diff --git a/src/kibana/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js b/src/kibana/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js
index 3fbd64517cfd..d5ddfc2ae9db 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ define(function (require) {
     var moment = require('moment');
 
     return function orderedDateAxis(vis, chart) {
-      var aspects = chart.aspects;
-      var buckets = aspects.x.agg.buckets;
+      var xAgg = chart.aspects.x.agg;
+      var buckets = xAgg.buckets;
       var format = buckets.getScaledDateFormat();
 
       chart.xAxisFormatter = function (val) {
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ define(function (require) {
         interval: buckets.getInterval(),
       };
 
+      var axisOnTimeField = xAgg.fieldIsTimeField();
       var bounds = buckets.getBounds();
-      if (bounds) {
+      if (bounds && axisOnTimeField) {
         chart.ordered.min = bounds.min;
         chart.ordered.max = bounds.max;
+      } else {
+        chart.ordered.endzones = false;
       }
     };
   };
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js
index 2e2fd220113c..fcc38469b49d 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ define(function (require) {
       {
         display: 'Auto',
         val: 'auto',
-        enabled: function (aggConfig) {
-          return !!aggConfig.vis.indexPattern.timeFieldName;
+        enabled: function (agg) {
+          // not only do we need a time field, but the selected field needs
+          // to be the time field. (see #3028)
+          return agg.fieldIsTimeField();
         }
       },
       {
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js
index c0b933b82510..0786dc16d060 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/date_histogram.js
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ define(function (require) {
 
     var tzOffset = moment().format('Z');
 
+    function setBounds(agg, force) {
+      if (agg.buckets._alreadySet && !force) return;
+      agg.buckets._alreadySet = true;
+      agg.buckets.setBounds(agg.fieldIsTimeField() && timefilter.getActiveBounds());
+    }
+
     require('filters/field_type');
 
     return new BucketAggType({
@@ -32,7 +38,8 @@ define(function (require) {
 
               buckets = new TimeBuckets();
               buckets.setInterval(_.get(this, ['params', 'interval']));
-              buckets.setBounds(timefilter.getActiveBounds());
+              setBounds(this);
+
               return buckets;
             }
           }
@@ -44,6 +51,9 @@ define(function (require) {
           filterFieldTypes: 'date',
           default: function (agg) {
             return agg.vis.indexPattern.timeFieldName;
+          },
+          onChange: function (agg) {
+            setBounds(agg, true);
           }
         },
 
@@ -54,15 +64,10 @@ define(function (require) {
           options: Private(require('components/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options')),
           editor: require('text!components/agg_types/controls/interval.html'),
           onRequest: function (agg) {
-            // flag that prevents us from clobbering on subsequest calls to write()
-            agg.buckets._sentToEs = true;
-            agg.buckets.setBounds(timefilter.getActiveBounds());
+            setBounds(agg, true);
           },
           write: function (agg, output) {
-            if (!agg.buckets._sentToEs) {
-              agg.buckets.setBounds(timefilter.getActiveBounds());
-            }
-
+            setBounds(agg);
             agg.buckets.setInterval(agg.params.interval);
 
             var interval = agg.buckets.getInterval();
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/controls/field.html b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/controls/field.html
index 5d5a3269510c..6661fbaf46d0 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/controls/field.html
+++ b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/controls/field.html
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     name="field"
     required
     ng-model="agg.params.field"
-    ng-options="field as field.displayName group by field.type for field in indexedFields">
+    ng-options="field as field.displayName group by field.type for field in indexedFields"
+    ng-change="aggParam.onChange(agg)">
   </select>
 
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/time_buckets/time_buckets.js b/src/kibana/components/time_buckets/time_buckets.js
index 4492045a65ea..3960e4f29e97 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/time_buckets/time_buckets.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/time_buckets/time_buckets.js
@@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ define(function (require) {
       }
 
       function cacheBreaker(prop) {
-        var breaker = breakers[prop];
-        var setup = breaker.setup;
-        var changes = breaker.changes;
-        var deps = breaker.deps;
+        var resource = resources[breakers[prop]];
+        var setup = resource.setup;
+        var changes = resource.changes;
+        var deps = resource.deps;
         var fn = self[prop];
 
         return {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ define(function (require) {
             var ret = fn.apply(self, arguments);
 
             if (changes.call(self, prev)) {
-              cache = _.omit(cache, deps);
+              cache = {};
             }
 
             return ret;
@@ -330,8 +330,13 @@ define(function (require) {
       };
 
       var breakers = {
-        setBounds: {
-          deps: ['getBounds', 'hasBounds', 'getDuration', 'getInterval', 'getScaledDateFormat'],
+        setBounds: 'bounds',
+        clearBounds: 'bounds',
+        setInterval: 'interval'
+      };
+
+      var resources = {
+        bounds: {
           setup: function () {
             return [self._lb, self._ub];
           },
@@ -339,8 +344,7 @@ define(function (require) {
             return !sameMoment(prev[0], self._lb) || !sameMoment(prev[1], self._ub);
           }
         },
-        setInterval: {
-          deps: ['getInterval', 'getScaledDateFormat'],
+        interval: {
           setup: function () {
             return self._i;
           },
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_config.js b/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_config.js
index ad0168fe28b5..6762510b8ac1 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_config.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_config.js
@@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ define(function (require) {
       return field ? (field.displayName || this.fieldName()) : '';
     };
 
