diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go b/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go
index e7e54cef5f9..8e1a1c66e3d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@ type TimeRange struct {
 	Now  time.Time
 }
 
-func (tr TimeRange) FromUnix() (int64, error) {
-	fromRaw := strings.Replace(tr.From, "now-", "", 1)
-
-	diff, err := time.ParseDuration("-" + fromRaw)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	return tr.Now.Add(diff).Unix(), nil
-}
-
 func (tr TimeRange) FromTime() (time.Time, error) {
 	fromRaw := strings.Replace(tr.From, "now-", "", 1)
 
@@ -42,23 +31,6 @@ func (tr TimeRange) FromTime() (time.Time, error) {
 	return tr.Now.Add(diff), nil
 }
 
-func (tr TimeRange) ToUnix() (int64, error) {
-	if tr.To == "now" {
-		return tr.Now.Unix(), nil
-	} else if strings.HasPrefix(tr.To, "now-") {
-		withoutNow := strings.Replace(tr.To, "now-", "", 1)
-
-		diff, err := time.ParseDuration("-" + withoutNow)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, nil
-		}
-
-		return tr.Now.Add(diff).Unix(), nil
-	}
-
-	return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse to value %s", tr.To)
-}
-
 func (tr TimeRange) ToTime() (time.Time, error) {
 	if tr.To == "now" {
 		return tr.Now, nil
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go
index d64eb8cc86e..56ea9d24490 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ func TestTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 				fiveMinAgo, _ := time.ParseDuration("-5m")
 				expected := now.Add(fiveMinAgo)
 
-				res, err := tr.FromUnix()
+				res, err := tr.FromTime()
 				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-				So(res, ShouldAlmostEqual, expected.Unix())
+				So(res.Unix(), ShouldEqual, expected.Unix())
 			})
 
 			Convey("now ", func() {
-				res, err := tr.ToUnix()
+				res, err := tr.ToTime()
 				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-				So(res, ShouldAlmostEqual, now.Unix())
+				So(res.Unix(), ShouldEqual, now.Unix())
 			})
 		})
 
@@ -43,20 +43,20 @@ func TestTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			Convey("5h ago ", func() {
-				fiveMinAgo, _ := time.ParseDuration("-5h")
-				expected := now.Add(fiveMinAgo)
+				fiveHourAgo, _ := time.ParseDuration("-5h")
+				expected := now.Add(fiveHourAgo)
 
-				res, err := tr.FromUnix()
+				res, err := tr.FromTime()
 				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-				So(res, ShouldAlmostEqual, expected.Unix())
+				So(res.Unix(), ShouldEqual, expected.Unix())
 			})
 
 			Convey("now-10m ", func() {
 				fiveMinAgo, _ := time.ParseDuration("-10m")
 				expected := now.Add(fiveMinAgo)
-				res, err := tr.ToUnix()
+				res, err := tr.ToTime()
 				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-				So(res, ShouldAlmostEqual, expected.Unix())
+				So(res.Unix(), ShouldEqual, expected.Unix())
 			})
 		})
 
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ func TestTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 				Now:  now,
 			}
 
-			_, err = tr.FromUnix()
+			_, err = tr.FromTime()
 			So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
 
-			_, err = tr.ToUnix()
+			_, err = tr.ToTime()
 			So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
 		})
 	})