diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/jobs_list/components/utils.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/jobs_list/components/utils.js
index e149261b7971..aae8f814c4ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/jobs_list/components/utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/jobs_list/components/utils.js
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ export function cloneJob(jobId) {
         // if the job is from a wizards, i.e. contains a created_by property
         // use tempJobCloningObjects to temporarily store the job
         mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.job = job;
+
+        if (job.data_counts.earliest_record_timestamp !== undefined && job.data_counts.latest_record_timestamp !== undefined) {
+          // if the job has run before, use the earliest and latest record timestamp
+          // as the cloned job's time range
+          mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.start = job.data_counts.earliest_record_timestamp;
+          mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.end = job.data_counts.latest_record_timestamp;
+        }
       } else {
         // otherwise use the currentJob
         mlJobService.currentJob = job;
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/common/job_creator/util/general.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/common/job_creator/util/general.ts
index acfc9fceb4e2..91cf72d8f925 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/common/job_creator/util/general.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/common/job_creator/util/general.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ export function isSparseDataJob(job: Job, datafeed: Datafeed): boolean {
 function stashCombinedJob(
   jobCreator: JobCreatorType,
   skipTimeRangeStep: boolean = false,
-  advanced: boolean = false
+  advanced: boolean = false,
+  includeTimeRange: boolean = false
 ) {
   const combinedJob = {
     ...jobCreator.jobConfig,
@@ -138,16 +139,22 @@ function stashCombinedJob(
     mlJobService.currentJob = combinedJob;
   } else {
     mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.job = combinedJob;
-  }
 
-  if (skipTimeRangeStep === true) {
-    mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.skipTimeRangeStep = true;
+    // skip over the time picker step of the wizard
+    mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.skipTimeRangeStep = skipTimeRangeStep;
+
+    if (includeTimeRange === true) {
+      // auto select the start and end dates of the time picker
+      mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.start = jobCreator.start;
+      mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.end = jobCreator.end;
+    }
   }
 }
 
 export function convertToMultiMetricJob(jobCreator: JobCreatorType) {
   jobCreator.createdBy = CREATED_BY_LABEL.MULTI_METRIC;
-  stashCombinedJob(jobCreator, true, false);
+  jobCreator.modelPlot = false;
+  stashCombinedJob(jobCreator, true, false, true);
 
   window.location.href = window.location.href.replace(
     JOB_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC,
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ export function convertToMultiMetricJob(jobCreator: JobCreatorType) {
 
 export function convertToAdvancedJob(jobCreator: JobCreatorType) {
   jobCreator.createdBy = null;
-  stashCombinedJob(jobCreator, false, true);
+  stashCombinedJob(jobCreator, false, true, false);
 
   let jobType = JOB_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC;
   if (isMultiMetricJobCreator(jobCreator)) {
@@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ export function convertToAdvancedJob(jobCreator: JobCreatorType) {
 
 export function resetJob(jobCreator: JobCreatorType) {
   jobCreator.jobId = '';
-  stashCombinedJob(jobCreator, true, false);
+  stashCombinedJob(jobCreator, true, false, true);
 
   window.location.href = '#/jobs/new_job';
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/pages/new_job/page.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/pages/new_job/page.tsx
index 66ccd76d0489..039e55cc29aa 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/pages/new_job/page.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/jobs/new_job_new/pages/new_job/page.tsx
@@ -63,8 +63,22 @@ export const Page: FC<PageProps> = ({ existingJobsAndGroups, jobType }) => {
     if (skipTimeRangeStep === false) {
       jobCreator.jobId = '';
     }
+
     mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.skipTimeRangeStep = false;
     mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.job = undefined;
+
+    if (
+      mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.start !== undefined &&
+      mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.end !== undefined
+    ) {
+      // auto select the start and end dates for the time range picker
+      jobCreator.setTimeRange(
+        mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.start,
+        mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.end
+      );
+      mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.start = undefined;
+      mlJobService.tempJobCloningObjects.end = undefined;
+    }
   } else {
     jobCreator.bucketSpan = DEFAULT_BUCKET_SPAN;
 
@@ -80,7 +94,7 @@ export const Page: FC<PageProps> = ({ existingJobsAndGroups, jobType }) => {
       jobCreator.modelPlot = true;
     }
 
-    if (kibanaContext.currentSavedSearch.id === undefined) {
+    if (kibanaContext.currentSavedSearch.id !== undefined) {
       // Jobs created from saved searches cannot be cloned in the wizard as the
       // ML job config holds no reference to the saved search ID.
       jobCreator.createdBy = null;
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.d.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.d.ts
index d32e55a58f3a..f94c0e866451 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.d.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ declare interface JobService {
   tempJobCloningObjects: {
     job: any;
     skipTimeRangeStep: boolean;
+    start?: number;
+    end?: number;
   };
   skipTimeRangeStep: boolean;
   saveNewJob(job: any): Promise<any>;
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.js
index cdb7b430def6..f7b01e983fe0 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/services/job_service.js
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class JobService {
     this.tempJobCloningObjects = {
       job: undefined,
       skipTimeRangeStep: false,
+      start: undefined,
+      end: undefined,
     };
 
     this.jobs = [];