diff --git a/Hledger/Tests.hs b/Hledger/Tests.hs
index 0deec7788..617a9783f 100644
--- a/Hledger/Tests.hs
+++ b/Hledger/Tests.hs
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ $ hledger -f sample.ledger balance o
 
 module Hledger.Tests
 where
-import Data.Time.Format
-import System.Locale (defaultTimeLocale)
 import Test.HUnit.Tools (runVerboseTests)
 import System.Exit (exitFailure, exitWith, ExitCode(ExitSuccess)) -- base 3 compatible
 import System.Time (ClockTime(TOD))
@@ -308,33 +306,6 @@ tests = TestList [
   --    (elideAccountName 20 "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
   --     `is` "aa:aa:aaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
 
-  ,"entriesFromTimeLogEntries" ~: do
-     today <- getCurrentDay
-     now' <- getCurrentTime
-     tz <- getCurrentTimeZone
-     let now = utcToLocalTime tz now'
-         nowstr = showtime now
-         yesterday = prevday today
-         clockin = TimeLogEntry In
-         mktime d = LocalTime d . fromMaybe midnight . parseTime defaultTimeLocale "%H:%M:%S"
-         showtime = formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%H:%M"
-         assertEntriesGiveStrings name es ss = assertEqual name ss (map tdescription $ entriesFromTimeLogEntries now es)
-
-     assertEntriesGiveStrings "started yesterday, split session at midnight"
-                                  [clockin (mktime yesterday "23:00:00") ""]
-                                  ["23:00-23:59","00:00-"++nowstr]
-     assertEntriesGiveStrings "split multi-day sessions at each midnight"
-                                  [clockin (mktime (addDays (-2) today) "23:00:00") ""]
-                                  ["23:00-23:59","00:00-23:59","00:00-"++nowstr]
-     assertEntriesGiveStrings "auto-clock-out if needed" 
-                                  [clockin (mktime today "00:00:00") ""] 
-                                  ["00:00-"++nowstr]
-     let future = utcToLocalTime tz $ addUTCTime 100 now'
-         futurestr = showtime future
-     assertEntriesGiveStrings "use the clockin time for auto-clockout if it's in the future"
-                                  [clockin future ""]
-                                  [printf "%s-%s" futurestr futurestr]
-
   ,"expandAccountNames" ~:
     expandAccountNames ["assets:cash","assets:checking","expenses:vacation"] `is`
      ["assets","assets:cash","assets:checking","expenses","expenses:vacation"]
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data.hs
index f2e009f7e..64b043c83 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data.hs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ tests_Hledger_Data = TestList
     ,Hledger.Data.Parse.tests_Parse
     -- ,Hledger.Data.Journal.tests_Journal
     -- ,Hledger.Data.Posting.tests_Posting
-    -- ,Hledger.Data.TimeLog.tests_TimeLog
+    ,Hledger.Data.TimeLog.tests_TimeLog
     -- ,Hledger.Data.Types.tests_Types
     -- ,Hledger.Data.Utils.tests_Utils
     ]
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
index 7225f0a38..a54720fe9 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ canonicaliseAmounts costbasis j@Journal{jtxns=ts} = j{jtxns=map fixledgertransac
                         where canonicaliseCommodity a@Amount{commodity=Commodity{symbol=s}} =
                                   a{commodity=findWithDefault (error "programmer error: canonicaliseCommodity failed") s canonicalcommoditymap}
 
+-- | Close any open timelog sessions using the provided current time.
+journalCloseTimeLogEntries :: LocalTime -> Journal -> Journal
+journalCloseTimeLogEntries now j@Journal{jtxns=ts, open_timelog_entries=es} =
+  j{jtxns = ts ++ (timeLogEntriesToTransactions now es), open_timelog_entries = []}
+
 -- | Get just the amounts from a ledger, in the order parsed.
 journalAmounts :: Journal -> [MixedAmount]
 journalAmounts = map pamount . journalPostings
@@ -241,13 +246,6 @@ journalCommodities = map commodity . concatMap amounts . journalAmounts
 journalPrecisions :: Journal -> [Int]
 journalPrecisions = map precision . journalCommodities
 
