diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logbook.py b/homeassistant/components/logbook.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5739638a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logbook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.logbook
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Parses events and generates a human log
+"""
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from homeassistant import State, DOMAIN as HA_DOMAIN
+from homeassistant.const import (
+    EVENT_STATE_CHANGED, STATE_HOME, STATE_ON, STATE_OFF,
+    EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START, EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP)
+import homeassistant.util as util
+import homeassistant.components.recorder as recorder
+import homeassistant.components.sun as sun
+
+DOMAIN = "logbook"
+DEPENDENCIES = ['recorder', 'http']
+
+URL_LOGBOOK = '/api/logbook'
+
+QUERY_EVENTS_AFTER = "SELECT * FROM events WHERE time_fired > ?"
+QUERY_EVENTS_BETWEEN = """
+    SELECT * FROM events WHERE time_fired > ? AND time_fired < ?
+    ORDER BY time_fired
+"""
+
+
+def setup(hass, config):
+    """ Listens for download events to download files. """
+    hass.http.register_path('GET', URL_LOGBOOK, _handle_get_logbook)
+
+    return True
+
+
+def _handle_get_logbook(handler, path_match, data):
+    """ Return logbook entries. """
+    start_today = datetime.now().date()
+    import time
+    print(time.mktime(start_today.timetuple()))
+    handler.write_json(humanify(
+        recorder.query_events(QUERY_EVENTS_AFTER, (start_today,))))
+
+
+class Entry(object):
+    """ A human readable version of the log. """
+
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+
+    def __init__(self, when=None, name=None, message=None, domain=None,
+                 entity_id=None):
+        self.when = when
+        self.name = name
+        self.message = message
+        self.domain = domain
+        self.entity_id = entity_id
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self):
+        """ Returns if this entry contains all the needed fields. """
+        return self.when and self.name and self.message
+
+    def as_dict(self):
+        """ Convert Entry to a dict to be used within JSON. """
+        return {
+            'when': util.datetime_to_str(self.when),
+            'name': self.name,
+            'message': self.message,
+            'domain': self.domain,
+            'entity_id': self.entity_id,
+        }
+
+
+def humanify(events):
+    """ Generator that converts a list of events into Entry objects. """
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+    for event in events:
+        if event.event_type == EVENT_STATE_CHANGED:
+
+            # Do not report on new entities
+            if 'old_state' not in event.data:
+                continue
+
+            to_state = State.from_dict(event.data.get('new_state'))
+
+            if not to_state:
+                continue
+
+            domain = to_state.domain
+
+            entry = Entry(
+                event.time_fired, domain=domain,
+                name=to_state.name, entity_id=to_state.entity_id)
+
+            if domain == 'device_tracker':
+                entry.message = '{} home'.format(
+                    'arrived' if to_state.state == STATE_HOME else 'left')
+
+            elif domain == 'sun':
+                if to_state.state == sun.STATE_ABOVE_HORIZON:
+                    entry.message = 'has risen'
+                else:
+                    entry.message = 'has set'
+
+            elif to_state.state == STATE_ON:
+                # Future: combine groups and its entity entries ?
+                entry.message = "turned on"
+
+            elif to_state.state == STATE_OFF:
+                entry.message = "turned off"
+
+            else:
+                entry.message = "changed to {}".format(to_state.state)
+
+            if entry.is_valid:
+                yield entry
+
+        elif event.event_type == EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START:
+            # Future: look for sequence stop/start and rewrite as restarted
+            yield Entry(
+                event.time_fired, "Home Assistant", "started",
+                domain=HA_DOMAIN)
+
+        elif event.event_type == EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP:
+            yield Entry(
+                event.time_fired, "Home Assistant", "stopped",
+                domain=HA_DOMAIN)
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder.py
index b71ed06203f..f2e5fa35ad4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import logging
 import threading
 import queue
 import sqlite3
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, date
 import time
 import json
 import atexit
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ class Recorder(threading.Thread):
         atexit.register(self._close_connection)
 
         # Have datetime objects be saved as integers
+        sqlite3.register_adapter(date, _adapt_datetime)
         sqlite3.register_adapter(datetime, _adapt_datetime)
 
         # Validate we are on the correct schema or that we have to migrate
diff --git a/homeassistant/remote.py b/homeassistant/remote.py
index 19aa86f67b9..bd576f50e48 100644
--- a/homeassistant/remote.py
+++ b/homeassistant/remote.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class JSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, obj):
         """ Converts Home Assistant objects and hands
             other objects to the original method. """
-        if isinstance(obj, (ha.State, ha.Event)):
+        if hasattr(obj, 'as_dict'):
             return obj.as_dict()
 
         try: