This JSFiddle and the snippet provided below demonstrate the usage of the format "%d-%b-%y" for dates. The code example showcases how to work with dates in this format, such as "1-May-12".
"%d-%b-%y"
Here is a sample code snippet:
var margin = {
top: 30,
right: 20,
bottom: 30,
left: 50
};
var width = 600 - margin.left - margin.right;
var height = 270 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var parseDate = d3.time.format("%d-%b-%y").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(5);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(y)
.orient("left").ticks(5);
var valueline = d3.svg.line()
.x(function (d) {
return x(d.date);
})
.y(function (d) {
return y(d.close);
});
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 + ")");
// Get the data
var data = [{
date: "1-May-12",
close: "58.13"
}, {
date: "30-Apr-12",
close: "53.98"
}, {
date: "27-Apr-12",
close: "67.00"
}, {
date: "26-Apr-12",
close: "89.70"
}, {
date: "25-Apr-12",
close: "99.00"
}];
data.forEach(function (d) {
d.date = parseDate(d.date);
d.close = +d.close;
});
// Scale the range of the data
x.domain(d3.extent(data, function (d) {
return d.date;
}));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function (d) {
return d.close;
})]);
svg.append("path") // Add the valueline path.
.attr("d", valueline(data));
svg.append("g") // Add the X Axis
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g") // Add the Y Axis
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);body {
font: 12px Arial;
}
path {
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 2;
fill: none;
}
.axis path, .axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: grey;
stroke-width: 1;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
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