diff --git a/core/tags/track.cpp b/core/tags/track.cpp
index e6f9a28a..24071ffc 100644
--- a/core/tags/track.cpp
+++ b/core/tags/track.cpp
@@ -62,19 +62,6 @@ track :: ~track()
 		tr_library->li_size--;
 }
 
-const std::string track :: date() const
-{
-	char *buf;
-	std::string res = "Never";
-
-	if (tr_count > 0) {
-		buf = date_string(&tr_date);
-		res = buf;
-		g_free(buf);
-	}
-	return res;
-}
-
 const std::string track :: primary_key() const
 {
 	return make_key(tr_library, tr_path);
@@ -185,3 +172,16 @@ void track_played(struct track *track)
 	date_today(&track->tr_date);
 	track_db_commit();
 }
+
+const std::string track_last_play(struct track *track)
+{
+	std::string res = "Never";
+	char *buf;
+
+	if (track->tr_count > 0) {
+		buf = date_string(&track->tr_date);
+		res = buf;
+		g_free(buf);
+	}
+	return res;
+}
diff --git a/gui/queue/model.cpp b/gui/queue/model.cpp
index 1e51ba55..35463bfb 100644
--- a/gui/queue/model.cpp
+++ b/gui/queue/model.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void QueueModel::get_value_vfunc(const Gtk::TreeIter &iter, int column,
 	case 7:
 		return set_val(track->tr_count, value);
 	case 8:
-		return set_val(track->date(), value);
+		return set_val(track_last_play(track), value);
 	case 9:
 		return set_val(Glib::Markup::escape_text(track_path(track)), value);
 	}
diff --git a/include/core/tags/track.h b/include/core/tags/track.h
index e08db68e..0744f041 100644
--- a/include/core/tags/track.h
+++ b/include/core/tags/track.h
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ struct track : public GenericTag {
 	~track(); /**< Track destructor.  */
 
 
-	/**
-	 * @return A locale-dependent string containing the day this
-	 *         track was last played, or "Never" if the track has
-	 *         never been played.
-	 */
-	const std::string date() const;
-
 	/**
 	 * A track's primary key is the concatenation of the library index
 	 * and the relative path.
@@ -122,4 +115,7 @@ const std::string track_path(struct track *);
 /* Called to mark a track tag as played. */
 void track_played(struct track *);
 
+/* Called to find the date that this track was last played. */
+const std::string track_last_play(struct track *);
+
 #endif /* OCARINA_CORE_TAGS_TRACK_H */
diff --git a/tests/core/tags/track.cpp b/tests/core/tags/track.cpp
index c0465947..c661dc8c 100644
--- a/tests/core/tags/track.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/tags/track.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void test_track_tag_default()
 	test_equal(track.name(),        (std::string)"");
 	test_equal(track.lowercase(),   (std::string)"");
 	test_equal(track.primary_key(), (std::string)"");
-	test_equal(track.date(),        (std::string)"Never");
+	test_equal(track_last_play(&track), (std::string)"Never");
 	test_equal(track_path(&track),  (std::string)"");
 
 	test_equal(track.tr_track,  (unsigned)0);
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void verify_track_tag(struct track *track, unsigned int size)
 
 	test_equal(track->name(),        (std::string)"Legend of Zelda Medley");
 	test_equal(track->lowercase(),   (std::string)"legend of zelda medley");
-	test_equal(track->date(),        (std::string)"Never");
+	test_equal(track_last_play(track), (std::string)"Never");
 	test_equal(track_path(track),    (std::string)MUSIC_DIR + "/Hyrule Symphony/13 - Legend of Zelda Medley.mp3");
 	test_equal(track->primary_key(), (std::string)"0/Hyrule Symphony/13 - Legend of Zelda Medley.mp3");
 
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ static void test_track_tag_locale()
 	date = string_tm2str(now);
 
 	test_equal(track->tr_count, (unsigned)0);
-	test_equal(track->date(), "Never");
+	test_equal(track_last_play(track), "Never");
 
 	track_played(track);
 	test_equal(track->tr_count, (unsigned)1);
-	test_equal(track->date(), date);
+	test_equal(track_last_play(track), date);
 	g_free(date);
 }