How to format x-axis with date in d3.js?

@jasen_gottlieb 

To format the x-axis with date in d3.js, you can use the d3.timeFormat() function to specify the desired date format. Here is an example code snippet that demonstrates how to format the x-axis with date:

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

// Define the date format
var formatDate = d3.timeFormat("%d-%m-%Y");

// Create the x-axis scale with dates
var xScale = d3.scaleTime()
    .domain([new Date(2021, 0, 1), new Date(2021, 11, 31)])
    .range([0, width]);

// Create the x-axis
var xAxis = d3.axisBottom()
    .scale(xScale)
    .tickFormat(formatDate);

// Append the x-axis to the chart
svg.append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
    .call(xAxis);

In this code snippet, we first define the date format using d3.timeFormat() with the specified format "%d-%m-%Y" (day-month-year). Then, we create the x-axis scale using d3.scaleTime() and set the tick format of the x-axis to the defined formatDate function using the tickFormat() method. Finally, we append the x-axis to the SVG chart by calling the xAxis function.

You can customize the date format to suit your specific requirements by modifying the format string passed to d3.timeFormat(). For more date format options, you can refer to the d3.timeFormat() documentation: https://github.com/d3/d3-time-format#locale_format.