diff --git a/Ledger/Ledger.hs b/Ledger/Ledger.hs
index 9247aca7e..a7ddd9d3b 100644
--- a/Ledger/Ledger.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Ledger.hs
@@ -74,39 +74,6 @@ cacheLedger acctpat l =
     in
       Ledger l ant amap maxprecision acctpat filteredant filteredamap
 
--- | Remove ledger entries we are not interested in.
--- Keep only those which fall between the begin and end dates, and match
--- the description patterns.
-filterLedgerEntries :: String -> String -> Regex -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
-filterLedgerEntries begin end descpat = 
-    filterLedgerEntriesByDate begin end .
-    filterLedgerEntriesByDescription descpat
-
--- | Keep only entries whose description matches the description pattern.
-filterLedgerEntriesByDescription :: Regex -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
-filterLedgerEntriesByDescription descpat (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
-    RawLedger ms ps (filter matchdesc es) f
-    where
-      matchdesc :: Entry -> Bool
-      matchdesc e = case matchRegex descpat (edescription e) of
-                      Nothing -> False
-                      otherwise -> True
-
--- | Keep only entries which fall between begin and end dates. 
--- We include entries on the begin date and exclude entries on the end
--- date, like ledger.  An empty date string means no restriction.
-filterLedgerEntriesByDate :: String -> String -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
-filterLedgerEntriesByDate begin end (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
-    RawLedger ms ps (filter matchdate es) f
-    where
-      matchdate :: Entry -> Bool
-      matchdate e = (begin == "" || entrydate >= begindate) && 
-                    (end == "" || entrydate < enddate)
-                    where 
-                      begindate = parsedate begin :: UTCTime
-                      enddate   = parsedate end
-                      entrydate = parsedate $ edate e
-
 -- | List a 'Ledger' 's account names.
 accountnames :: Ledger -> [AccountName]
 accountnames l = drop 1 $ flatten $ accountnametree l
diff --git a/Ledger/RawLedger.hs b/Ledger/RawLedger.hs
index 01dc06d27..e8a369c96 100644
--- a/Ledger/RawLedger.hs
+++ b/Ledger/RawLedger.hs
@@ -37,3 +37,37 @@ rawLedgerAccountNames = sort . expandAccountNames . rawLedgerAccountNamesUsed
 
 rawLedgerAccountNameTree :: RawLedger -> Tree AccountName
 rawLedgerAccountNameTree l = accountNameTreeFrom $ rawLedgerAccountNames l
+
+-- | Remove ledger entries we are not interested in.
+-- Keep only those which fall between the begin and end dates, and match
+-- the description pattern.
+filterRawLedgerEntries :: String -> String -> Regex -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
+filterRawLedgerEntries begin end descpat = 
+    filterRawLedgerEntriesByDate begin end .
+    filterRawLedgerEntriesByDescription descpat
+
+-- | Keep only entries whose description matches the description pattern.
+filterRawLedgerEntriesByDescription :: Regex -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
+filterRawLedgerEntriesByDescription descpat (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
+    RawLedger ms ps (filter matchdesc es) f
+    where
+      matchdesc :: Entry -> Bool
+      matchdesc e = case matchRegex descpat (edescription e) of
+                      Nothing -> False
+                      otherwise -> True
+
+-- | Keep only entries which fall between begin and end dates. 
+-- We include entries on the begin date and exclude entries on the end
+-- date, like ledger.  An empty date string means no restriction.
+filterRawLedgerEntriesByDate :: String -> String -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
+filterRawLedgerEntriesByDate begin end (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
+    RawLedger ms ps (filter matchdate es) f
+    where
+      matchdate :: Entry -> Bool
+      matchdate e = (begin == "" || entrydate >= begindate) && 
+                    (end == "" || entrydate < enddate)
+                    where 
+                      begindate = parsedate begin :: UTCTime
+                      enddate   = parsedate end
+                      entrydate = parsedate $ edate e
+
diff --git a/hledger.hs b/hledger.hs
index 68cabff22..af1f24b57 100644
--- a/hledger.hs
+++ b/hledger.hs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ parseLedgerAndDo :: [Opt] -> [String] -> ([Opt] -> [String] -> Ledger -> IO ())
 parseLedgerAndDo opts args cmd = 
     ledgerFilePathFromOpts opts >>= parseLedgerFile >>= either printParseError runthecommand
     where
-      runthecommand = cmd opts args . cacheLedger acctpat . filterLedgerEntries begin end descpat
+      runthecommand = cmd opts args . cacheLedger acctpat . filterRawLedgerEntries begin end descpat
       begin = beginDateFromOpts opts
       end = endDateFromOpts opts
       acctpat = regexFor acctpats
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ myrawledger = do
 myledger :: IO Ledger
 myledger = do
   l <- myrawledger
-  return $ cacheLedger wildcard $ filterLedgerEntries "" "" wildcard l
+  return $ cacheLedger wildcard $ filterRawLedgerEntries "" "" wildcard l
 
 -- | get a Ledger from the given file path
 rawledgerfromfile :: String -> IO RawLedger