diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index fa6e4536..81d278e4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: dataRetrieval
 Type: Package
 Title: Retrieval Functions for USGS and EPA Hydrologic and Water Quality Data
-Version: 2.5.4
-Date: 2016-04-7
+Version: 2.5.5
+Date: 2016-04-18
 Authors@R: c( person("Robert", "Hirsch", role = c("aut"),
     email = "rhirsch@usgs.gov"),
     person("Laura", "DeCicco", role = c("aut","cre"),
diff --git a/R/importRDB1.r b/R/importRDB1.r
index e0f9fdac..44ffbb70 100644
--- a/R/importRDB1.r
+++ b/R/importRDB1.r
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ importRDB1 <- function(obs_url, asDateTime=TRUE, convertType = TRUE, tz=""){
       
       if(all(c("DATE","TIME","TZCD") %in% header.names)){
         varname <- "DATETIME"
-        varval <- fast_strptime(paste(readr.data[,"DATE"],readr.data[,"TIME"]), "%Y-%m-%d %H%M%S", tz = "UTC")
+        varval <- fast_strptime(paste(readr.data[,"DATE"],readr.data[,"TIME"]), "%Y-%m-%d %H%M%S", tz = "UTC", lt=FALSE)
         readr.data[,varname] <- varval
         readr.data <- convertTZ(readr.data,"TZCD",varname,tz, flip.cols=TRUE)
       }