diff --git a/R/readNWISunit.r b/R/readNWISunit.r
index 7478fac7ba442ffb65762394d84f3480ef72fdb0..e79e55ccb15f81683bfb98960f0161891f050823 100644
--- a/R/readNWISunit.r
+++ b/R/readNWISunit.r
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 #' summary(rawData)
 #' rawData2 <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,"tsv")
 #' summary(rawData2)
-#' timeZoneChange <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,property,
-#'          "2013-11-03","2013-11-03")
+#' timeZoneChange <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,parameterCd,
+#'          "2013-11-03","2013-11-03","tsv")
 readNWISunit <- function (siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,format="xml"){  
   
   url <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,"uv",format=format)
   if (format == "xml") {
-    data <- importWaterML1(url)
+    data <- importWaterML1(url,asDateTime=TRUE)
   } else {
     data <- importRDB1(url,asDateTime=TRUE)
   }
diff --git a/man/readNWISunit.Rd b/man/readNWISunit.Rd
index 5aa9b677935a877b9f11f635e9876154788b7a0d..75db70c38e1cd9c7ae49633018aa9e17974dc025 100644
--- a/man/readNWISunit.Rd
+++ b/man/readNWISunit.Rd
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ rawData <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate)
 summary(rawData)
 rawData2 <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,"tsv")
 summary(rawData2)
-timeZoneChange <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,property,
-         "2013-11-03","2013-11-03")
+timeZoneChange <- readNWISunit(siteNumber,parameterCd,
+         "2013-11-03","2013-11-03","tsv")
 }
 \keyword{USGS}
 \keyword{data}