diff --git a/samples/scales/time/line.html b/samples/scales/time/line.html
index 221354f9ee2..0cca931e009 100644
--- a/samples/scales/time/line.html
+++ b/samples/scales/time/line.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	<button id="removeData">Remove Data</button>
 	<script>
 		var timeFormat = 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm';
-		
+
 		function newDate(days) {
 			return moment().add(days, 'd').toDate();
 		}
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@
 			type: 'line',
 			data: {
 				labels: [ // Date Objects
-					newDate(0), 
-					newDate(1), 
-					newDate(2), 
-					newDate(3), 
-					newDate(4), 
-					newDate(5), 
+					newDate(0),
+					newDate(1),
+					newDate(2),
+					newDate(3),
+					newDate(4),
+					newDate(5),
 					newDate(6)
 				],
 				datasets: [{
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
 					borderColor: window.chartColors.red,
 					fill: false,
 					data: [
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
 						randomScalingFactor()
 					],
 				}, {
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@
 					borderColor: window.chartColors.blue,
 					fill: false,
 					data: [
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
-						randomScalingFactor(), 
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
+						randomScalingFactor(),
 						randomScalingFactor()
 					],
 				}, {
diff --git a/src/core/core.scale.js b/src/core/core.scale.js
index f02e1d9823a..596ccb0ea3b 100644
--- a/src/core/core.scale.js
+++ b/src/core/core.scale.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var moment = require('moment');
-moment = typeof(moment) === 'function' ? moment : window.moment;
-
 module.exports = function(Chart) {
 
 	var helpers = Chart.helpers;
@@ -506,7 +503,7 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 
 			var tickFontColor = helpers.getValueOrDefault(optionTicks.fontColor, globalDefaults.defaultFontColor);
 			var tickFont = parseFontOptions(optionTicks);
-			var seniorTickFont = helpers.fontString(tickFont.size, 'bold', tickFont.family);
+
 			var tl = gridLines.drawTicks ? gridLines.tickMarkLength : 0;
 
 			var scaleLabelFontColor = helpers.getValueOrDefault(scaleLabel.fontColor, globalDefaults.defaultFontColor);
@@ -654,7 +651,7 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 			});
 
