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Setting up custom time format in charts
Setting up custom time format in charts

Create your own time format in your charts

Ted Tigerschiöld avatar
Written by Ted Tigerschiöld
Updated over a week ago

Let's go through how to create a custom time format for you axis in a chart.

The below chart shows resolution rate over time. We want to change the time format on the X-Axis so that we see ticks based on the week of the year instead.

Start editing the chart and head in to the customize tab. Scroll down to the X-Axis section and click into the Time Format box.

Now we we write our own formatting syntax. (At the bottom of this article is a list of date syntax references). To get the week number by year we can write

%Y-W%V

This will give us the format "2024-W11".


  • %a - abbreviated weekday name.

  • %A - full weekday name.

  • %b - abbreviated month name.

  • %B - full month name.

  • %c - the locale’s date and time, such as %x, %X.

  • %d - zero-padded day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].

  • %e - space-padded day of the month as a decimal number [ 1,31]; equivalent to %_d.

  • %f - microseconds as a decimal number [000000, 999999].

  • %g - ISO 8601 week-based year without century as a decimal number [00,99].

  • %G - ISO 8601 week-based year with century as a decimal number.

  • %H - hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].

  • %I - hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].

  • %j - day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].

  • %m - month as a decimal number [01,12].

  • %M - minute as a decimal number [00,59].

  • %L - milliseconds as a decimal number [000, 999].

  • %p - either AM or PM.*

  • %q - quarter of the year as a decimal number [1,4].

  • %Q - milliseconds since UNIX epoch.

  • %s - seconds since UNIX epoch.

  • %S - second as a decimal number [00,61].

  • %u - Monday-based (ISO 8601) weekday as a decimal number [1,7].

  • %U - Sunday-based week of the year as a decimal number [00,53].

  • %V - ISO 8601 week of the year as a decimal number [01, 53].

  • %w - Sunday-based weekday as a decimal number [0,6].

  • %W - Monday-based week of the year as a decimal number [00,53].

  • %x - the locale’s date, such as %-m/%-d/%Y.

  • %X - the locale’s time, such as %-I:%M:%S %p.

  • %y - year without century as a decimal number [00,99].

  • %Y - year with century as a decimal number, such as 1999.

  • %Z - time zone offset, such as -0700, -07:00, -07, or Z.

  • %% - a literal percent sign (%).


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