+    AggConfig.prototype.fieldIsTimeField = function () {
+      var timeFieldName = this.vis.indexPattern.timeFieldName;
+      return timeFieldName && this.fieldName() === timeFieldName;
+    };
+
     return AggConfig;
   };
 });
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/_point_series_chart.js b/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/_point_series_chart.js
index a243f6f2faf2..115f9e7ce6ad 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/_point_series_chart.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/_point_series_chart.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       var yScale = xAxis.yScale;
       var ordered = xAxis.ordered;
 
-      if (!ordered || ordered.min == null || ordered.max == null) return;
+      if (!ordered || ordered.endzones === false) return;
 
       var attr = this.handler._attr;
       var height = attr.height;
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js b/test/unit/specs/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js
index d36d2fb44f6a..af62f16bda38 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/agg_response/point_series/_ordered_date_axis.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ define(function (require) {
         aspects: {
           x: {
             agg: {
+              fieldIsTimeField: _.constant(true),
               buckets: {
                 getScaledDateFormat: _.constant('hh:mm:ss'),
                 getInterval: _.constant(moment.duration(15, 'm')),
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/agg_types/buckets/_date_histogram.js b/test/unit/specs/components/agg_types/buckets/_date_histogram.js
index 1061c38afae0..331972c41468 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/agg_types/buckets/_date_histogram.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/agg_types/buckets/_date_histogram.js
@@ -5,19 +5,27 @@ define(function (require) {
 
     describe('params', function () {
       var paramWriter;
+      var writeInterval;
+
       var aggTypes;
       var AggConfig;
       var setTimeBounds;
+      var timeField;
 
       beforeEach(module('kibana'));
       beforeEach(inject(function (Private, $injector) {
         var AggParamWriter = Private(require('test_utils/agg_param_writer'));
+        var indexPattern = Private(require('fixtures/stubbed_logstash_index_pattern'));
         var timefilter = $injector.get('timefilter');
 
+        timeField = indexPattern.timeFieldName;
         aggTypes = Private(require('components/agg_types/index'));
         AggConfig = Private(require('components/vis/_agg_config'));
 
         paramWriter = new AggParamWriter({ aggType: 'date_histogram' });
+        writeInterval = function (interval) {
+          return paramWriter.write({ interval: interval, field: timeField });
+        };
 
         var now = moment();
         setTimeBounds = function (n, units) {
@@ -31,24 +39,24 @@ define(function (require) {
 
       describe('interval', function () {
         it('accepts a valid interval', function () {
-          var output = paramWriter.write({ interval: 'day' });
+          var output = writeInterval('day');
           expect(output.params).to.have.property('interval', '1d');
         });
 
         it('ignores invalid intervals', function () {
-          var output = paramWriter.write({ interval: 'foo' });
+          var output = writeInterval('foo');
           expect(output.params).to.have.property('interval', '0ms');
         });
 
         it('automatically picks an interval', function () {
           setTimeBounds(15, 'minutes');
-          var output = paramWriter.write({ interval: 'auto' });
+          var output = writeInterval('auto');
           expect(output.params.interval).to.be('30s');
         });
 
         it('scales up the interval if it will make too many buckets', function () {
           setTimeBounds(30, 'minutes');
-          var output = paramWriter.write({ interval: 'second' });
+          var output = writeInterval('second');
           expect(output.params.interval).to.be('10s');
           expect(output.metricScaleText).to.be('second');
           expect(output.metricScale).to.be(0.1);
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ define(function (require) {
 
         it('does not scale down the interval', function () {
           setTimeBounds(1, 'minutes');
-          var output = paramWriter.write({ interval: 'hour' });
+          var output = writeInterval('hour');
           expect(output.params.interval).to.be('1h');
           expect(output.metricScaleText).to.be(undefined);
           expect(output.metricScale).to.be(undefined);
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ define(function (require) {
               var histoConfig = new AggConfig(vis, {
                 type: aggTypes.byName.date_histogram,
                 schema: 'segment',
-                params: { interval: 'second' }
+                params: { interval: 'second', field: timeField }
               });
 
               vis.aggs.push(histoConfig);