Index: Modules/datetimemodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/datetimemodule.c	(revision 52355)
+++ Modules/datetimemodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
 static PyTypeObject PyDateTime_TimeType;
 static PyTypeObject PyDateTime_TZInfoType;
 
+/* time module imported in datetime module initialisation */
+static PyObject *time_module = NULL;
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Math utilities.
  */
@@ -1303,12 +1306,8 @@
 	if (_PyString_Resize(&newfmt, usednew) < 0)
 		goto Done;
 	{
-		PyObject *time = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
-		if (time == NULL)
-			goto Done;
-		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time, "strftime", "OO",
+		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time_module, "strftime", "OO",
 					     newfmt, timetuple);
-		Py_DECREF(time);
     	}
  Done:
 	Py_XDECREF(zreplacement);
@@ -1350,14 +1349,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 time_time(void)
 {
-	PyObject *result = NULL;
-	PyObject *time = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
-
-	if (time != NULL) {
-		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time, "time", "()");
-		Py_DECREF(time);
-	}
-	return result;
+        return PyObject_CallMethod(time_module, "time", "()");
 }
 
 /* Build a time.struct_time.  The weekday and day number are automatically
@@ -1366,21 +1358,13 @@
 static PyObject *
 build_struct_time(int y, int m, int d, int hh, int mm, int ss, int dstflag)
 {
-	PyObject *time;
-	PyObject *result = NULL;
-
-	time = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
-	if (time != NULL) {
-		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time, "struct_time",
-					     "((iiiiiiiii))",
-					     y, m, d,
-					     hh, mm, ss,
-				 	     weekday(y, m, d),
-				 	     days_before_month(y, m) + d,
-				 	     dstflag);
-		Py_DECREF(time);
-	}
-	return result;
+        return PyObject_CallMethod(time_module, "struct_time",
+                                   "((iiiiiiiii))",
+                                   y, m, d,
+                                   hh, mm, ss,
+                                   weekday(y, m, d),
+                                   days_before_month(y, m) + d,
+                                   dstflag);
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3821,10 +3805,7 @@
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss:strptime", &string, &format))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if ((module = PyImport_ImportModule("time")) == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-	obj = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "strptime", "ss", string, format);
-	Py_DECREF(module);
+	obj = PyObject_CallMethod(time_module,"strptime", "ss", string, format);
 
 	if (obj != NULL) {
 		int i, good_timetuple = 1;
@@ -4629,6 +4610,10 @@
 	PyObject *d;	/* its dict */
 	PyObject *x;
 
+        time_module = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
+        if (time_module == NULL)
+            return;
+
 	m = Py_InitModule3("datetime", module_methods,
 			   "Fast implementation of the datetime type.");
 	if (m == NULL)