diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
index ae967b84d..6d7f98c2f 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ asHandle ui0@UIState{
   ,ajournal=j
   ,aMode=mode
   } ev = do
-  d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
   let
+    d = copts^.rsDay
     nonblanks = V.takeWhile (not . T.null . asItemAccountName) $ _asList^.listElementsL
     lastnonblankidx = max 0 (length nonblanks - 1)
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs
index 5ff2dcef3..256e815ab 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import Data.Time.Calendar (Day)
 import Data.Void (Void)
 import Graphics.Vty (Event(..),Key(..),Modifier(..))
+import Lens.Micro ((^.))
 import Text.Megaparsec
 import Text.Megaparsec.Char
-import Lens.Micro ((^.))
 
 import Hledger.Cli hiding (progname,prognameandversion)
 import Hledger.UI.UIOptions
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ esHandle ui@UIState{aScreen=ErrorScreen{..}
         _                    -> helpHandle ui ev
 
     _ -> do
-      d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
+      let d = copts^.rsDay
       case ev of
         VtyEvent (EvKey (KChar 'q') []) -> halt ui
         VtyEvent (EvKey KEsc        []) -> continue $ uiCheckBalanceAssertions d $ resetScreens d ui
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
index 0443a7736..0be3d81cf 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Data.List.Extra (nubSort)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Graphics.Vty (mkVty)
+import Lens.Micro ((^.))
 import System.Directory (canonicalizePath)
 import System.FilePath (takeDirectory)
 import System.FSNotify (Event(Modified), isPollingManager, watchDir, withManager)
@@ -60,9 +61,8 @@ main = do
 
 runBrickUi :: UIOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
 runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{uoCliOpts=copts@CliOpts{inputopts_=_iopts,reportspec_=rspec@ReportSpec{_rsReportOpts=ropts}}} j = do
-  d <- getCurrentDay
-
   let
+    today = copts^.rsDay
 
     -- hledger-ui's query handling is currently in flux, mixing old and new approaches.
     -- Related: #1340, #1383, #1387. Some notes and terminology:
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{uoCliOpts=copts@CliOpts{inputopts_=_iopts,reportspec_=rs
           -- Initialising the accounts screen is awkward, requiring
           -- another temporary UIState value..
           ascr' = aScreen $
-                  asInit d True
+                  asInit today True
                     UIState{
                      astartupopts=uopts'
                     ,aopts=uopts'
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{uoCliOpts=copts@CliOpts{inputopts_=_iopts,reportspec_=rs
                     }
 
     ui =
-      (sInit scr) d True $
+      (sInit scr) today True $
           UIState{
            astartupopts=uopts'
           ,aopts=uopts'
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{uoCliOpts=copts@CliOpts{inputopts_=_iopts,reportspec_=rs
           writeChan eventChan dc
         watchDate new
 
-    withAsync 
+    withAsync
       -- run this small task asynchronously:
-      (getCurrentDay >>= watchDate) 
+      (getCurrentDay >>= watchDate)
       -- until this main task terminates:
       $ \_async ->
       -- start one or more background threads reporting changes in the directories of our files
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
index 452deb242..37b2de3e7 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ rsHandle ui@UIState{
   ,ajournal=j
   ,aMode=mode
   } ev = do
-  d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
   let
+    d = copts^.rsDay
     journalspan = journalDateSpan False j
     nonblanks = V.takeWhile (not . T.null . rsItemDate) $ rsList^.listElementsL
     lastnonblankidx = max 0 (length nonblanks - 1)
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/TransactionScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/TransactionScreen.hs
index f620ec629..2062ab3a6 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/TransactionScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/TransactionScreen.hs
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ tsHandle ui@UIState{aScreen=TransactionScreen{tsTransaction=(i,t), tsTransaction
         _                    -> helpHandle ui ev
 
     _ -> do
-      d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
       let
+        d = copts^.rsDay
         (iprev,tprev) = maybe (i,t) ((i-1),) $ lookup (i-1) nts
         (inext,tnext) = maybe (i,t) ((i+1),) $ lookup (i+1) nts
       case ev of
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ tsHandle ui@UIState{aScreen=TransactionScreen{tsTransaction=(i,t), tsTransaction
             p = reportPeriod ui
         e | e `elem` [VtyEvent (EvKey (KChar 'g') []), AppEvent FileChange] -> do
           -- plog (if e == AppEvent FileChange then "file change" else "manual reload") "" `seq` return ()
-          d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
           ej <- liftIO $ journalReload copts
           case ej of
             Left err -> continue $ screenEnter d errorScreen{esError=err} ui
diff --git a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Foundation.hs b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Foundation.hs
index 51af3baad..262680015 100644
--- a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Foundation.hs
+++ b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/Foundation.hs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ instance Show Text.Blaze.Markup where show _ = "<blaze markup>"
 getViewData :: Handler ViewData
 getViewData = do
   App{appOpts=opts@WebOpts{cliopts_=copts@CliOpts{reportspec_=rspec@ReportSpec{_rsReportOpts}}}, appJournal} <- getYesod
-  today <- liftIO getCurrentDay
+  let today = _rsDay rspec
 
   -- try to read the latest journal content, keeping the old content
   -- if there's an error