diff --git a/packages/kbn-ui-framework/src/components/local_nav/_local_title.scss b/packages/kbn-ui-framework/src/components/local_nav/_local_title.scss
index bb105c84a772..5e1261cb3576 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ui-framework/src/components/local_nav/_local_title.scss
+++ b/packages/kbn-ui-framework/src/components/local_nav/_local_title.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 .kuiLocalTitle {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
-  height: 100%;
   padding: ($localNavSideSpacing * 1.5) $localNavSideSpacing;
   font-size: $kuiFontSize;
   font-weight: bold;
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/app.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/app.js
index a1f4699a1282..5bc5355d7c06 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/app.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/app.js
@@ -407,9 +407,15 @@ app.controller('timelion', function (
     $scope.state.save();
     $scope.running = true;
 
+    // parse the time range client side to make sure it behaves like other charts
+    const timeRangeBounds = timefilter.getBounds();
+
     const httpResult = $http.post('../api/timelion/run', {
       sheet: $scope.state.sheet,
-      time: _.extend(timefilter.getTime(), {
+      time: _.extend({
+        from: timeRangeBounds.min,
+        to: timeRangeBounds.max,
+      }, {
         interval: $scope.state.interval,
         timezone: timezone
       }),
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/legacy.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/legacy.ts
index 9f057471e346..77cd94279c87 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/legacy.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/legacy.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ import { PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/public';
 import { npSetup, npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
 import { plugin } from '.';
 import { setup as visualizations } from '../../visualizations/public/np_ready/public/legacy';
+import { setup as data } from '../../data/public/legacy';
 import { TimelionPluginSetupDependencies } from './plugin';
 import { LegacyDependenciesPlugin } from './shim';
 
 const setupPlugins: Readonly<TimelionPluginSetupDependencies> = {
   visualizations,
+  data,
   expressions: npSetup.plugins.expressions,
 
   // Temporary solution
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/plugin.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/plugin.ts
index 61fba8eb8aa3..6447e3bbc5f5 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/plugin.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import { VisualizationsSetup } from '../../visualizations/public/np_ready/public
 import { getTimelionVisualizationConfig } from './timelion_vis_fn';
 import { getTimelionVisualization } from './vis';
 import { getTimeChart } from './panels/timechart/timechart';
+import { DataSetup } from '../../data/public';
+import { TimefilterSetup } from '../../data/public/timefilter';
 import { Panel } from './panels/panel';
 import { LegacyDependenciesPlugin, LegacyDependenciesPluginSetup } from './shim';
 
@@ -37,12 +39,14 @@ export interface TimelionVisualizationDependencies extends LegacyDependenciesPlu
   uiSettings: UiSettingsClientContract;
   http: HttpSetup;
   timelionPanels: Map<string, Panel>;
+  timefilter: TimefilterSetup;
 }
 
 /** @internal */
 export interface TimelionPluginSetupDependencies {
   expressions: ReturnType<ExpressionsPlugin['setup']>;
   visualizations: VisualizationsSetup;
+  data: DataSetup;
 
   // Temporary solution
   __LEGACY: LegacyDependenciesPlugin;
@@ -58,13 +62,14 @@ export class TimelionPlugin implements Plugin<Promise<void>, void> {
 
   public async setup(
     core: CoreSetup,
-    { __LEGACY, expressions, visualizations }: TimelionPluginSetupDependencies
+    { __LEGACY, expressions, visualizations, data }: TimelionPluginSetupDependencies
   ) {
     const timelionPanels: Map<string, Panel> = new Map();
 
     const dependencies: TimelionVisualizationDependencies = {
       uiSettings: core.uiSettings,
       http: core.http,
+      timefilter: data.timefilter,
       timelionPanels,
       ...(await __LEGACY.setup(core, timelionPanels)),
     };
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/vis/timelion_request_handler.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/vis/timelion_request_handler.ts
index 2365b28f42af..eb4fb3f39714 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/vis/timelion_request_handler.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/public/vis/timelion_request_handler.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export interface TimelionSuccessResponse {
 }
 
 export function getTimelionRequestHandler(dependencies: TimelionVisualizationDependencies) {
-  const { uiSettings, http } = dependencies;
+  const { uiSettings, http, timefilter } = dependencies;
   const timezone = timezoneProvider(uiSettings)();
 
   return async function({
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ export function getTimelionRequestHandler(dependencies: TimelionVisualizationDep
 
     const esQueryConfigs = getEsQueryConfig(uiSettings);
 
