diff --git a/docs/bokeh/source/docs/releases/3.7.0.rst b/docs/bokeh/source/docs/releases/3.7.0.rst
index 9bdeea70526..eb656edb604 100644
--- a/docs/bokeh/source/docs/releases/3.7.0.rst
+++ b/docs/bokeh/source/docs/releases/3.7.0.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Bokeh version ``3.7.0`` (January 2025) is a minor milestone of Bokeh project.
 * Added support for dual canvas and DOM rendering to ``Legend`` annotation (:bokeh-pull:`14028`)
 * Added support for custom marker definitions to ``Scatter`` glyph (:bokeh-pull:`14165`)
 * Added support for stateful action tools, especially ``CustomAction`` (:bokeh-pull:`14143`)
+* Enhanced default ``DatetimeTickFormatter`` by providing additional context (:bokeh-pull:`13854`)
 
 API and breaking changes
 ------------------------
diff --git a/src/bokeh/models/axes.py b/src/bokeh/models/axes.py
index 3b85d12acb7..a746e80f8e0 100644
--- a/src/bokeh/models/axes.py
+++ b/src/bokeh/models/axes.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 )
 from ..core.property_mixins import ScalarFillProps, ScalarLineProps, ScalarTextProps
 from .formatters import (
+    CONTEXTUAL_DATETIME_FORMATTER,
     BasicTickFormatter,
     CategoricalTickFormatter,
-    DatetimeTickFormatter,
     LogTickFormatter,
     MercatorTickFormatter,
     TickFormatter,
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
 
     ticker = Override(default=InstanceDefault(DatetimeTicker))
 
-    formatter = Override(default=InstanceDefault(DatetimeTickFormatter))
+    formatter = Override(default=CONTEXTUAL_DATETIME_FORMATTER)
 
 class MercatorAxis(LinearAxis):
     ''' An axis that picks nice numbers for tick locations on a
diff --git a/src/bokeh/models/formatters.py b/src/bokeh/models/formatters.py
index 05219ec40ae..04da03f8f23 100644
--- a/src/bokeh/models/formatters.py
+++ b/src/bokeh/models/formatters.py
@@ -683,6 +683,52 @@ def RELATIVE_DATETIME_CONTEXT() -> DatetimeTickFormatter:
         years = "",
     )
 
+def CONTEXTUAL_DATETIME_FORMATTER() -> DatetimeTickFormatter:
+    return DatetimeTickFormatter(
+        microseconds = "%fus",
+        milliseconds = "%3Nms",
+        seconds = "%T",
+        minsec = "%T",
+        minutes = "%H:%M",
+        hourmin = "%H:%M",
+        hours = "%H:%M",
+        days = "%b %d",
+        months = "%b %Y",
+        years = "%Y",
+        strip_leading_zeros = ["microseconds", "milliseconds", "seconds"],
+        boundary_scaling = False,
+        context_which = "all",
+        context = DatetimeTickFormatter(
+            microseconds="%T",
+            milliseconds="%T",
+            seconds="%b %d, %Y",
+            minsec="%b %d, %Y",
+            minutes="%b %d, %Y",
+            hourmin="%b %d, %Y",
+            hours="%b %d, %Y",
+            days="%Y",
+            months="",
+            years="",
+            boundary_scaling=False,
+            hide_repeats=True,
+            context_which="all",
+            context=DatetimeTickFormatter(
+                microseconds="%b %d, %Y",
+                milliseconds="%b %d, %Y",
+                seconds="",
+                minsec="",
+                minutes="",
+                hourmin="",
+                hours="",
+                days="",
+                months="",
+                years="",
+                boundary_scaling=False,
+                hide_repeats=True,
+                context=None,
+            ),
+        ),
+    )
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Dev API
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/baselines/defaults.json5 b/tests/baselines/defaults.json5
index a911aaca0b3..389012e79ce 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/defaults.json5
+++ b/tests/baselines/defaults.json5
@@ -1792,7 +1792,58 @@
     formatter: {
       type: "object",
       name: "DatetimeTickFormatter",
-      attributes: {},
+      attributes: {
+        seconds: "%T",
+        minsec: "%T",
+        minutes: "%H:%M",
+        hours: "%H:%M",
+        days: "%b %d",
+        months: "%b %Y",
+        strip_leading_zeros: [
+          "microseconds",
+          "milliseconds",
+          "seconds",
+        ],
+        boundary_scaling: false,
+        context: {
+          type: "object",
+          name: "DatetimeTickFormatter",
+          attributes: {
+            microseconds: "%T",
+            milliseconds: "%T",
+            seconds: "%b %d, %Y",
+            minsec: "%b %d, %Y",
+            minutes: "%b %d, %Y",
+            hourmin: "%b %d, %Y",
+            hours: "%b %d, %Y",
+            days: "%Y",
+            months: "",
+            years: "",
+            boundary_scaling: false,
+            hide_repeats: true,
+            context: {
+              type: "object",
+              name: "DatetimeTickFormatter",
+              attributes: {
+                microseconds: "%b %d, %Y",
+                milliseconds: "%b %d, %Y",
+                seconds: "",
+                minsec: "",
+                minutes: "",
+                hourmin: "",
+                hours: "",
+                days: "",
+                months: "",
+                years: "",
+                boundary_scaling: false,
+                hide_repeats: true,
+              },
+            },
+            context_which: "all",
+          },
+        },
+        context_which: "all",
+      },
     },
   },
   LinearAxis: {