diff --git a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/__tests__/date_histogram.js b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/__tests__/date_histogram.js
index 60670f6810fbf..09f6cb11a2c73 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/__tests__/date_histogram.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/__tests__/date_histogram.js
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ describe('dateHistogram(req, panel, series)', () => {
                 field: '@timestamp',
                 interval: '10s',
                 min_doc_count: 0,
-                time_zone: 'UTC',
                 offset: '-10s',
                 extended_bounds: {
                   min: 1483228800000,
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ describe('dateHistogram(req, panel, series)', () => {
                 field: '@timestamp',
                 interval: '10s',
                 min_doc_count: 0,
-                time_zone: 'UTC',
                 offset: '-10s',
                 extended_bounds: {
                   min: 1483225200000,
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ describe('dateHistogram(req, panel, series)', () => {
                 field: 'timestamp',
                 interval: '20s',
                 min_doc_count: 0,
-                time_zone: 'UTC',
                 offset: '-20s',
                 extended_bounds: {
                   min: 1483228800000,
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/date_histogram.js b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/date_histogram.js
index a5d86763efc1c..f905bc359b57f 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/date_histogram.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/series/date_histogram.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export default function dateHistogram(req, panel, series) {
     const { timeField, interval } = getIntervalAndTimefield(panel, series);
     const { bucketSize, intervalString } = getBucketSize(req, interval);
     const { from, to }  = offsetTime(req, series.offset_time, panel);
-    const { timezone } = req.payload.timerange;
 
     const offset = getBucketOffset(from.valueOf(), bucketSize * 1000);
     const offsetString = `${Math.floor(offset / 1000)}s`;
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ export default function dateHistogram(req, panel, series) {
         field: timeField,
         interval: intervalString,
         min_doc_count: 0,
-        time_zone: timezone,
         offset: offsetString,
         extended_bounds: {
           min: boundsMin.valueOf(),
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/table/date_histogram.js b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/table/date_histogram.js
index d958425156f6c..6043dd41ecf13 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/table/date_histogram.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/request_processors/table/date_histogram.js
@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ import getTimerange from '../../helpers/get_timerange';
 import { calculateAggRoot } from './calculate_agg_root';
 import { isMetric } from '../../../../../common/metric_types';
 import { hasSiblingAggs } from '../../helpers/has_sibling_aggs';
+import { getBucketOffset } from '../../helpers/get_bucket_offset';
 
 export default function dateHistogram(req, panel) {
   return next => doc => {
     const { timeField, interval } = getIntervalAndTimefield(panel);
     const { bucketSize, intervalString } = getBucketSize(req, interval);
     const { from, to }  = getTimerange(req);
+    const offset = getBucketOffset(from.valueOf(), bucketSize * 1000);
+    const offsetString = `${Math.floor(offset / 1000)}s`;
+
     panel.series.forEach(column => {
       const aggRoot = calculateAggRoot(doc, column);
       if (isMetric(panel.type) && panel.timerange_mode === 'all') {
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ export default function dateHistogram(req, panel) {
           field: timeField,
           interval: intervalString,
           min_doc_count: 0,
+          offset: offsetString,
           extended_bounds: {
             min: boundsMin.valueOf(),
             max: to.valueOf()
@@ -53,7 +58,8 @@ export default function dateHistogram(req, panel) {
         from: from.toISOString(),
         timeField,
         intervalString,
-        bucketSize
+        bucketSize,
+        offset: offsetString
       });
     });
     return next(doc);
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/series/__tests__/build_request_body.js b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/series/__tests__/build_request_body.js
index 95191b0650bbc..22dd8569087bc 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/series/__tests__/build_request_body.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/series/__tests__/build_request_body.js
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ describe('buildRequestBody(req)', () => {
                 field: '@timestamp',
                 interval: '10s',
                 min_doc_count: 0,
-                time_zone: 'UTC',
                 offset: '-5s',
                 extended_bounds: {
                   min: 1485463055881,