+    // parse the time range client side to make sure it behaves like other charts
+    const timeRangeBounds = timefilter.timefilter.calculateBounds(timeRange);
+
     try {
       return await http.post('../api/timelion/run', {
         body: JSON.stringify({
@@ -86,7 +89,12 @@ export function getTimelionRequestHandler(dependencies: TimelionVisualizationDep
               filter: buildEsQuery(undefined, query, filters, esQueryConfigs),
             },
           },
-          time: { ...timeRange, interval: visParams.interval, timezone },
+          time: {
+            from: timeRangeBounds.min,
+            to: timeRangeBounds.max,
+            interval: visParams.interval,
+            timezone,
+          },
         }),
       });
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/chain_runner.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/chain_runner.js
index 0860851f3a9b..cf82a82fd2c1 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/chain_runner.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/chain_runner.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import Bluebird from 'bluebird';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import moment from 'moment';
 
 import parseSheet from './lib/parse_sheet.js';
-import parseDateMath from '../lib/date_math.js';
 import repositionArguments from './lib/reposition_arguments.js';
 import indexArguments from './lib/index_arguments.js';
 import validateTime from './lib/validate_time.js';
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ export default function chainRunner(tlConfig) {
     validateTime(request.time, tlConfig);
 
     tlConfig.time = request.time;
-    tlConfig.time.to = parseDateMath(request.time.to, true).valueOf();
-    tlConfig.time.from = parseDateMath(request.time.from).valueOf();
+    tlConfig.time.to = moment(request.time.to).valueOf();
+    tlConfig.time.from = moment(request.time.from).valueOf();
     tlConfig.time.interval = calculateInterval(
       tlConfig.time.from,
       tlConfig.time.to,
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/lib/validate_time.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/lib/validate_time.js
index 67068b42d08f..8b1f8998557b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/lib/validate_time.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/handlers/lib/validate_time.js
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import moment from 'moment';
 
-import parseDateMath from '../../lib/date_math.js';
 import toMS from '../../lib/to_milliseconds.js';
 
 export default function validateTime(time, tlConfig) {
-  const span = parseDateMath(time.to, true) - parseDateMath(time.from);
+  const span = moment.duration(moment(time.to).diff(moment(time.from))).asMilliseconds();
   const interval = toMS(time.interval);
   const bucketCount = span / interval;
   const maxBuckets = tlConfig.settings['timelion:max_buckets'];
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/lib/date_math.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/lib/date_math.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5efd972d179c..000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/lib/date_math.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import moment from 'moment';
-
-const units = ['y', 'M', 'w', 'd', 'h', 'm', 's'];
-
-/* This is a simplified version of elasticsearch's date parser */
-export default function parse(text, roundUp) {
-  if (!text) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  if (moment.isMoment(text)) {
-    return text;
-  }
-  if (_.isDate(text)) {
-    return moment(text);
-  }
-
-  let time;
-  let mathString = '';
-  let index;
-  let parseString;
-
-  if (text.substring(0, 3) === 'now') {
-    time = moment();
-    mathString = text.substring('now'.length);
-  } else {
-    index = text.indexOf('||');
-    if (index === -1) {
-      parseString = text;
-      mathString = ''; // nothing else
-    } else {
-      parseString = text.substring(0, index);
-      mathString = text.substring(index + 2);
-    }
-    // We're going to just require ISO8601 timestamps, k?
-    time = moment(parseString);
-  }
-
-  if (!mathString.length) {
-    return time;
-  }
-
-  return parseDateMath(mathString, time, roundUp);
-}
-
-function parseDateMath(mathString, time, roundUp) {
-  const dateTime = time;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < mathString.length;) {
-    const c = mathString.charAt(i++);
-    let type;
-    let num;
-
-    if (c === '/') {
-      type = 0;
-    } else if (c === '+') {
-      type = 1;
-    } else if (c === '-') {
-      type = 2;
-    } else {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-
-    if (isNaN(mathString.charAt(i))) {
-      num = 1;
-    } else if (mathString.length === 2) {
-      num = mathString.charAt(i);
-    } else {
-      const numFrom = i;
-      while (!isNaN(mathString.charAt(i))) {
-        i++;
-        if (i > 10) {
-          return undefined;
-        }
-      }
-      num = parseInt(mathString.substring(numFrom, i), 10);
-    }
-
-    if (type === 0) {
-      // rounding is only allowed on whole, single, units (eg M or 1M, not 0.5M or 2M)
-      if (num !== 1) {
-        return undefined;
-      }
-    }
-    const unit = mathString.charAt(i++);
-
-    if (!_.contains(units, unit)) {
-      return undefined;
-    } else {
-      if (type === 0) {
-        if (roundUp) {
-          dateTime.endOf(unit);
-        } else {
-          dateTime.startOf(unit);
-        }
-      } else if (type === 1) {
-        dateTime.add(num, unit);
-      } else if (type === 2) {
-        dateTime.subtract(num, unit);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return dateTime;
-}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/quandl.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/quandl.js
index 93ce3e61262b..dc7c27b8abc1 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/quandl.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/quandl.js
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import moment from 'moment';
 fetch.Promise = require('bluebird');
 
-//var parseDateMath = require('../utils/date_math.js');
-
 import Datasource from '../lib/classes/datasource';
 
 export default new Datasource ('quandl', {