# Convert Easy Chart .selectedXValue to Date

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**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-easy-chart-selectedxvalue-to-date/24942 "2019-05-13T16:27:37Z")\
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This might help:

> [@Easy Chart selectedXvalue](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-selectedxvalue/8077/9):
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> For advanced uses of X-Trace, consider the [NoteChart Module](https://inductiveautomation.com/moduleshowcase/module/automation-professionals-llc-notechart)’s EasyNoteChart and classic NoteChart components. These extend the features of the standard EasyChart and Classic Chart with, among other things, a completely rewritten X-Trace feature. Some [related discussions…](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=X-Trace%20%40pturmel)

In the NoteChart Module, both the EasyNoteChart and the classic NoteChart expose the X-Trace timestamp as an actual `Date` value in the `traceTS` property. And the `traceTS` property is _writable_, so you can script the setting and movement of the X-Trace.

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