JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.js"></script>

CSS

body {
      font: 10px sans-serif;
    }

    .axis path,
    .axis line {
      fill: none;
      stroke: #000;
      shape-rendering: crispEdges;
    }

    .x.axis path {
      display: none;
    }

    .line {
      fill: none;
      stroke: steelblue;
      stroke-width: 1.5px;
    }

JavaScript

var data = [{'x': '00:38:40', 'y': 2}, {'x': '00:37:46', 'y': 4}, {'x': '00:37:23', 'y': 8}];
            var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50},
                width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
                height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

            var parseDate = d3.time.format("%H:%M:%S").parse;

            var x = d3.time.scale()
                .range([0, width]);

            var y = d3.scale.linear()
                .range([height, 0]);

            var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
                .scale(x)
                .orient("bottom")
                .ticks(d3.time.minutes, 2)
                .tickFormat(d3.time.format("%M:%S"));

            var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
                .scale(y)
                .orient("left");

            var line = d3.svg.line()
                .x(function(d) { return x(d.x); })
                .y(function(d) { return y(d.y); });

            var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
                .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
                .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
                .append("g")
                .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

            data.forEach(function(d) {
                d.x = parseDate(d.x);
                d.y = d.y;
            });

            x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.x; }));
            y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.y; }));

            svg.append("g")
              .attr("class", "x axis")
              .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
              .call(xAxis)
              .append("text")
              .attr("x", 900)
              .attr("y", -5)
              .attr("dx", ".71em")
              .style("text-anchor", "end")
              .text("Time Remaining");

            svg.append("g")
              .attr("class", "y axis")
              .call(yAxis)
              .append("text")
             ...