diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.test.ts
index 9cdf36e0bd655e..2ef4e4e519bce6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.test.ts
@@ -171,21 +171,13 @@ describe('url_params_context helpers', () => {
     it('returns undefined when date in not relative', () => {
       expect(helpers.getExactDate('2021-01-28T05:47:52.134Z')).toBeUndefined();
     });
-    it('returns exact date', () => {
-      jest
-        .spyOn(datemath, 'parse')
-        .mockReturnValue(moment('2021-06-02T17:56:49.260Z').utc());
-      expect(helpers.getExactDate('now-24h/h')?.toISOString()).toEqual(
-        '2021-06-02T17:56:49.260Z'
-      );
-    });
-    it('returns original date when now/d is passed', () => {
-      jest
-        .spyOn(datemath, 'parse')
-        .mockReturnValue(moment('2021-06-02T17:00:00.000Z').utc());
-      expect(helpers.getExactDate('now/d')?.toISOString()).toEqual(
-        '2021-06-02T17:00:00.000Z'
-      );
+
+    it('removes rounding option from relative time', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(datemath, 'parse');
+      helpers.getExactDate('now/d');
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', {});
+      helpers.getExactDate('now-24h/h');
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now-24h', {});
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.ts
index 584332542f5128..7960d9ab25553a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/url_params_context/helpers.ts
@@ -23,18 +23,7 @@ export function getExactDate(rawDate?: string, options = {}) {
   if (rawDate) {
     const isRelativeDate = rawDate.substring(0, 3) === 'now';
     if (isRelativeDate) {
-      const isSubtractingDate = rawDate.indexOf('-') > 0;
-      const isRoundingDate = rawDate.indexOf('/') > 0;
-
-      const rawDateWithouRounding =
-        // When relative time is subtracting a period and rounding the result (e.g. now-24h/h)
-        // removed the rounding part in order to get the exact time.
-        // This is needed because of of "Today"(now/d) and "This week"(now/w) options, it rounds the values up and down
-        // so the exact time is the rounded value.
-        isSubtractingDate && isRoundingDate
-          ? rawDate.substring(0, rawDate.indexOf('/'))
-          : rawDate;
-
+      const rawDateWithouRounding = rawDate.replace(/\/(\w)$/, '');
       return getParsedDate(rawDateWithouRounding, options);
     }
   }
@@ -74,15 +63,15 @@ export function getDateRange({
 
   // rounds down start to minute
   const roundedStart = moment(start).startOf('minute');
+  // rounds down to minute
+  const exactStart = getExactDate(rangeFrom) || roundedStart;
+  const exactEnd = getExactDate(rangeTo, { roundUp: true }) || end;
 
   return {
     start: roundedStart.toISOString(),
-    exactStart:
-      getExactDate(rangeFrom)?.toISOString() || roundedStart.toISOString(),
+    exactStart: exactStart.toISOString(),
     end: end.toISOString(),
-    exactEnd:
-      getExactDate(rangeTo, { roundUp: true })?.toISOString() ||
-      end.toISOString(),
+    exactEnd: exactEnd.toISOString(),
   };
 }