--- | Close any open timelog sessions using the provided current time.
-journalConvertTimeLog :: LocalTime -> Journal -> Journal
-journalConvertTimeLog t l0 = l0 { jtxns = convertedTimeLog ++ jtxns l0
-                                  , open_timelog_entries = []
-                                  }
-    where convertedTimeLog = entriesFromTimeLogEntries t $ open_timelog_entries l0
-
 -- | The (fully specified) date span containing all the raw ledger's transactions,
 -- or DateSpan Nothing Nothing if there are none.
 journalDateSpan :: Journal -> DateSpan
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Parse.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Parse.hs
index eda05f668..8c57a1a85 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Parse.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Parse.hs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ parseJournalFile t f   = liftIO (readFile f) >>= parseJournal t f
 parseJournal :: LocalTime -> FilePath -> String -> ErrorT String IO Journal
 parseJournal reftime inname intxt =
   case runParser ledgerFile emptyCtx inname intxt of
-    Right m  -> liftM (journalConvertTimeLog reftime) $ m `ap` return nulljournal
+    Right m  -> liftM (journalCloseTimeLogEntries reftime) $ m `ap` return nulljournal
     Left err -> throwError $ show err -- XXX raises an uncaught exception if we have a parsec user error, eg from many ?
 
 -- parsers
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs
index 1713a70f3..b1ff3954f 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ converted to 'Transactions' and queried like a ledger.
 
 module Hledger.Data.TimeLog
 where
+import Data.Time.Format
+import System.Locale (defaultTimeLocale)
 import Hledger.Data.Utils
 import Hledger.Data.Types
 import Hledger.Data.Dates
@@ -35,10 +37,10 @@ instance Read TimeLogCode where
 -- | Convert time log entries to ledger transactions. When there is no
 -- clockout, add one with the provided current time. Sessions crossing
 -- midnight are split into days to give accurate per-day totals.
-entriesFromTimeLogEntries :: LocalTime -> [TimeLogEntry] -> [Transaction]
-entriesFromTimeLogEntries _ [] = []
-entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i]
-    | odate > idate = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o' : entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i',o]
+timeLogEntriesToTransactions :: LocalTime -> [TimeLogEntry] -> [Transaction]
+timeLogEntriesToTransactions _ [] = []
+timeLogEntriesToTransactions now [i]
+    | odate > idate = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o' : timeLogEntriesToTransactions now [i',o]
     | otherwise = [entryFromTimeLogInOut i o]
     where
       o = TimeLogEntry Out end ""
@@ -47,9 +49,9 @@ entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i]
       (idate,odate) = (localDay itime,localDay otime)
       o' = o{tldatetime=itime{localDay=idate, localTimeOfDay=TimeOfDay 23 59 59}}
       i' = i{tldatetime=itime{localDay=addDays 1 idate, localTimeOfDay=midnight}}
-entriesFromTimeLogEntries now (i:o:rest)
-    | odate > idate = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o' : entriesFromTimeLogEntries now (i':o:rest)
-    | otherwise = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o : entriesFromTimeLogEntries now rest
+timeLogEntriesToTransactions now (i:o:rest)
+    | odate > idate = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o' : timeLogEntriesToTransactions now (i':o:rest)
+    | otherwise = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o : timeLogEntriesToTransactions now rest
     where
       (itime,otime) = (tldatetime i,tldatetime o)
       (idate,odate) = (localDay itime,localDay otime)
@@ -88,3 +90,34 @@ entryFromTimeLogInOut i o
                           pcomment="",ptype=RegularPosting,ptransaction=Just t}
                  --,Posting "assets:time" (-amount) "" RegularPosting
                  ]
+
+tests_TimeLog = TestList [
+
+   "timeLogEntriesToTransactions" ~: do
+     today <- getCurrentDay
+     now' <- getCurrentTime
+     tz <- getCurrentTimeZone
+     let now = utcToLocalTime tz now'
+         nowstr = showtime now
+         yesterday = prevday today
+         clockin = TimeLogEntry In
+         mktime d = LocalTime d . fromMaybe midnight . parseTime defaultTimeLocale "%H:%M:%S"
+         showtime = formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%H:%M"
+         assertEntriesGiveStrings name es ss = assertEqual name ss (map tdescription $ timeLogEntriesToTransactions now es)
+
+     assertEntriesGiveStrings "started yesterday, split session at midnight"
+                                  [clockin (mktime yesterday "23:00:00") ""]
+                                  ["23:00-23:59","00:00-"++nowstr]
+     assertEntriesGiveStrings "split multi-day sessions at each midnight"
+                                  [clockin (mktime (addDays (-2) today) "23:00:00") ""]
+                                  ["23:00-23:59","00:00-23:59","00:00-"++nowstr]
+     assertEntriesGiveStrings "auto-clock-out if needed" 
+                                  [clockin (mktime today "00:00:00") ""] 
+                                  ["00:00-"++nowstr]
+     let future = utcToLocalTime tz $ addUTCTime 100 now'
+         futurestr = showtime future
+     assertEntriesGiveStrings "use the clockin time for auto-clockout if it's in the future"
+                                  [clockin future ""]
+                                  [printf "%s-%s" futurestr futurestr]
+
+ ]
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