 			// Draw all of the tick labels, tick marks, and grid lines at the correct places
-			helpers.each(itemsToDraw, function(itemToDraw, index) {
+			helpers.each(itemsToDraw, function(itemToDraw) {
 				if (gridLines.display) {
 					context.save();
 					context.lineWidth = itemToDraw.glWidth;
@@ -684,17 +681,7 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 					context.save();
 					context.translate(itemToDraw.labelX, itemToDraw.labelY);
 					context.rotate(itemToDraw.rotation);
-					var font = tickFont.font;
-					if (me.ticksAsTimestamps) {
-						// Add bold style to senior units
-						var tickMoment = moment(me.ticksAsTimestamps[index]);
-						var tickMomentClone = tickMoment.clone();
-						if (me.majorUnit &&
-							tickMoment.valueOf() === tickMomentClone.startOf(me.majorUnit).valueOf()) {
-							font = seniorTickFont;
-						}
-					}
-					context.font = font;
+					context.font = tickFont.font;
 					context.textBaseline = itemToDraw.textBaseline;
 					context.textAlign = itemToDraw.textAlign;
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/helpers.time.js b/src/helpers/helpers.time.js
index e055fb2b1b8..360ae86ad4a 100644
--- a/src/helpers/helpers.time.js
+++ b/src/helpers/helpers.time.js
@@ -55,8 +55,20 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 		var ticks = [];
 		if (options.maxTicks) {
 			var stepSize = options.stepSize;
-			ticks.push(options.min !== undefined ? options.min : niceRange.min);
-			var cur = moment(niceRange.min);
+			var startTick = options.min !== undefined ? options.min : niceRange.min;
+			var majorUnitStart = startTick;
+			if (options.majorUnit) {
+				majorUnitStart = moment(startTick).add(1, options.majorUnit).startOf(options.majorUnit);
+			}
+			var startRange = majorUnitStart.valueOf() - startTick;
+			var startFraction = startRange % (interval[options.unit].size * stepSize);
+			var alignedTick = startTick;
+			ticks.push(startTick);
+			if (startFraction && options.majorUnit && !options.timeOpts.round && !options.timeOpts.isoWeekday) {
+				alignedTick += startFraction;
+				ticks.push(alignedTick);
+			}
+			var cur = moment(alignedTick);
 			while (cur.add(stepSize, options.unit).valueOf() < niceRange.max) {
 				ticks.push(cur.valueOf());
 			}
@@ -128,6 +140,22 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 			return unit;
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Determine major unit accordingly to passed unit
+		 * @param unit {String} relative unit
+		 * @return {String} major unit
+		 */
+		determineMajorUnit: function(unit) {
+			var units = Object.keys(interval);
+			var majorUnit = null;
+			var unitIndex = units.indexOf(unit);
+			if (unitIndex < units.length - 1) {
+				majorUnit = units[unitIndex + 1];
+			}
+
+			return majorUnit;
+		},
+
 		/**
 		 * Determines how we scale the unit
 		 * @param min {Number} the scale minimum
@@ -169,7 +197,7 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 		generateTicks: function(options, dataRange) {
 			var niceMin;
 			var niceMax;
-			var isoWeekday = options.isoWeekday;
+			var isoWeekday = options.timeOpts.isoWeekday;
 			if (options.unit === 'week' && isoWeekday !== false) {
 				niceMin = moment(dataRange.min).startOf('isoWeek').isoWeekday(isoWeekday).valueOf();
 				niceMax = moment(dataRange.max).startOf('isoWeek').isoWeekday(isoWeekday);
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.time.js b/src/scales/scale.time.js
index eeac630e63f..e48d2ba8391 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.time.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.time.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 				millisecond: 'h:mm:ss.SSS a', // 11:20:01.123 AM,
 				second: 'h:mm:ss a', // 11:20:01 AM
 				minute: 'h:mm:ss a', // 11:20:01 AM
-				hour: 'hA', // 5PM
-				day: 'MMM D', // Sep 4
+				hour: 'MMM D, hA', // Sept 4, 5PM
+				day: 'll', // Sep 4 2015
 				week: 'll', // Week 46, or maybe "[W]WW - YYYY" ?
 				month: 'MMM YYYY', // Sept 2015
 				quarter: '[Q]Q - YYYY', // Q3
@@ -39,161 +39,6 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 		}
 	};
 
