diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Timeseries/transformProps.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Timeseries/transformProps.ts
index 9bd95968fd9e..a786485adee4 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Timeseries/transformProps.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Timeseries/transformProps.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import {
   isFormulaAnnotationLayer,
   isIntervalAnnotationLayer,
   isTimeseriesAnnotationLayer,
-  smartDateVerboseFormatter,
   getTimeFormatter,
   getTimeFormatterForGranularity,
   smartDateFormatter,
   TimeseriesChartDataResponseResult,
+  TimeFormatter,
 } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import { DEFAULT_FORM_DATA, EchartsTimeseriesFormData } from './types';
 import { EchartsProps, ForecastSeriesEnum } from '../types';
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ export default function transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): EchartsProps {
     if (min === undefined) min = 0;
     if (max === undefined) max = 1;
   }
+
+  let xAxisFormatter: TimeFormatter | StringConstructor;
+  if (xAxisTimeFormat === smartDateFormatter.id) {
+    xAxisFormatter = getTimeFormatterForGranularity(timeGrainSqla);
+  } else if (xAxisTimeFormat) {
+    xAxisFormatter = getTimeFormatter(xAxisTimeFormat);
+  } else {
+    xAxisFormatter = String;
+  }
+
   const echartOptions: echarts.EChartOption = {
     useUTC: true,
     grid: {
@@ -141,19 +151,7 @@ export default function transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): EchartsProps {
       axisLabel: {
         showMinLabel: xAxisShowMinLabel,
         showMaxLabel: xAxisShowMaxLabel,
-        formatter: (value: any) => {
-          let dateFormatter;
-
-          if (xAxisTimeFormat === smartDateFormatter.id) {
-            dateFormatter = getTimeFormatterForGranularity(timeGrainSqla);
-          } else if (xAxisTimeFormat) {
-            dateFormatter = getTimeFormatter(xAxisTimeFormat);
-          } else {
-            dateFormatter = String;
-          }
-
-          return dateFormatter(value);
-        },
+        formatter: xAxisFormatter,
       },
     },
     yAxis: {
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ export default function transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): EchartsProps {
       trigger: 'axis',
       formatter: params => {
         // @ts-ignore
-        const rows = [`${smartDateVerboseFormatter(params[0].value[0])}`];
+        const rows = [`${xAxisFormatter(params[0].value[0])}`];
         // @ts-ignore
         const prophetValues = extractProphetValuesFromTooltipParams(params);
         Object.keys(prophetValues).forEach(key => {