Date Time Scale

This sample uses C# 12 features, it also uses features from the CommunityToolkit.Mvvm package, you can learn more about it here.

This web site wraps every sample using a UserControl instance, but LiveCharts controls can be used inside any container.

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View model

using System;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.Defaults;
using LiveChartsCore.Kernel.Sketches;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;

namespace ViewModelsSamples.Axes.DateTimeScaled;

public class ViewModel
{
    public ISeries[] Series { get; set; } = [
        new ColumnSeries<DateTimePoint>
        {
            Values = [
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 1), Value = 3 },
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 2), Value = 6 },
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 3), Value = 5 },
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 4), Value = 3 },
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 5), Value = 5 },
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 6), Value = 8 },
                new() { DateTime = new(2021, 1, 7), Value = 6 }
            ]
        }
    ];

    // You can use the DateTimeAxis class to define a date time based axis // mark

    // The first parameter is the time between each point, in this case 1 day // mark
    // you can also use 1 year, 1 month, 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second, 1 millisecond, etc // mark

    // The second parameter is a function that receives a date and returns the label as string // mark
    public ICartesianAxis[] XAxes { get; set; } = [
        new DateTimeAxis(TimeSpan.FromDays(1), date => date.ToString("MMMM dd"))
    ];
}

XAML

<UserControl x:Class="UnoWinUISample.Axes.DateTimeScaled.View"
            xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
            xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
            xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
            xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
            xmlns:lvc="using:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WinUI"
            xmlns:vms="using:ViewModelsSamples.Axes.DateTimeScaled"
            mc:Ignorable="d">
    <UserControl.DataContext>
        <vms:ViewModel/>
    </UserControl.DataContext>
    <lvc:CartesianChart
        Series="{Binding Series}"
        XAxes="{Binding XAxes}">
    </lvc:CartesianChart>
</UserControl>

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