-	/**
-	 * Helper function to parse time to a moment object
-	 * @param axis {TimeAxis} the time axis
-	 * @param label {Date|string|number|Moment} The thing to parse
-	 * @return {Moment} parsed time
-	 */
-	function parseTime(axis, label) {
-		var timeOpts = axis.options.time;
-		if (typeof timeOpts.parser === 'string') {
-			return moment(label, timeOpts.parser);
-		}
-		if (typeof timeOpts.parser === 'function') {
-			return timeOpts.parser(label);
-		}
-		if (typeof label.getMonth === 'function' || typeof label === 'number') {
-			// Date objects
-			return moment(label);
-		}
-		if (label.isValid && label.isValid()) {
-			// Moment support
-			return label;
-		}
-		var format = timeOpts.format;
-		if (typeof format !== 'string' && format.call) {
-			// Custom parsing (return an instance of moment)
-			console.warn('options.time.format is deprecated and replaced by options.time.parser.');
-			return format(label);
-		}
-		// Moment format parsing
-		return moment(label, format);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Figure out which is the best unit for the scale
-	 * @param minUnit {String} minimum unit to use
-	 * @param min {Number} scale minimum
-	 * @param max {Number} scale maximum
-	 * @return {String} the unit to use
-	 */
-	function determineUnit(minUnit, min, max, maxTicks) {
-		var units = Object.keys(interval);
-		var unit;
-		var numUnits = units.length;
-
-		for (var i = units.indexOf(minUnit); i < numUnits; i++) {
-			unit = units[i];
-			var unitDetails = interval[unit];
-			var steps = (unitDetails.steps && unitDetails.steps[unitDetails.steps.length - 1]) || unitDetails.maxStep;
-			if (steps === undefined || Math.ceil((max - min) / (steps * unitDetails.size)) <= maxTicks) {
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return unit;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Determines how we scale the unit
-	 * @param min {Number} the scale minimum
-	 * @param max {Number} the scale maximum
-	 * @param unit {String} the unit determined by the {@see determineUnit} method
-	 * @return {Number} the axis step size as a multiple of unit
-	 */
-	function determineStepSize(min, max, unit, maxTicks) {
-		// Using our unit, figoure out what we need to scale as
-		var unitDefinition = interval[unit];
-		var unitSizeInMilliSeconds = unitDefinition.size;
-		var range = max - min;
-		var sizeInUnits = Math.ceil(range / unitSizeInMilliSeconds);
-		var multiplier = 1;
-
-		if (unitDefinition.steps) {
-			// Have an array of steps
-			var numSteps = unitDefinition.steps.length;
-			for (var i = 0; i < numSteps && sizeInUnits > maxTicks; i++) {
-				multiplier = unitDefinition.steps[i];
-				sizeInUnits = Math.ceil(range / (unitSizeInMilliSeconds * multiplier));
-			}
-		} else {
-			while (sizeInUnits > maxTicks && maxTicks > 0) {
-				++multiplier;
-				sizeInUnits = Math.ceil(range / (unitSizeInMilliSeconds * multiplier));
-			}
-		}
-
-		return multiplier;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Helper for generating axis labels.
-	 * @param options {ITimeGeneratorOptions} the options for generation
-	 * @param dataRange {IRange} the data range
-	 * @param niceRange {IRange} the pretty range to display
-	 * @return {Number[]} ticks
-	 */
-	function generateTicks(options, dataRange, niceRange) {
-		var ticks = [];
-		if (options.maxTicks) {
-			var stepSize = options.stepSize;
-			var startTick = options.min !== undefined ? options.min : niceRange.min;
-			var majorUnitStart = startTick;
-			if (options.majorUnit) {
-				majorUnitStart = moment(startTick).add(1, options.majorUnit).startOf(options.majorUnit);
-			}
-			var startRange = majorUnitStart.valueOf() - startTick;
-			var startFraction = startRange % (interval[options.unit].size * stepSize);
-			var alignedTick = startTick;
-			ticks.push(startTick);
-			if (startTick !== alignedTick + startFraction && options.majorUnit && !options.timeOpts.round && !options.timeOpts.isoWeekday) {
-				alignedTick += startFraction;
-				ticks.push(alignedTick);
-			}
-			var cur = moment(alignedTick);
-			while (cur.add(stepSize, options.unit).valueOf() < niceRange.max) {
-				ticks.push(cur.valueOf());
-			}
-			var realMax = options.max || niceRange.max;
-			if (ticks[ticks.length - 1] !== realMax) {
-				ticks.push(realMax);
-			}
-		}
-		return ticks;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @function Chart.Ticks.generators.time
-	 * @param options {ITimeGeneratorOptions} the options for generation
-	 * @param dataRange {IRange} the data range
-	 * @return {Number[]} ticks
-	 */
-	Chart.Ticks.generators.time = function(options, dataRange) {
-		var niceMin;
-		var niceMax;
-		var isoWeekday = options.timeOpts.isoWeekday;
-		if (options.unit === 'week' && isoWeekday !== false) {
-			niceMin = moment(dataRange.min).startOf('isoWeek').isoWeekday(isoWeekday).valueOf();
-			niceMax = moment(dataRange.max).startOf('isoWeek').isoWeekday(isoWeekday);
-			if (dataRange.max - niceMax > 0) {
-				niceMax.add(1, 'week');
-			}
-			niceMax = niceMax.valueOf();
-		} else {
-			niceMin = moment(dataRange.min).startOf(options.unit).valueOf();
-			niceMax = moment(dataRange.max).startOf(options.unit);
-			if (dataRange.max - niceMax > 0) {
-				niceMax.add(1, options.unit);
-			}
-			niceMax = niceMax.valueOf();
-		}
-		return generateTicks(options, dataRange, {
-			min: niceMin,
-			max: niceMax
-		});
-	};
-
 	var TimeScale = Chart.Scale.extend({
 		initialize: function() {
 			if (!moment) {
@@ -291,12 +136,7 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 			var maxTicks = me.getLabelCapacity(minTimestamp || dataMin);
 
