diff --git a/ooiservices/app/uframe/controller.py b/ooiservices/app/uframe/controller.py
index bcfd8954..61e4259c 100644
--- a/ooiservices/app/uframe/controller.py
+++ b/ooiservices/app/uframe/controller.py
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ def dict_from_stream(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream):
     if response.status_code != 200:
         raise IOError("Failed to get stream contents from uFrame")
     data = response.json()
-    print data[0]
     data_dict = {}
     preferred = data[0][u'preferred_timestamp']
     data_dict['start'] = data[0]['pk']['time'] - COSMO_CONSTANT
@@ -251,7 +250,8 @@ def get_uframe_stream_contents(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, strea
         UFRAME_DATA = current_app.config['UFRAME_URL'] + current_app.config['UFRAME_URL_BASE']
         response =  requests.get("/".join([UFRAME_DATA,mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream]))
         if response.status_code != 200:
-            print response.text
+            #print response.text
+            pass
         return response
     except:
         return internal_server_error('uframe connection cannot be made.')
@@ -261,14 +261,14 @@ def get_uframe_stream_contents_bounded(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_typ
     '''
     Gets the bounded stream contents, start_time and end_time need to be datetime objects
     '''
-    try:
-        start_str = start_time.isoformat() + 'Z'
-        end_str = end_time.isoformat() + 'Z'
-        query = '?beginDT=%s&endDT=%s' % (start_str, end_str)
+    try:        
+        query = '?beginDT=%s&endDT=%s' % (start_time, end_time)
         UFRAME_DATA = current_app.config['UFRAME_URL'] + current_app.config['UFRAME_URL_BASE']
-        response =  requests.get("/".join([UFRAME_DATA,mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream + query]))
+        url = "/".join([UFRAME_DATA,mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream + query])        
+        response =  requests.get(url)
         if response.status_code != 200:
-            print response.text
+            #print response.text
+            pass
         return response
     except:
         return internal_server_error('uframe connection cannot be made.')
@@ -446,9 +446,14 @@ def get_profile_data(instrument,stream):
     #instrument = instrument.replace('-','/',2)
     #url = current_app.config['UFRAME_URL'] + current_app.config['UFRAME_URL_BASE'] +'/' + instrument+ "/telemetered/"+stream + "/" + dt_bounds               
     #response = requests.get(url)
-
     mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream = split_stream_name('_'.join([instrument, stream]))
-    response = get_uframe_stream_contents(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream)
+    if 'startdate' in request.args and 'enddate' in request.args:
+        st_date = request.args['startdate']       
+        ed_date = request.args['enddate']           
+        response = get_uframe_stream_contents_bounded(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream,st_date,ed_date)
+    else:
+        response = get_uframe_stream_contents(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream)
+
     if response.status_code != 200:
         raise IOError("Failed to get data from uFrame")
     data = response.json()  
diff --git a/ooiservices/app/uframe/data.py b/ooiservices/app/uframe/data.py
index 33eb78b8..22dd9726 100644
--- a/ooiservices/app/uframe/data.py
+++ b/ooiservices/app/uframe/data.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 COSMO_CONSTANT = 2208988800
 
 def get_data(stream, instrument,yfield,xfield,include_time=False):
-    from ooiservices.app.uframe.controller import split_stream_name, get_uframe_stream_contents
+    from ooiservices.app.uframe.controller import split_stream_name, get_uframe_stream_contents,get_uframe_stream_contents_bounded
     #get data from uframe
     #-------------------
     # m@c: 02/01/2015
@@ -34,11 +34,19 @@ def get_data(stream, instrument,yfield,xfield,include_time=False):
     #-------------------
     #TODO: create better error handler if uframe is not online/responding
     data = []
-    #dt_bounds = '?beginDT=2014-05-03T12:12:12.000Z&endDT=2014-05-03T23:12:12.000Z'
+    
+    mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream = split_stream_name('_'.join([instrument, stream]))
+
     try:
-        mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream = split_stream_name('_'.join([instrument, stream]))
-        response = get_uframe_stream_contents(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream)
-        data = response.json()
+
+        if 'startdate' in request.args and 'enddate' in request.args:
+            st_date = request.args['startdate']       
+            ed_date = request.args['enddate']           
+            response = get_uframe_stream_contents_bounded(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream,st_date,ed_date)
+            data = response.json()
+        else:
+            response = get_uframe_stream_contents(mooring, platform, instrument, stream_type, stream)
+            data = response.json()
     except Exception,e:
         current_app.logger.exception('Failed to make plot')
         return {'error':'uframe connection cannot be made:'+str(e)}
@@ -65,17 +73,6 @@ def get_data(stream, instrument,yfield,xfield,include_time=False):
         if yfield not in data[0]:
             return {'error':'requested data yfield not available'}      
 
-    hasStartDate = False
-    hasEndDate = False
-
-    if 'startdate' in request.args:
-        st_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(request.args['startdate'], "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-        hasStartDate = True
-
-    if 'enddate' in request.args:
-        ed_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(request.args['enddate'], "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-        hasEndDate = True   
-
     #override the timestamp to the prefered
     x = []
     y = []  
diff --git a/ooiservices/app/uframe/plotting.py b/ooiservices/app/uframe/plotting.py
index 18ea1511..dcf9328d 100644
--- a/ooiservices/app/uframe/plotting.py
+++ b/ooiservices/app/uframe/plotting.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def generate_plot(data,plot_format,plot_layout,use_line,use_scatter,plot_profile
     kwargs = dict(linewidth=1.0,alpha=0.7)
     
     is_timeseries = False
-    if "time" == data['x']:
+    if "time" == data['x_field']:
         data['x'] = num2date(data['x'], units='seconds since 1900-01-01 00:00:00', calendar='gregorian')
         is_timeseries = True