diff --git a/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.cpp b/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.cpp
index 1d845a9ae1..92e65331e5 100644
--- a/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.cpp
@@ -3630,7 +3630,7 @@ std::vector<EpwDesignCondition> EpwFile::designConditions() {
   return m_designs;
 }
 
-boost::optional<TimeSeries> EpwFile::getTimeSeries(const std::string& name, bool isActual) {
+boost::optional<TimeSeries> EpwFile::getTimeSeries(const std::string& name, bool isActualOverride) {
   if (m_data.empty()) {
     if (!openstudio::filesystem::exists(m_path) || !openstudio::filesystem::is_regular_file(m_path)) {
       LOG_AND_THROW("Path '" << m_path << "' is not an EPW file");
@@ -3666,8 +3666,8 @@ boost::optional<TimeSeries> EpwFile::getTimeSeries(const std::string& name, bool
       // Time time=m_data[i].time();
       boost::optional<double> value = m_data[i].getField(id);
       if (value) {
-        if (isActual() || isActual) {
-        dates.push_back(DateTime(dateTime));
+        if (isActual() || isActualOverride) {
+          dates.push_back(DateTime(dateTime));
         } else {
           // Strip year
           dates.push_back(DateTime(Date(dateTime.date().monthOfYear(), dateTime.date().dayOfMonth()), dateTime.time()));
diff --git a/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.hpp b/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.hpp
index 27b2032086..98fa7396e3 100644
--- a/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.hpp
+++ b/src/utilities/filetypes/EpwFile.hpp
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ class UTILITIES_API EpwFile
 
   /// get a time series of a particular weather field
   // This will probably need to include the period at some point, but for now just dump everything into a time series
-  boost::optional<TimeSeries> getTimeSeries(const std::string& field, bool isActual = false);
+  boost::optional<TimeSeries> getTimeSeries(const std::string& field, bool isActualOverride = false);
   /// get a time series of a computed quantity
   boost::optional<TimeSeries> getComputedTimeSeries(const std::string& field);