diff --git a/R/fetchSCAN.R b/R/fetchSCAN.R
index a0ddcf1a..4a36ba2d 100644
--- a/R/fetchSCAN.R
+++ b/R/fetchSCAN.R
@@ -99,15 +99,23 @@
 #'
 #'     # get sensor metadata
 #'     m <- SCAN_sensor_metadata(site.code = c(356, 2072))
-#'
+#'     m
+#'     
 #'     # get site metadata
 #'     m <- SCAN_site_metadata(site.code = c(356, 2072))
-#'
-#'     # get hourly data (warning, result is very large ~ 11MB)
-#'     # x <- try(fetchSCAN(site.code = c(356, 2072), year = c(2015), timeseries = "Hourly"))
+#'     m
+#'     
+#'     # # get hourly data (warning, result is large ~11MB)
+#'     # x <- try(fetchSCAN(site.code = c(356, 2072), year = 2015, timeseries = "Hourly"))
+#'     #
+#'     # # note hourly data are in US/Central time, with standard or daylight savings time depending on day of year
+#'     # unique(format(x$SMS$datetime, '%Z'))
 #'     #
-#'     # note hourly data are all referenced to GMT-8, the time zone of station 356
-#'     # format(x$SMS$datetime[1], '%Z')
+#'     # # the site metadata indicate timeseries data time zone (dataTimeZone; for site 356 offset of 8 hours behind UTC)
+#      # # to obtain all datetime data with a consistent offset use e.g. "Etc/GMT+8"
+#      # # note that the sign is inverted for the Etc/GMT+n timezone specification
+#'     # x <- try(fetchSCAN(site.code = c(356, 2072), year = 2015, timeseries = "Hourly", tz = "Etc/GMT+8"))
+#'     
 #' }
 #' @rdname fetchSCAN
 #' @export
diff --git a/man/fetchSCAN.Rd b/man/fetchSCAN.Rd
index 4455c750..27f697b1 100644
--- a/man/fetchSCAN.Rd
+++ b/man/fetchSCAN.Rd
@@ -90,15 +90,21 @@ See the \href{http://ncss-tech.github.io/AQP/soilDB/fetchSCAN-demo.html}{fetchSC
 
     # get sensor metadata
     m <- SCAN_sensor_metadata(site.code = c(356, 2072))
-
+    m
+    
     # get site metadata
     m <- SCAN_site_metadata(site.code = c(356, 2072))
-
-    # get hourly data (warning, result is very large ~ 11MB)
-    # x <- try(fetchSCAN(site.code = c(356, 2072), year = c(2015), timeseries = "Hourly"))
+    m
+    
+    # # get hourly data (warning, result is large ~11MB)
+    # x <- try(fetchSCAN(site.code = c(356, 2072), year = 2015, timeseries = "Hourly"))
+    #
+    # # note hourly data are in US/Central time, with standard or daylight savings time depending on day of year
+    # unique(format(x$SMS$datetime, '\%Z'))
     #
-    # note hourly data are all referenced to GMT-8, the time zone of station 356
-    # format(x$SMS$datetime[1], '\%Z')
+    # # the site metadata indicate timeseries data time zone (dataTimeZone; for site 356 offset of 8 hours behind UTC)
+    # x <- try(fetchSCAN(site.code = c(356, 2072), year = 2015, timeseries = "Hourly", tz = "Etc/GMT+8"))
+    
 }
 }
 \references{