 			var unit = timeOpts.unit || timeHelpers.determineUnit(timeOpts.minUnit, minTimestamp || dataMin, maxTimestamp || dataMax, maxTicks);
-			var units = Object.keys(interval);
-			var majorUnit = null;
-			var unitIndex = units.indexOf(unit);
-			if (unitIndex < units.length - 1) {
-				majorUnit = units[unitIndex + 1];
-			}
+			var majorUnit = timeHelpers.determineMajorUnit(unit);
 
 			me.displayFormat = timeOpts.displayFormats[unit];
 			me.majorDisplayFormat = timeOpts.displayFormats[majorUnit];
@@ -341,18 +181,7 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 		},
 		// Function to format an individual tick mark
 		tickFormatFunction: function(tick, index, ticks) {
-			var formattedTick;
-			var tickClone = tick.clone();
-			if (this.majorUnit &&
-				this.majorDisplayFormat &&
-				tick.valueOf() === tickClone.startOf(this.majorUnit).valueOf()) {
-				// format as senior unit
-				formattedTick = tick.format(this.majorDisplayFormat);
-			} else {
-				// format as base unit
-				formattedTick = tick.format(this.displayFormat);
-			}
-
+			var formattedTick = tick.format(this.displayFormat);
 			var tickOpts = this.options.ticks;
 			var callback = helpers.getValueOrDefault(tickOpts.callback, tickOpts.userCallback);
 
diff --git a/test/specs/scale.time.tests.js b/test/specs/scale.time.tests.js
index 72e8a0416a5..68796815d64 100755
--- a/test/specs/scale.time.tests.js
+++ b/test/specs/scale.time.tests.js
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 					millisecond: 'h:mm:ss.SSS a', // 11:20:01.123 AM,
 					second: 'h:mm:ss a', // 11:20:01 AM
 					minute: 'h:mm:ss a', // 11:20:01 AM
-					hour: 'hA', // 5PM
-					day: 'MMM D', // Sep 4
+					hour: 'MMM D, hA', // Sept 4, 5PM
+					day: 'll', // Sep 4 2015
 					week: 'll', // Week 46, or maybe "[W]WW - YYYY" ?
 					month: 'MMM YYYY', // Sept 2015
 					quarter: '[Q]Q - YYYY', // Q3
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 			var scaleOptions = Chart.scaleService.getScaleDefaults('time');
 			var scale = createScale(mockData, scaleOptions);
 			scale.update(1000, 200);
-			expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1', 'Jan 2', 'Jan 3', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 5', 'Jan 6', 'Jan 7', 'Jan 8', 'Jan 9', 'Jan 10', 'Jan 11, 2015']);
+			expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1, 2015', 'Jan 2, 2015', 'Jan 3, 2015', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 5, 2015', 'Jan 6, 2015', 'Jan 7, 2015', 'Jan 8, 2015', 'Jan 9, 2015', 'Jan 10, 2015', 'Jan 11, 2015']);
 		});
 
 		it('should accept labels as date objects', function() {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 			};
 			var scale = createScale(mockData, Chart.scaleService.getScaleDefaults('time'));
 			scale.update(1000, 200);
-			expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1', 'Jan 2', 'Jan 3', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 5', 'Jan 6', 'Jan 7', 'Jan 8', 'Jan 9', 'Jan 10', 'Jan 11, 2015']);
+			expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1, 2015', 'Jan 2, 2015', 'Jan 3, 2015', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 5, 2015', 'Jan 6, 2015', 'Jan 7, 2015', 'Jan 8, 2015', 'Jan 9, 2015', 'Jan 10, 2015', 'Jan 11, 2015']);
 		});
 
