diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c49f3f0787a57923c93b63bb0080a280408ca3b3..8bf445100ad6320081a2fd87d10b3567e8cf115b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ os:
   - linux
 
 env:
+   NOT_CRAN="true"   
    global:
      - CRAN: http://cran.rstudio.com
      - R_BUILD_ARGS="--no-build-vignettes --no-manual"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ before_script:
   - "./travis-tool.sh bootstrap"
   - "./travis-tool.sh install_deps - ./travis-tool.sh install_r XML RCurl plyr reshape2 lubridate httr knitr xtable"
 
+
 on_failure:
   - "./travis-tool.sh dump_logs"
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R b/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R
index bd040048ccb861f962eced95439a9402fc41eb0b..a545fe85847c11dbe48c8b7b0060d945b45658ef 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/tests_userFriendly_fxns.R
@@ -9,11 +9,52 @@ test_that("Unit value data returns correct types", {
   endDate <- "2014-10-10"
 
   rawData <- readNWISuv(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate)
-  
+  rawData <- renameNWISColumns(rawData)
   timeZoneChange <- readNWISuv(c('04024430','04024000'),parameterCd,
-                               "2013-11-03","2013-11-03")
-
+                               "2013-11-03","2013-11-03", 
+                               tz="America/Chicago")
+  
+  
+  timeZoneChange <- renameNWISColumns(timeZoneChange)
   expect_is(rawData$dateTime, 'POSIXct')
+  expect_is(rawData$Flow_Inst, 'numeric')
+  expect_that(attr(rawData, "url"), equals(
+      "http://nwis.waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/iv/?site=05114000&format=waterml,1.1&ParameterCd=00060&startDT=2014-10-10&endDT=2014-10-10")
+  )
+  #First switchover to standard time:
+  expect_that(as.numeric(timeZoneChange[which(timeZoneChange$tz_cd == "CST")[1],"dateTime"]),
+              equals(as.numeric(as.POSIXct("2013-11-03 01:00:00", tz="UTC")+60*60*6)))
+  
+})
+
+context("importRDB")
+test_that("CRAN-friendly importRDB test", {
+  filePath <- system.file("extdata", package="dataRetrieval")
+  fileName <- "RDB1Example.txt"
+  fullPath <- file.path(filePath, fileName)
+  importUserRDB <- importRDB1(fullPath)
   
+  # default is to turn dates to characters
+  expect_is(importUserRDB$datetime, 'character')
   
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
+
+context("Peak, rating, meas")
+test_that("peak, rating curves, surface-water measurements", {
+  testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  
+  siteNumbers <- c('01594440','040851325')
+  data <- readNWISpeak(siteNumbers)
+  expect_is(data$agency_cd, 'character')
+  
+  #Rating curvs:
+  siteNumber <- '01594440'
+  data <- readNWISrating(siteNumber, "base")
+  expect_that(length(attr(data, "RATING")),equals(7))
+  
+  #Surface meas:
+  siteNumbers <- c('01594440','040851325')
+  data <- readNWISmeas(siteNumbers)
+  expect_is(data$agency_cd, 'character')
+})
+