diff --git a/core/Plugin/Controller.php b/core/Plugin/Controller.php
index 138cd4e4f088a3a03a6c5c483231dbf8a888cb5d..4cce5d07114d44fb6d13805f8d20913c98f1795b 100644
--- a/core/Plugin/Controller.php
+++ b/core/Plugin/Controller.php
@@ -179,9 +179,10 @@ abstract class Controller
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return array
+     * Returns values that are enabled for the parameter &period=
+     * @return array eg. array('day', 'week', 'month', 'year', 'range')
      */
-    private static function getAvailablePeriods()
+    protected static function getEnabledPeriodsInUI()
     {
         $periods = Config::getInstance()->General['enabled_periods_UI'];
         $periods = explode(",", $periods);
@@ -690,7 +691,7 @@ abstract class Controller
 
         $currentPeriod = Common::getRequestVar('period');
         $view->displayUniqueVisitors = SettingsPiwik::isUniqueVisitorsEnabled($currentPeriod);
-        $availablePeriods = self::getAvailablePeriods();
+        $availablePeriods = self::getEnabledPeriodsInUI();
         if (!in_array($currentPeriod, $availablePeriods)) {
             throw new Exception("Period must be one of: " . implode(",", $availablePeriods));
         }
diff --git a/plugins/UsersManager/Controller.php b/plugins/UsersManager/Controller.php
index f966fc26c85e396e5b18961639a73dc2add984cc..ad59009ec9a2f268e0463f6199f72d9340f4c8a4 100644
--- a/plugins/UsersManager/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/UsersManager/Controller.php
@@ -142,6 +142,51 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\ControllerAdmin
         return APIUsersManager::getInstance()->getUserPreference($user, APIUsersManager::PREFERENCE_DEFAULT_REPORT_DATE);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the enabled dates that users can select,
+     * in their User Settings page "Report date to load by default"
+     *
+     * @throws
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getAvailableDefaultDates()
+    {
+        $dates = array(
+            'today'      => Piwik::translate('General_Today'),
+            'yesterday'  => Piwik::translate('General_Yesterday'),
+            'previous7'  => Piwik::translate('General_PreviousDays', 7),
+            'previous30' => Piwik::translate('General_PreviousDays', 30),
+            'last7'      => Piwik::translate('General_LastDays', 7),
+            'last30'     => Piwik::translate('General_LastDays', 30),
+            'week'       => Piwik::translate('General_CurrentWeek'),
+            'month'      => Piwik::translate('General_CurrentMonth'),
+            'year'       => Piwik::translate('General_CurrentYear'),
+        );
+
+        $mappingDatesToPeriods = array(
+            'today' => 'day',
+            'yesterday' => 'day',
+            'previous7' => 'range',
+            'previous30' => 'range',
+            'last7' => 'range',
+            'last30' => 'range',
+            'week' => 'week',
+            'month' => 'month',
+            'year' => 'year',
+        );
+
+        // assertion
+        if(count($dates) != count($mappingDatesToPeriods)) {
+            throw new Exception("some metadata is missing in getAvailableDefaultDates()");
+        }
+
+        $allowedPeriods = self::getEnabledPeriodsInUI();
+        $allowedDates = array_intersect($mappingDatesToPeriods, $allowedPeriods);
+        $dates = array_intersect_key($dates, $allowedDates);
+
+        return $dates;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The "User Settings" admin UI screen view
      */
@@ -169,17 +214,7 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\ControllerAdmin
         }
 
         $view->defaultDate = $this->getDefaultDateForUser($userLogin);
-        $view->availableDefaultDates = array(
-            'today'      => Piwik::translate('General_Today'),
-            'yesterday'  => Piwik::translate('General_Yesterday'),
-            'previous7'  => Piwik::translate('General_PreviousDays', 7),
-            'previous30' => Piwik::translate('General_PreviousDays', 30),
-            'last7'      => Piwik::translate('General_LastDays', 7),
-            'last30'     => Piwik::translate('General_LastDays', 30),
-            'week'       => Piwik::translate('General_CurrentWeek'),
-            'month'      => Piwik::translate('General_CurrentMonth'),
-            'year'       => Piwik::translate('General_CurrentYear'),
-        );
+        $view->availableDefaultDates = $this->getAvailableDefaultDates();
 
         $view->languages = APILanguagesManager::getInstance()->getAvailableLanguageNames();
         $view->currentLanguageCode = LanguagesManager::getLanguageCodeForCurrentUser();
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/UI b/tests/PHPUnit/UI
index 444330b9ce8669b5e1f6f47d6274d32158493b76..ab41f15940b4b7db6c02c2f52cab226c5f2743bd 160000
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/UI
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/UI
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 444330b9ce8669b5e1f6f47d6274d32158493b76
+Subproject commit ab41f15940b4b7db6c02c2f52cab226c5f2743bd