diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/time_comparison/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/time_comparison/index.tsx
index 4ac7ee1a2171ab..cbe7b81486a64d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/time_comparison/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/time_comparison/index.tsx
@@ -69,14 +69,12 @@ export function getComparisonTypes({
   const momentStart = moment(start);
   const momentEnd = moment(end);
 
-  const dateDiff = Number(
-    getDateDifference({
-      start: momentStart,
-      end: momentEnd,
-      unitOfTime: 'days',
-      precise: true,
-    })
-  );
+  const dateDiff = getDateDifference({
+    start: momentStart,
+    end: momentEnd,
+    unitOfTime: 'days',
+    precise: true,
+  });
 
   // Less than or equals to one day
   if (dateDiff <= 1) {
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 2ef4e4e519bce6..54ec68947607da 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
@@ -172,12 +172,24 @@ describe('url_params_context helpers', () => {
       expect(helpers.getExactDate('2021-01-28T05:47:52.134Z')).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-    it('removes rounding option from relative time', () => {
+    ['s', 'm', 'h', 'd', 'w'].map((roundingOption) =>
+      it(`removes /${roundingOption} rounding option from relative time`, () => {
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(datemath, 'parse');
+        helpers.getExactDate(`now/${roundingOption}`);
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', {});
+      })
+    );
+
+    it('removes rounding option but keeps subtracting 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', {});
     });
+
+    it('removes rounding option but keeps adding time', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(datemath, 'parse');
+      helpers.getExactDate('now+15m/h');
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now+15m', {});
+    });
   });
 });
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 7960d9ab25553a..795ffe8796a70c 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
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ export function getExactDate(rawDate?: string, options = {}) {
   if (rawDate) {
     const isRelativeDate = rawDate.substring(0, 3) === 'now';
     if (isRelativeDate) {
-      const rawDateWithouRounding = rawDate.replace(/\/(\w)$/, '');
+      // remove rounding from relative dates "Today" (now/d) and "This week" (now/w)
+      const rawDateWithouRounding = rawDate.replace(/\/([smhdw])$/, '');
       return getParsedDate(rawDateWithouRounding, options);
     }
   }
@@ -63,9 +64,8 @@ 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;
+  const exactEnd = getExactDate(rangeTo) || end;
 
   return {
     start: roundedStart.toISOString(),