diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 7e70442af354c0d67ff2e431f4a07198375c819e..bd20a11e8772462c4eb790fb74c39199b758c545 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.Rhistory
 ^\.Rproj\.travis.yml
 ^\.Rproj\appveyor.yml
+appveyor.yml
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b046f2d21dda6ca416597843f8a5262c54eb2760..add1aba42d722027884c47d3056d5311cc2f87f6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: dataRetrieval
 Type: Package
 Title: Retrieval functions for hydrologic data
-Version: 1.4.1.9000
-Date: 2014-10-06
+Version: 1.4.0
+Date: 2014-10-13
 Authors@R: c( person("Robert", "Hirsch", role = c("aut"),
     email = "rhirsch@usgs.gov"),
     person("Laura", "DeCicco", role = c("aut","cre"),
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Imports:
     zoo,
     XML,
     RCurl,
-    dplyr,
     reshape2,
     lubridate
 Suggests:
diff --git a/R/getRDB1Data.r b/R/getRDB1Data.r
index c1a470edb85fd8b99557530efb4e1752c871ec55..7f9bd732a255ff9f828700db20b1e665f2f10e25 100644
--- a/R/getRDB1Data.r
+++ b/R/getRDB1Data.r
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
 #' siteNumber <- "02177000"
 #' startDate <- "2012-09-01"
 #' endDate <- "2012-10-01"
-#' offering <- '00003'
-#' property <- '00060'
+#' offering <- "00003"
+#' property <- "00060"
 #' obs_url <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
-#'          startDate,endDate,'dv',format='tsv')
+#'          startDate,endDate,"dv",format="tsv")
 #' data <- getRDB1Data(obs_url)
 #' urlMulti <- constructNWISURL("04085427",c("00060","00010"),
-#'          startDate,endDate,'dv',statCd=c("00003","00001"),'tsv')
+#'          startDate,endDate,"dv",statCd=c("00003","00001"),"tsv")
 #' multiData <- getRDB1Data(urlMulti)
 #' unitDataURL <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
-#'          as.character(Sys.Date()),as.character(Sys.Date()),'uv',format='tsv')
+#'          "2014-10-10","2014-10-10","uv",format="tsv")
 #' unitData <- getRDB1Data(unitDataURL, asDateTime=TRUE)
 getRDB1Data <- function(obs_url,asDateTime=FALSE, qw=FALSE){
   
diff --git a/R/getWaterML1Data.r b/R/getWaterML1Data.r
index f136e27068cd9f1f8ae02581cba2ac6ae7b4fabc..e33814f59939f0921a14c2f4efc4b7d1e7cf5558 100644
--- a/R/getWaterML1Data.r
+++ b/R/getWaterML1Data.r
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #'           startGW,endGW, service="gwlevels", format="xml",interactive=FALSE)
 #' groundWater <- getWaterML1Data(groundwaterExampleURL)
 #' unitDataURL <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
-#'          as.character(Sys.Date()),as.character(Sys.Date()),'uv',format='xml')
+#'          "2014-10-10","2014-10-10",'uv',format='xml')
 #' unitData <- getWaterML1Data(unitDataURL)
 getWaterML1Data <- function(obs_url){
   
diff --git a/R/renameColumns.R b/R/renameColumns.R
index 21c8968859b94c8d7c47f474830ce1a5f9bbdd04..cff16c8f4b37ac712b58b07d4ce51a32296affcc 100644
--- a/R/renameColumns.R
+++ b/R/renameColumns.R
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 #' rawData <- getNWISdvData(siteNumber,c("00010","00060","00300"),
 #'           "2001-01-01","2002-01-01",statCd=c("00001","00003"))
 #' rawData <- renameColumns(rawData)
-#' today <- as.character(Sys.Date())
-#' rawData2 <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,c("00010","00060"),today,today)
+#' date <- "2014-10-10"
+#' rawData2 <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,c("00010","00060"),date,date)
 #' rawData2 <- renameColumns(rawData2)
+#' head(rawData2)
 renameColumns <- function(rawData){
   
