diff --git a/cmd/bosun/sched/template.go b/cmd/bosun/sched/template.go
index 9d6808c3d4..e233241667 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/sched/template.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/sched/template.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *Context) HostView(host string) string {
 func (c *Context) Expr(v string) string {
 	p := url.Values{}
 	p.Add("date", c.runHistory.Start.Format(`2006-01-02`))
-	p.Add("time", c.runHistory.Start.Format(`15:04`))
+	p.Add("time", c.runHistory.Start.Format(`15:04:05`))
 	p.Add("expr", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(opentsdb.ReplaceTags(v, c.Group))))
 	return c.schedule.Conf.MakeLink("/expr", &p)
 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *Context) GraphLink(v string) string {
 	p.Add("expr", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(v)))
 	p.Add("tab", "graph")
 	p.Add("date", c.runHistory.Start.Format(`2006-01-02`))
-	p.Add("time", c.runHistory.Start.Format(`15:04`))
+	p.Add("time", c.runHistory.Start.Format(`15:04:05`))
 	return c.schedule.Conf.MakeLink("/expr", &p)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/bosun/web/expr.go b/cmd/bosun/web/expr.go
index 90493c337e..001ea9cc25 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/web/expr.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/web/expr.go
@@ -107,9 +107,12 @@ func getTime(r *http.Request) (now time.Time, err error) {
 		if ft := r.FormValue("time"); len(ft) > 0 {
 			fd += " " + ft
 		} else {
-			fd += " " + now.Format("15:04")
+			fd += " " + now.Format("15:04:05")
+		}
+		now, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", fd)
+		if err != nil {
+			now, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04", fd)
 		}
-		now, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04", fd)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/cmd/bosun/web/static.go b/cmd/bosun/web/static.go
index b2166c2625..f307703dfe 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/web/static.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/web/static.go
@@ -13120,23 +13120,23 @@ XBuDNhAKbqRYQ2bmHwetEmvzBNIbKn0aOwutP4cHcTRy4PMe6BiYjBmx52okmuL0vewYmmZ7ntpdc1vz
 
 	"/partials/expr.html": {
 		local:   "web/static/partials/expr.html",
-		size:    2124,
+		size:    2127,
 		modtime: 0,
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 	},
 
diff --git a/cmd/bosun/web/static/partials/expr.html b/cmd/bosun/web/static/partials/expr.html
index ec023b3910..1307dd1c32 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/web/static/partials/expr.html
+++ b/cmd/bosun/web/static/partials/expr.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-group">
 				<label class="control-label">Time</label>
-				<input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="time" placeholder="HH:MM">
+				<input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="time" placeholder="HH:MM:SS">
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-group">
 				<button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="set()">Test</button>