diff --git a/payu/experiment.py b/payu/experiment.py
index 15f5f8cb..07ca3355 100644
--- a/payu/experiment.py
+++ b/payu/experiment.py
@@ -1050,6 +1050,10 @@ def get_restarts_to_prune(self,
                           'model. To use integer based restart pruning, '
                           'set restart_freq to an integer value.')
                     raise
+                except FileNotFoundError as e:
+                    print(f'payu: warning: Ignoring {restart} from date-based '
+                          f'restart pruning. Error: {e}')
+                    continue
                 except Exception:
                     print('payu: error: Error parsing restart directory ',
                           f'{restart} for a datetime to prune restarts.')
diff --git a/payu/models/fms.py b/payu/models/fms.py
index 5da78635..f2f3e743 100644
--- a/payu/models/fms.py
+++ b/payu/models/fms.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 from itertools import count
 import fnmatch
 
-import cftime
-
 from payu.models.model import Model
 from payu import envmod
 from payu.fsops import required_libs
@@ -255,31 +253,3 @@ def archive(self, **kwargs):
 
     def collate(self):
         fms_collate(self)
-
-    def get_restart_datetime(self, restart_path):
-        """Given a restart path, parse the restart files and
-        return a cftime datetime (for date-based restart pruning)"""
-        # Check for ocean_solo.res file
-        ocean_solo_path = os.path.join(restart_path, 'ocean_solo.res')
-        if not os.path.exists(ocean_solo_path):
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                'Cannot find ocean_solo.res file, which is required for '
-                'date-based restart pruning')
-
-        with open(ocean_solo_path, 'r') as ocean_solo:
-            lines = ocean_solo.readlines()
-
-        calendar_int = int(lines[0].split()[0])
-        cftime_calendars = {
-            1: "360_day",
-            2: "julian",
-            3: "proleptic_gregorian",
-            4: "noleap"
-        }
-        calendar = cftime_calendars[calendar_int]
-
-        last_date_line = lines[-1].split()
-        date_values = [int(i) for i in last_date_line[:6]]
-        year, month, day, hour, minute, second = date_values
-        return cftime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second,
-                               calendar=calendar)
diff --git a/payu/models/mom.py b/payu/models/mom.py
index 6a28f2b2..6084407b 100644
--- a/payu/models/mom.py
+++ b/payu/models/mom.py
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 import f90nml
 
 from payu.models.fms import Fms
+from payu.models.mom_mixin import MomMixin
 from payu.fsops import mkdir_p, make_symlink
 
 
-class Mom(Fms):
+class Mom(MomMixin, Fms):
 
     def __init__(self, expt, name, config):
 
diff --git a/payu/models/mom6.py b/payu/models/mom6.py
index 188153e8..6b518383 100644
--- a/payu/models/mom6.py
+++ b/payu/models/mom6.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 # Local
 from payu.models.fms import Fms
+from payu.models.mom_mixin import MomMixin
 
 
 def mom6_add_parameter_files(model):
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def mom6_add_parameter_files(model):
             model.config_files.extend(filenames)
 
 
-class Mom6(Fms):
+class Mom6(MomMixin, Fms):
     """Interface to GFDL's MOM6 ocean model."""
 
     def __init__(self, expt, name, config):
diff --git a/payu/models/mom_mixin.py b/payu/models/mom_mixin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6194483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/payu/models/mom_mixin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Mixin class for MOM and MOM6 drivers
+
+:copyright: Copyright 2011 Marshall Ward, see AUTHORS for details
+:license: Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details
+"""
+
+import os
+
+import cftime
+
+
+class MomMixin:
+
+    def get_restart_datetime(self, restart_path):
+        """Given a restart path, parse the restart files and
+        return a cftime datetime (for date-based restart pruning)"""
+        # Check for ocean_solo.res file
+        ocean_solo_path = os.path.join(restart_path, 'ocean_solo.res')
+        if not os.path.exists(ocean_solo_path):
+            raise FileNotFoundError(
+                'Cannot find ocean_solo.res file, which is required for '
+                'date-based restart pruning')
+
+        with open(ocean_solo_path, 'r') as ocean_solo:
+            lines = ocean_solo.readlines()
+
+        calendar_int = int(lines[0].split()[0])
+        cftime_calendars = {
+            1: "360_day",
+            2: "julian",
+            3: "proleptic_gregorian",
+            4: "noleap"
+        }
+        calendar = cftime_calendars[calendar_int]
+
+        last_date_line = lines[-1].split()
+        date_values = [int(i) for i in last_date_line[:6]]
+        year, month, day, hour, minute, second = date_values
+        return cftime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second,
+                               calendar=calendar)
diff --git a/test/models/test_mom.py b/test/models/test_mom_mixin.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/models/test_mom.py
rename to test/models/test_mom_mixin.py
diff --git a/test/test_prune_restarts.py b/test/test_prune_restarts.py
index 253e02b1..ac2658bf 100644
--- a/test/test_prune_restarts.py
+++ b/test/test_prune_restarts.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from test.common import write_config
 from test.common import make_all_files
 from test.common import remove_expt_archive_dirs
-from test.models.test_mom import make_ocean_restart_dir
+from test.models.test_mom_mixin import make_ocean_restart_dir
 
 verbose = True