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DateTimeFormat Property

Description

Specifies the format string used for Date and Time values (only used when DateTimeCategory is set to xtpChartDateTimeCustom). This is used when the ArgumentScaleType is set to xtpChartScaleDateTime.

Property Type

Read-write property

Syntax (Visual Basic)

Public Property DateTimeFormat() As String

Return Type

Custom format string used for dates.

Remarks

You can specify your own custom format when DateTimeCategory is set to xtpChartDateTimeCustom.

Here are just a few examples of custom formats:

  • Days:
  • "d MMM"
  • "d MMM, yyyy"
  • "MMMM, dd"

  • "MM/dd/yyyy"

  • Months:

  • "MMM"
  • "MMM, yyyy"
  • "MMMM, yyyy"
  • "MM/dd/yyyy"

  • "MMMM, yyyy"

  • Years:

  • "yyyy"

  • "yy"

  • Time:

  • "HH:mm"
  • "ddd, HH:mm"

This example shows how to set a custom date format:

Dim Diagram As ChartDiagram2D  
Set Diagram = ChartControl.Content.Diagrams(0)  
Diagram.AxisX.Label.Format.DateTimeCategory = xtpChartDateTimeCustom  
Diagram.AxisX.Label.Format.DateTimeFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"

The picture below uses Diagram.AxisX.Label.Format.DateTimeFormat = "MMMM, yyyy" custom format.

Custom Date Label

See Also

ChartNumberFormat Object

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