diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/__tests__/base_controller.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/__tests__/base_controller.js
index 4523c5db58464..e25586152a47b 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/__tests__/base_controller.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/__tests__/base_controller.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe('MonitoringViewBaseController', function () {
   let opts;
   let titleService;
   let executorService;
+  let configService;
   const httpCall = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve(), ms));
 
   before(() => {
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ describe('MonitoringViewBaseController', function () {
       register: spy(),
       start: spy()
     };
+    configService = {
+      get: spy()
+    };
 
     const windowMock = () => {
       const events = {};
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ describe('MonitoringViewBaseController', function () {
     injectorGetStub.withArgs('$executor').returns(executorService);
     injectorGetStub.withArgs('localStorage').throws('localStorage should not be used by this class');
     injectorGetStub.withArgs('$window').returns(windowMock());
+    injectorGetStub.withArgs('config').returns(configService);
     $injector = { get: injectorGetStub };
 
     $scope = {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/base_controller.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/base_controller.js
index 600e229b031bf..830fd80629585 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/base_controller.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/monitoring/public/views/base_controller.js
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ import { I18nContext } from 'ui/i18n';
 import { PromiseWithCancel } from '../../common/cancel_promise';
 import { updateSetupModeData, getSetupModeState } from '../lib/setup_mode';
 
+/**
+ * Given a timezone, this function will calculate the offset in milliseconds
+ * from UTC time.
+ *
+ * @param {string} timezone
+ */
+const getOffsetInMS = (timezone) => {
+  if (timezone === 'Browser') {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  const offsetInMinutes = moment.tz(timezone).utcOffset();
+  const offsetInMS = offsetInMinutes * 1 * 60 * 1000;
+  return offsetInMS;
+};
+
 /**
  * Class to manage common instantiation behaviors in a view controller
  *
@@ -76,6 +91,7 @@ export class MonitoringViewBaseController {
     const titleService = $injector.get('title');
     const $executor = $injector.get('$executor');
     const $window = $injector.get('$window');
+    const config = $injector.get('config');
 
     titleService($scope.cluster, title);
 
@@ -152,9 +168,11 @@ export class MonitoringViewBaseController {
     this.onBrush = ({ xaxis }) => {
       removePopstateHandler();
       const { to, from } = xaxis;
+      const timezone = config.get('dateFormat:tz');
+      const offset = getOffsetInMS(timezone);
       timefilter.setTime({
-        from: moment(from),
-        to: moment(to),
+        from: moment(from - offset),
+        to: moment(to - offset),
         mode: 'absolute'
       });
       ++zoomInLevel;