Document time unit limitations for date histograms (#30177)

Adding some allowed abbreviated values for intervals in date histograms
as well as documenting the limitations of intervals larger than days.

Closes #23294
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// CONSOLE // CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:sales] // TEST[setup:sales]
Available expressions for interval: `year`, `quarter`, `month`, `week`, `day`, `hour`, `minute`, `second` Available expressions for interval: `year` (`1y`), `quarter` (`1q`), `month` (`1M`), `week` (`1w`),
`day` (`1d`), `hour` (`1h`), `minute` (`1m`), `second` (`1s`)
Time values can also be specified via abbreviations supported by <<time-units,time units>> parsing. Time values can also be specified via abbreviations supported by <<time-units,time units>> parsing.
Note that fractional time values are not supported, but you can address this by shifting to another Note that fractional time values are not supported, but you can address this by shifting to another
time unit (e.g., `1.5h` could instead be specified as `90m`). time unit (e.g., `1.5h` could instead be specified as `90m`). Also note that time intervals larger than
than days do not support arbitrary values but can only be one unit large (e.g. `1y` is valid, `2y` is not).
[source,js] [source,js]
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