diff --git a/R/readNWISdata.r b/R/readNWISdata.r
index c66e7f7f53375a93c5c36fd3f55ef5599fe6f0b2..9b3e5a76c53d4fdf4cb729191fb454ffd58ae8b9 100644
--- a/R/readNWISdata.r
+++ b/R/readNWISdata.r
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@
 #' #Not empty:
 #' multiSite <- readNWISdata(sites=c("04025500","040263491"), service="iv", parameterCd="00060")
 #' bBoxEx <- readNWISdata(bBox=c(-83,36.5,-81,38.5), parameterCd="00010")
+#' 
 #' startDate <- as.Date("2013-10-01")
 #' endDate <- as.Date("2014-09-30")
 #' waterYear <- readNWISdata(bBox=c(-83,36.5,-81,38.5), parameterCd="00010", 
 #'                   service="dv", startDate=startDate, endDate=endDate)
-#' siteInfo <- readNWISdata(stateCd="WI", parameterCd="00010",hasDataTypeCd="iv", service="site")
+#' siteInfo <- readNWISdata(stateCd="WI", parameterCd="00010",
+#'                   hasDataTypeCd="iv", service="site")
 #' }
 readNWISdata <- function(service="dv", ...){
   
@@ -94,9 +96,7 @@ readNWISdata <- function(service="dv", ...){
   } else {
     retval <- importWaterML1(urlCall, asDateTime = ("iv" == service))
     if("dv" == service){
-      retval$dateTime <- as.Date(retval$dateTime)
-      retval$tz_cd <- NULL      
-      names(retval)[names(retval) == "dateTime"] <- "Date"
+      retval$dateTime <- as.POSIXct(retval$dateTime)
     }
   }
   
diff --git a/tests/testthat/tests_general.R b/tests/testthat/tests_general.R
index 979d4aeac62c45257d1cbcb904f6c94986ee4f60..c714f9ba24f5842a06127d5395c419804256af71 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/tests_general.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/tests_general.R
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test_that("General NWIS retrievals working", {
   endDate <- as.Date("2014-09-30")
   waterYear <- readNWISdata(bBox=c(-83,36.5,-81,38.5), parameterCd="00010", 
                    service="dv", startDate=startDate, endDate=endDate)
-  expect_is(waterYear$Date, 'Date')
+  expect_is(waterYear$dateTime, 'POSIXct')
   
   siteInfo <- readNWISdata(stateCd="WI", parameterCd="00010",hasDataTypeCd="iv", 
                            service="site")