diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs
index daf41bc3a..b4c2e3e6b 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Query.hs
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ queryIsDepth _ = False
 
 queryIsDate :: Query -> Bool
 queryIsDate (Date _) = True
+queryIsDate (Date2 _) = True
 queryIsDate _ = False
 
 queryIsDesc :: Query -> Bool
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs
index 785b46246..e5ec14bbe 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/MultiBalanceReports.hs
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ multiBalanceReport opts q j = MultiBalanceReport (displayspans, items, totals)
       intervalspans  = dbg "intervalspans"  $ splitSpan (intervalFromOpts opts) requestedspan'           -- interval spans enclosing it
       reportspan     = dbg "reportspan"     $ DateSpan (maybe Nothing spanStart $ headMay intervalspans) -- the requested span enlarged to a whole number of intervals
                                                        (maybe Nothing spanEnd   $ lastMay intervalspans)
-      reportq    = dbg "reportq" $ depthless $ And [datelessq, Date reportspan] -- user's query enlarged to whole intervals and with no depth limit
+      newdatesq = dbg "newdateq" $ (if date2_ opts then Date2 else Date) reportspan
+      reportq  = dbg "reportq" $ depthless $ And [datelessq, newdatesq] -- user's query enlarged to whole intervals and with no depth limit
 
       ps :: [Posting] =
           dbg "ps" $
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs
index 9ca6b3872..07d89f695 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ postingsReport opts q j = (totallabel, items)
       intervalspans  = dbg "intervalspans"  $ splitSpan (intervalFromOpts opts) requestedspan'           -- interval spans enclosing it
       reportspan     = dbg "reportspan"     $ DateSpan (maybe Nothing spanStart $ headMay intervalspans) -- the requested span enlarged to a whole number of intervals
                                                        (maybe Nothing spanEnd   $ lastMay intervalspans)
-      reportq    = dbg "reportq" $ depthless $ And [dateless q, Date reportspan] -- user's query enlarged to whole intervals and with no depth limit
+      newdatesq = dbg "newdateq" $ (if date2_ opts then Date2 else Date) reportspan
+      reportq  = dbg "reportq" $ depthless $ And [dateless q, newdatesq] -- user's query enlarged to whole intervals and with no depth limit
 
       (precedingps, displayableps, _) =
           dbg "ps5" $ postingsMatchingDisplayExpr displayexpr opts $              -- filter and group by the -d display expression