diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/trends/trends_query_builder.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/trends/trends_query_builder.py
index ed5d867b48b75..9e4d27c369479 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/trends/trends_query_builder.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/insights/trends/trends_query_builder.py
@@ -182,31 +182,15 @@ def _get_events_subquery(
             actors_query_time_frame=actors_query_time_frame,
         )
 
-        default_query = cast(
-            ast.SelectQuery,
-            parse_select(
-                """
-                    SELECT
-                        {aggregation_operation} AS total
-                    FROM {table} AS e
-                    WHERE {events_filter}
-                """
-                if isinstance(self.series, DataWarehouseNode)
-                else """
-                    SELECT
-                        {aggregation_operation} AS total
-                    FROM {table} AS e
-                    SAMPLE {sample}
-                    WHERE {events_filter}
-                """,
-                placeholders={
-                    "table": self._table_expr,
-                    "events_filter": events_filter,
-                    "aggregation_operation": self._aggregation_operation.select_aggregation(),
-                    "sample": self._sample_value(),
-                },
-            ),
+        default_query = ast.SelectQuery(
+            select=[ast.Alias(alias="total", expr=self._aggregation_operation.select_aggregation())],
+            select_from=ast.JoinExpr(table=self._table_expr, alias="e"),
+            where=events_filter,
         )
+        if not isinstance(self.series, DataWarehouseNode):
+            default_query.select_from.sample = ast.SampleExpr(
+                sample_value=self._sample_value(),
+            )
 
         default_query.group_by = []
 
@@ -461,13 +445,20 @@ def _events_filter(
 
         # Dates
         if is_actors_query and actors_query_time_frame is not None:
-            to_start_of_time_frame = f"toStartOf{self.query_date_range.interval_name.capitalize()}"
-            filters.append(
-                ast.CompareOperation(
-                    left=ast.Call(name=to_start_of_time_frame, args=[ast.Field(chain=["timestamp"])]),
-                    op=ast.CompareOperationOp.Eq,
-                    right=ast.Call(name="toDateTime", args=[ast.Constant(value=actors_query_time_frame)]),
-                )
+            actors_from, actors_to = self.query_date_range.interval_bounds_from_str(actors_query_time_frame)
+            filters.extend(
+                [
+                    ast.CompareOperation(
+                        left=ast.Field(chain=["timestamp"]),
+                        op=ast.CompareOperationOp.GtEq,
+                        right=ast.Call(name="toDateTime", args=[ast.Constant(value=actors_from)]),
+                    ),
+                    ast.CompareOperation(
+                        left=ast.Field(chain=["timestamp"]),
+                        op=ast.CompareOperationOp.Lt,
+                        right=ast.Call(name="toDateTime", args=[ast.Constant(value=actors_to)]),
+                    ),
+                ]
             )
         elif not self._aggregation_operation.requires_query_orchestration():
             filters.extend(
diff --git a/posthog/hogql_queries/utils/query_date_range.py b/posthog/hogql_queries/utils/query_date_range.py
index f2e5cef3d82a3..9289566b8eeaa 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql_queries/utils/query_date_range.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql_queries/utils/query_date_range.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from typing import Literal, Optional, Dict, List
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
+from dateutil.parser import parse
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 
 from posthog.hogql.errors import HogQLException
@@ -116,36 +117,39 @@ def interval_type(self) -> IntervalType:
     def interval_name(self) -> Literal["hour", "day", "week", "month"]:
         return self.interval_type.name
 
-    def all_values(self) -> List[str]:
-        start: datetime = self.date_from()
-        end: datetime = self.date_to()
-        interval = self.interval_name
-
-        if interval == "hour":
-            start = start.replace(minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
-        elif interval == "day":
-            start = start.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
-        elif interval == "week":
+    def align_with_interval(self, start: datetime) -> datetime:
+        if self.interval_name == "hour":
+            return start.replace(minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+        elif self.interval_name == "day":
+            return start.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+        elif self.interval_name == "week":
             start = start.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
             week_start_alignment_days = start.isoweekday() % 7
             if self._team.week_start_day == WeekStartDay.MONDAY:
                 week_start_alignment_days = start.weekday()
             start -= timedelta(days=week_start_alignment_days)
-        elif interval == "month":
-            start = start.replace(day=1, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+            return start
+        elif self.interval_name == "month":
+            return start.replace(day=1, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+
+    def interval_relativedelta(self):
+        return relativedelta(
+            days=1 if self.interval_name == "day" else 0,
+            weeks=1 if self.interval_name == "week" else 0,
+            months=1 if self.interval_name == "month" else 0,
+            hours=1 if self.interval_name == "hour" else 0,
+        )
 
+    def all_values(self) -> List[str]:
+        start = self.align_with_interval(self.date_from())
+        end: datetime = self.date_to()
         values: List[str] = []
         while start <= end:
-            if interval == "hour":
+            if self.interval_name == "hour":
                 values.append(start.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
             else:
                 values.append(start.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
-            start += relativedelta(
-                days=1 if interval == "day" else 0,
-                weeks=1 if interval == "week" else 0,
-                months=1 if interval == "month" else 0,
-                hours=1 if interval == "hour" else 0,
-            )
+            start += self.interval_relativedelta()
         return values
 
     def date_to_as_hogql(self) -> ast.Expr:
@@ -257,6 +261,11 @@ def to_placeholders(self) -> Dict[str, ast.Expr]:
             else self.date_from_as_hogql(),
         }
 
+    def interval_bounds_from_str(self, time_frame: str) -> tuple[datetime, datetime]:
+        date_from = parse(time_frame)
+        date_to = date_from + self.interval_relativedelta()
+        return date_from, date_to
+
 
 class QueryDateRangeWithIntervals(QueryDateRange):
     def __init__(