diff --git a/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb b/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
index 719e0b864..d50c3d0de 100644
--- a/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
@@ -320,8 +320,6 @@ private
     end
 
     @from, @to = @to, @from if @from && @to && @from > @to
-    @from ||= (TimeEntry.earilest_date_for_project(@project) || Date.today)
-    @to   ||= (TimeEntry.latest_date_for_project(@project) || Date.today)
   end
 
   def parse_params_for_bulk_time_entry_attributes(params)
diff --git a/app/models/time_entry.rb b/app/models/time_entry.rb
index f4716d0ac..c5c1d39bc 100644
--- a/app/models/time_entry.rb
+++ b/app/models/time_entry.rb
@@ -53,10 +53,18 @@ class TimeEntry < ActiveRecord::Base
     :include => :project,
     :conditions => project.project_condition(include_subprojects)
   }}
-  named_scope :spent_between, lambda {|from, to| {
-    :conditions => ["#{TimeEntry.table_name}.spent_on BETWEEN ? AND ?", from, to]
-  }}
-  
+  named_scope :spent_between, lambda {|from, to|
+    if from && to
+     {:conditions => ["#{TimeEntry.table_name}.spent_on BETWEEN ? AND ?", from, to]}
+    elsif from
+     {:conditions => ["#{TimeEntry.table_name}.spent_on >= ?", from]}
+    elsif to
+     {:conditions => ["#{TimeEntry.table_name}.spent_on <= ?", to]}
+    else
+     {}
+    end
+  }
+
   def after_initialize
     if new_record? && self.activity.nil?
       if default_activity = TimeEntryActivity.default
@@ -96,20 +104,4 @@ class TimeEntry < ActiveRecord::Base
   def editable_by?(usr)
     (usr == user && usr.allowed_to?(:edit_own_time_entries, project)) || usr.allowed_to?(:edit_time_entries, project)
   end
-
-  def self.earilest_date_for_project(project=nil)
-    finder_conditions = ARCondition.new(Project.allowed_to_condition(User.current, :view_time_entries))
-    if project
-      finder_conditions << ["project_id IN (?)", project.hierarchy.collect(&:id)]
-    end
-    TimeEntry.minimum(:spent_on, :include => :project, :conditions => finder_conditions.conditions)
-  end
-
-  def self.latest_date_for_project(project=nil)
-    finder_conditions = ARCondition.new(Project.allowed_to_condition(User.current, :view_time_entries))
-    if project
-      finder_conditions << ["project_id IN (?)", project.hierarchy.collect(&:id)]
-    end
-    TimeEntry.maximum(:spent_on, :include => :project, :conditions => finder_conditions.conditions)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb
index fe2aea6e3..feb53747d 100644
--- a/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ class TimelogControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_not_nil assigns(:total_hours)
     assert_equal "162.90", "%.2f" % assigns(:total_hours)
     # display all time by default
-    assert_equal '2007-03-12'.to_date, assigns(:from)
-    assert_equal '2007-04-22'.to_date, assigns(:to)
+    assert_nil assigns(:from)
+    assert_nil assigns(:to)
     assert_tag :form,
       :attributes => {:action => "/projects/ecookbook/time_entries", :id => 'query_form'}
   end
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ class TimelogControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_equal 2, assigns(:entries).size
     assert_not_nil assigns(:total_hours)
     assert_equal 154.25, assigns(:total_hours)
-    # display all time based on what's been logged
-    assert_equal '2007-03-12'.to_date, assigns(:from)
-    assert_equal '2007-04-22'.to_date, assigns(:to)
+    # display all time
+    assert_nil assigns(:from)
+    assert_nil assigns(:to)
     # TODO: remove /projects/:project_id/issues/:issue_id/time_entries routes
     # to use /issues/:issue_id/time_entries
     assert_tag :form,
diff --git a/test/unit/time_entry_test.rb b/test/unit/time_entry_test.rb
index 97ec76ef1..a9d9fc157 100644
--- a/test/unit/time_entry_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/time_entry_test.rb
@@ -125,52 +125,4 @@ class TimeEntryTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
                           :activity => activity)
     assert_equal project.id, te.project.id
   end
-
-  context "#earilest_date_for_project" do
-    setup do
-      User.current = nil
-      @public_project = Project.generate!(:is_public => true)
-      @issue = Issue.generate_for_project!(@public_project)
-      TimeEntry.generate!(:spent_on => '2010-01-01',
-                          :issue => @issue,
-                          :project => @public_project)
-    end
-
-    context "without a project" do
-      should "return the lowest spent_on value that is visible to the current user" do
-        assert_equal "2007-03-12", TimeEntry.earilest_date_for_project.to_s
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "with a project" do
-      should "return the lowest spent_on value that is visible to the current user for that project and it's subprojects only" do
-        assert_equal "2010-01-01", TimeEntry.earilest_date_for_project(@public_project).to_s
-      end
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  context "#latest_date_for_project" do
-    setup do
-      User.current = nil
-      @public_project = Project.generate!(:is_public => true)
-      @issue = Issue.generate_for_project!(@public_project)
-      TimeEntry.generate!(:spent_on => '2010-01-01',
-                          :issue => @issue,
-                          :project => @public_project)
-    end
-
-    context "without a project" do
-      should "return the highest spent_on value that is visible to the current user" do
-        assert_equal "2010-01-01", TimeEntry.latest_date_for_project.to_s
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "with a project" do
-      should "return the highest spent_on value that is visible to the current user for that project and it's subprojects only" do
-        project = Project.find(1)
-        assert_equal "2007-04-22", TimeEntry.latest_date_for_project(project).to_s
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end