# Format date time text for x-axis on XY Chart

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**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/format-date-time-text-for-x-axis-on-xy-chart/44430 "2021-03-13T01:21:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/format-date-time-text-for-x-axis-on-xy-chart/44430/1 "2021-03-13T01:21:43Z")

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How can I format the date time text on the xy-chart, because I’m having overlapping issues between the date and time. The format I’m using is “M/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss” and I’d like to stick with this format.  
Adding some type of break might help something like this:

“M/d/yyyy  
HH:mm:ss”

Whatever helps with formatting?

 ![XY_DateTime](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/e/aef93d31b4357a85755ab73683eda96597c0efcf.png)