
             self.log.info('Archive to mount and load %s' % archive_path)
             temp_dir, repo_path = utils.init_svn_repo_from_archive_dump(
                 archive_path)
             self.log.debug('Mounted svn repository to %s' % repo_path)
-            mtime = stat(archive_path).st_mtime
             SWHSvnLoader().load(svn_url='file://%s' % repo_path,
                                 origin_url=origin_url,
-                                visit_date=datetime.utcfromtimestamp(mtime),
+                                visit_date=visit_date,
                                 destination_path=None)
         except Exception as e:
             raise e
         finally:
             if temp_dir:
                 self.log.debug('Clean up temp directory %s for project %s' % (
                     temp_dir, basename(repo_path)))
                 shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)