diff --git a/config/collections.go b/config/collections.go
index 904dd387..72ec798c 100644
--- a/config/collections.go
+++ b/config/collections.go
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ func (c *GeoSpatialCollection) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(b, c)
 }
 
+// HasDateTime true when collection has temporal support, false otherwise
+func (c *GeoSpatialCollection) HasDateTime() bool {
+	return c.Metadata != nil && c.Metadata.TemporalProperties != nil
+}
+
 // +kubebuilder:object:generate=true
 type GeoSpatialCollectionMetadata struct {
 	// Human friendly title of this collection. When no title is specified the collection ID is used.
diff --git a/internal/ogc/features/main.go b/internal/ogc/features/main.go
index 73c5ccfb..24b9747a 100644
--- a/internal/ogc/features/main.go
+++ b/internal/ogc/features/main.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (f *Features) Features() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 		url := featureCollectionURL{*cfg.BaseURL.URL, r.URL.Query(), cfg.OgcAPI.Features.Limit,
-			f.configuredPropertyFilters[collectionID], hasDateTime(collection)}
+			f.configuredPropertyFilters[collectionID], collection.HasDateTime()}
 		encodedCursor, limit, inputSRID, outputSRID, contentCrs, bbox, referenceDate, propertyFilters, err := url.parse()
 		if err != nil {
 			engine.RenderProblem(engine.ProblemBadRequest, w, err.Error())
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func querySingleDatasource(input domain.SRID, output domain.SRID, bbox *geom.Ext
 
 func getTemporalCriteria(collection config.GeoSpatialCollection, referenceDate time.Time) ds.TemporalCriteria {
 	var temporalCriteria ds.TemporalCriteria
-	if hasDateTime(collection) {
+	if collection.HasDateTime() {
 		temporalCriteria = ds.TemporalCriteria{
 			ReferenceDate:     referenceDate,
 			StartDateProperty: collection.Metadata.TemporalProperties.StartDate,
@@ -410,7 +410,3 @@ func getTemporalCriteria(collection config.GeoSpatialCollection, referenceDate t
 	}
 	return temporalCriteria
 }
-
-func hasDateTime(collection config.GeoSpatialCollection) bool {
-	return collection.Metadata != nil && collection.Metadata.TemporalProperties != nil
-}