   columnNames <- names(rawData)
diff --git a/R/retrieveUnitNWISData.r b/R/retrieveUnitNWISData.r
index 67decc8296f57b31b47a996bdcb3b0f5f1732d75..2969337d5abfed6f1903bf54b765816b7a5af9ad 100644
--- a/R/retrieveUnitNWISData.r
+++ b/R/retrieveUnitNWISData.r
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 #' @examples
 #' siteNumber <- '05114000'
 #' parameterCd <- '00060'
-#' startDate <- as.character(Sys.Date())
-#' endDate <- as.character(Sys.Date())
+#' startDate <- "2014-10-10"
+#' endDate <- "2014-10-10"
 #' # These examples require an internet connection to run
 #' rawData <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate)
+#' summary(rawData)
 #' rawData2 <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,"tsv")
+#' summary(rawData2)
 getNWISunitData <- function (siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,format="xml",interactive=TRUE){  
   
   url <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,"uv",format=format,interactive=interactive)
diff --git a/man/getNWISunitData.Rd b/man/getNWISunitData.Rd
index f0d1416cdd63ccace34ea69978c44797486f3163..0f23fbf2623d5814f72235538a928cbc3870c277 100644
--- a/man/getNWISunitData.Rd
+++ b/man/getNWISunitData.Rd
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ A list of statistic codes can be found here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov
 \examples{
 siteNumber <- '05114000'
 parameterCd <- '00060'
-startDate <- as.character(Sys.Date())
-endDate <- as.character(Sys.Date())
+startDate <- "2014-10-10"
+endDate <- "2014-10-10"
 # These examples require an internet connection to run
 rawData <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate)
+summary(rawData)
 rawData2 <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,"tsv")
+summary(rawData2)
 }
 \keyword{USGS}
 \keyword{data}
diff --git a/man/getRDB1Data.Rd b/man/getRDB1Data.Rd
index 1856b749c91802ac16f0615f955280e54085cb44..674e5526b0dbc20a0ce20ecc5b101c0d2fd2d5e6 100644
--- a/man/getRDB1Data.Rd
+++ b/man/getRDB1Data.Rd
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ NWIS site, parameter code, statistic, startdate and enddate.
 siteNumber <- "02177000"
 startDate <- "2012-09-01"
 endDate <- "2012-10-01"
-offering <- '00003'
-property <- '00060'
+offering <- "00003"
+property <- "00060"
 obs_url <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
-         startDate,endDate,'dv',format='tsv')
+         startDate,endDate,"dv",format="tsv")
 data <- getRDB1Data(obs_url)
 urlMulti <- constructNWISURL("04085427",c("00060","00010"),
-         startDate,endDate,'dv',statCd=c("00003","00001"),'tsv')
+         startDate,endDate,"dv",statCd=c("00003","00001"),"tsv")
 multiData <- getRDB1Data(urlMulti)
 unitDataURL <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
-         as.character(Sys.Date()),as.character(Sys.Date()),'uv',format='tsv')
+         "2014-10-10","2014-10-10","uv",format="tsv")
 unitData <- getRDB1Data(unitDataURL, asDateTime=TRUE)
 }
 
diff --git a/man/getWaterML1Data.Rd b/man/getWaterML1Data.Rd
index 4284dfbf438cde0afbd036293ba96acef4f7401d..7006273119494caed77535ef526b3ab564ec4024 100644
--- a/man/getWaterML1Data.Rd
+++ b/man/getWaterML1Data.Rd
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ groundwaterExampleURL <- constructNWISURL(groundWaterSite, NA,
           startGW,endGW, service="gwlevels", format="xml",interactive=FALSE)
 groundWater <- getWaterML1Data(groundwaterExampleURL)
 unitDataURL <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
-         as.character(Sys.Date()),as.character(Sys.Date()),'uv',format='xml')
+         "2014-10-10","2014-10-10",'uv',format='xml')
 unitData <- getWaterML1Data(unitDataURL)
 }
 
diff --git a/man/renameColumns.Rd b/man/renameColumns.Rd
index 6b58cdf27c11f916da655e84f9c3db645b62d93d..bb8142710aa3bc48ae68038414d67a2800e7367c 100644
--- a/man/renameColumns.Rd
+++ b/man/renameColumns.Rd
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ siteNumber <- '05114000'
 rawData <- getNWISdvData(siteNumber,c("00010","00060","00300"),
           "2001-01-01","2002-01-01",statCd=c("00001","00003"))
 rawData <- renameColumns(rawData)
-today <- as.character(Sys.Date())
-rawData2 <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,c("00010","00060"),today,today)
+date <- "2014-10-10"
+rawData2 <- getNWISunitData(siteNumber,c("00010","00060"),date,date)
 rawData2 <- renameColumns(rawData2)
+head(rawData2)
 }
 \keyword{USGS}
 \keyword{data}