# Perspective XY Chart xAxes tooltip text {dateX}

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xaxes-tooltip-text-datex/53580>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 30, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xaxes-tooltip-text-datex/53580 "2021-11-30T17:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xaxes-tooltip-text-datex/53580/10 "2022-07-04T15:33:41Z")

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An example tooltip with date, time and day of week.

![XY Chart tooltip with time](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/8/48490a6735bfd0302440514a3324a96c33879a93.png)

```auto
Machine: [bold]{name}[/]
Count: [bold]{valueY}[/]
Date: [bold]{dateX.formatDate('yyyy-MMM-dd')}[/]
Time: [bold]{dateX.formatDate('HH:mm EEE')}[/]

```

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