diff --git a/src/scales/scale.time.js b/src/scales/scale.time.js
index 03a9714b047..6bcef6c03e6 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.time.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.time.js
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ export default class TimeScale extends Scale {
 	 * `minor` unit using the given scale time `options`.
 	 * Important: this method can return ticks outside the min and max range, it's the
 	 * responsibility of the calling code to clamp values if needed.
-	 * @private
+	 * @protected
 	 */
   _generate() {
     const adapter = this._adapter;
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ export default class TimeScale extends Scale {
     }
 
     // @ts-ignore
-    return Object.keys(ticks).sort((a, b) => a - b).map(x => +x);
+    return Object.keys(ticks).sort(sorter).map(x => +x);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.timeseries.js b/src/scales/scale.timeseries.js
index f347cd341c1..2be73493407 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.timeseries.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.timeseries.js
@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@ class TimeSeriesScale extends TimeScale {
     return table;
   }
 
+  /**
+    * Generates all timestamps defined in the data.
+    * Important: this method can return ticks outside the min and max range, it's the
+    * responsibility of the calling code to clamp values if needed.
+    * @protected
+    */
+  _generate() {
+    const min = this.min;
+    const max = this.max;
+    let timestamps = super.getDataTimestamps();
+    if (!timestamps.includes(min) || !timestamps.length) {
+      timestamps.splice(0, 0, min);
+    }
+    if (!timestamps.includes(max) || timestamps.length === 1) {
+      timestamps.push(max);
+    }
+    return timestamps.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  }
+
   /**
 	 * Returns all timestamps
 	 * @return {number[]}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/data-timestamps.js b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/data-timestamps.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1df5c0ef30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/data-timestamps.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+module.exports = {
+  threshold: 0.01,
+  tolerance: 0.0015,
+  config: {
+    type: 'line',
+    data: {
+      datasets: [{data: [
+        {x: 1687849697000, y: 904},
+        {x: 1687817063000, y: 905},
+        {x: 1687694268000, y: 913},
+        {x: 1687609438000, y: 914},
+        {x: 1687561387000, y: 916},
+        {x: 1686875127000, y: 918},
+        {x: 1686873138000, y: 920},
+        {x: 1686872777000, y: 928},
+        {x: 1686081641000, y: 915}
+      ], fill: false}, {data: [
+        {x: 1687816803000, y: 1105},
+        {x: 1686869490000, y: 1114},
+        {x: 1686869397000, y: 1103},
+        {x: 1686869225000, y: 1091},
+        {x: 1686556516000, y: 1078}
+      ]}]
+    },
+    options: {
+      scales: {
+        x: {
+          type: 'timeseries',
+          bounds: 'data',
+          time: {
+            unit: 'day'
+          },
+          ticks: {
+            source: 'auto'
+          }
+        },
+        y: {
+          display: false
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  options: {
+    spriteText: true
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/data-timestamps.png b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/data-timestamps.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31d9a3f4717
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/financial-daily.js b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/financial-daily.js
index 9f13f02d195..d529be4ff44 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/financial-daily.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/financial-daily.js
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ module.exports = {
             autoSkip: true,
             autoSkipPadding: 75,
             maxRotation: 0,
-            sampleSize: 100
+            sampleSize: 100,
+            maxTicksLimit: 3
           },
           // manually set major ticks so that test passes in all time zones with moment adapter
           afterBuildTicks: function(scale) {
-            const major = [0, 12, 24];
             const ticks = scale.ticks;
+            const major = [0, 264, 522];
             for (let i = 0; i < ticks.length; i++) {
               ticks[i].major = major.indexOf(i) >= 0;
             }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/financial-daily.png b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/financial-daily.png
index 659c0a1dae2..1537512dd84 100644
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/source-auto.png b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/source-auto.png
index 532509c394b..aa6255b6c83 100644
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/source-data-offset-min-max.png b/test/fixtures/scale.timeseries/source-data-offset-min-max.png
index 824bf36bd51..fe7165cfef2 100644
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