DateTime over axisY workaround - CanvasJS JavaScript Charts

DateTime over axisY workaround - CanvasJS JavaScript Charts

by katsukino

HTML

<script src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
<br/><!-- Just so that JSFiddle's Result label doesn't overlap the Chart -->

<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 360px; width: 100%;"></div>

JavaScript

var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer",
                               {
  title: {
    text: "How long an event occurred for on a given day"
  },
  axisY: {
    minimum: (new Date(2016, 0, 28, 12, 0)).getTime(),            
    interval: (1 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
    labelFormatter: function(e){
      return CanvasJS.formatDate(e.value, "DD - h:mm TT");
    },
    gridThickness: 2
  },

  toolTip:{
    contentFormatter: function ( e ) {
      return "<strong>" + e.entries[0].dataPoint.label + "</strong></br> Start: " +  CanvasJS.formatDate(e.entries[0].dataPoint.y[0], "DD - h:mm TT") + "</br>End : " +  CanvasJS.formatDate(e.entries[0].dataPoint.y[1], "DD - h:mm TT");  
    }},

  data: [
    {
      type: "rangeBar",
      dataPoints: [
        { label: "Walking", y: [(new Date(2016, 0, 28, 12, 20)).getTime(), (new Date(2016, 0, 28, 13, 00)).getTime()] },
        { label: "Running", y: [(new Date(2016, 0, 28, 13, 20)).getTime(), (new Date(2016, 0, 28, 14, 20)).getTime()] },
        { label: "Walking", y: [(new Date(2016, 0, 28, 14, 20)).getTime(), (new Date(2016, 0, 28, 15, 00)).getTime()] }
      ]
    }
  ]                      
});
chart.render();