 		it('should accept data as xy points', function() {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 
 			var xScale = chart.scales.xScale0;
 			xScale.update(800, 200);
-			expect(xScale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1', 'Jan 2', 'Jan 3', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 5', 'Jan 6', 'Jan 7', 'Jan 8', 'Jan 9', 'Jan 10', 'Jan 11, 2015']);
+			expect(xScale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1, 2015', 'Jan 2, 2015', 'Jan 3, 2015', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 5, 2015', 'Jan 6, 2015', 'Jan 7, 2015', 'Jan 8, 2015', 'Jan 9, 2015', 'Jan 10, 2015', 'Jan 11, 2015']);
 		});
 	});
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 		var scale = createScale(mockData, config);
 		scale.update(2500, 200);
 
-		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1, 8PM', 'Jan 1, 9PM', 'Jan 1, 10PM', 'Jan 1, 11PM', 'Jan 2, 2015', 'Jan 2, 1AM', 'Jan 2, 2AM', 'Jan 2, 3AM', 'Jan 2, 4AM', 'Jan 2, 5AM', 'Jan 2, 6AM', 'Jan 2, 7AM', 'Jan 2, 8AM', 'Jan 2, 9AM', 'Jan 2, 10AM', 'Jan 2, 11AM', 'Jan 2, 12PM', 'Jan 2, 1PM', 'Jan 2, 2PM', 'Jan 2, 3PM', 'Jan 2, 4PM', 'Jan 2, 5PM', 'Jan 2, 6PM', 'Jan 2, 7PM', 'Jan 2, 8PM', 'Jan 2, 9PM']);
+		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1, 8PM', 'Jan 1, 9PM', 'Jan 1, 10PM', 'Jan 1, 11PM', 'Jan 2, 12AM', 'Jan 2, 1AM', 'Jan 2, 2AM', 'Jan 2, 3AM', 'Jan 2, 4AM', 'Jan 2, 5AM', 'Jan 2, 6AM', 'Jan 2, 7AM', 'Jan 2, 8AM', 'Jan 2, 9AM', 'Jan 2, 10AM', 'Jan 2, 11AM', 'Jan 2, 12PM', 'Jan 2, 1PM', 'Jan 2, 2PM', 'Jan 2, 3PM', 'Jan 2, 4PM', 'Jan 2, 5PM', 'Jan 2, 6PM', 'Jan 2, 7PM', 'Jan 2, 8PM', 'Jan 2, 9PM']);
 	});
 
 	it('build ticks honoring the minUnit', function() {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 		config.time.minUnit = 'day';
 
 		var scale = createScale(mockData, config);
-		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1', 'Jan 2', 'Jan 3']);
+		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Jan 1, 2015', 'Jan 2, 2015', 'Jan 3, 2015']);
 	});
 
 	it('should build ticks using the config diff', function() {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 		scale.update(800, 200);
 
 		// last date is feb 15 because we round to start of week
-		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Dec 28, 2014', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 11, 2015', 'Jan 18, 2015', 'Jan 25, 2015', 'Feb 2015', 'Feb 8, 2015', 'Feb 15, 2015']);
+		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual(['Dec 28, 2014', 'Jan 4, 2015', 'Jan 11, 2015', 'Jan 18, 2015', 'Jan 25, 2015', 'Feb 1, 2015', 'Feb 8, 2015', 'Feb 15, 2015']);
 	});
 
 	describe('when specifying limits', function() {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 			config.time.min = '2014-12-29T04:00:00';
 
 			var scale = createScale(mockData, config);
-			expect(scale.ticks[0]).toEqual('Dec 29');
+			expect(scale.ticks[0]).toEqual('Dec 29, 2014');
 		});
 
 		it('should use the max option', function() {
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ describe('Time scale tests', function() {
 			config.time.max = '2015-01-05T06:00:00';
 
 			var scale = createScale(mockData, config);
-			expect(scale.ticks[scale.ticks.length - 1]).toEqual('Jan 5');
+			expect(scale.ticks[scale.ticks.length - 1]).toEqual('Jan 5, 2015');
 		});
 	});