diff --git a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp
index 2e0af44f..163ad793 100644
--- a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp
+++ b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ void gGraphView::paintGL()
 
 }
 
-QString gGraphView::getRangeString(bool daysOnly)
+QString gGraphView::getRangeInDaysString()
 {
     QDateTime st = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(m_minx);
     QDateTime et = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(m_maxx);
@@ -1574,13 +1574,19 @@ QString gGraphView::getRangeString(bool daysOnly)
     QDate std = st.date();
     QDate etd = et.date();
 
-    // If just a day range wanted (as used by Overview)
-    if (daysOnly) {
-        if (std.year() == etd.year())
-            return st.toString(" d MMM") + " - " +  et.toString("d MMM yyyy");
-        else
-            return st.toString(" d MMM yyyy") + " - " +  et.toString("d MMM yyyy");
-    }
+    if (std.year() == etd.year())
+        return st.toString(" d MMM") + " - " +  et.toString("d MMM yyyy");
+    else
+        return st.toString(" d MMM yyyy") + " - " +  et.toString("d MMM yyyy");
+}
+
+QString gGraphView::getRangeString()
+{
+    QDateTime st = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(m_minx);
+    QDateTime et = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(m_maxx);
+
+    QDate std = st.date();
+    QDate etd = et.date();
 
     // Format if Begin and End are on different days
     if (std != etd) {  // further adjust formatting if on different years
diff --git a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h
index 774ba891..19a180db 100644
--- a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h
+++ b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h
@@ -511,8 +511,11 @@ class gGraphView
     //! \brief The current time the mouse pointer is hovering over
     inline double currentTime() { return m_currenttime; }
 
+    //! \brief Returns a context formatted text string with the currently selected time range in days
+    QString getRangeInDaysString();
+
     //! \brief Returns a context formatted text string with the currently selected time range
-    QString getRangeString(bool daysOnly = false);
+    QString getRangeString();
 
     Layer * findLayer(gGraph * graph, LayerType type);
 
diff --git a/oscar/overview.cpp b/oscar/overview.cpp
index ceefa1f2..0a8c14cb 100644
--- a/oscar/overview.cpp
+++ b/oscar/overview.cpp
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void Overview::on_LineCursorUpdate(double time)
 void Overview::on_RangeUpdate(double minx, double /* maxx */)
 {
     if (minx > 1) {
-        dateLabel->setText(GraphView->getRangeString(true));
+        dateLabel->setText(GraphView->getRangeInDaysString());
     } else {
         dateLabel->setText(QString(GraphView->emptyText()));
     }