# XY Chart parsing date in tooltip for a category rendered MM-dd to get day of week

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**Created:** [March 28, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-parsing-date-in-tooltip-for-a-category-rendered-mm-dd-to-get-day-of-week/71711 "2023-03-28T14:59:50Z")\
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`{dateX.formatDate('EEE')}`

> [@Perspective XY Chart xAxes tooltip text {dateX}](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xaxes-tooltip-text-datex/53580/9):
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> Further examples: Count: [bold]{valueY}[/] Time: [bold]{dateX.formatDate('HH:mm')}[/] {dateX.formatDate('yyyy-MMM-dd')} {dateX.formatDate('EEE')} This is specified in props.series.0.line.appearance.bullets.0.tooltip.text, etc. See the AM Charts [Formatting date and time](https://www.amcharts.com/docs/v4/concepts/formatters/formatting-date-time/) for more details.

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