How To Use Epoch Time With Highcharts Series Data?

Question

I'm trying use epoch time dates in my series data. The array looks like this:

data:[ [1324857600,205.4],[1324771200,208.7],[1324684800,205.4]. . .]

The points display fine, but the date labels on the x-axis and tooltip are all set to 16 Jan 1970 (the beginning of epoch time!).

If I do a bunch of string-fu I can produce an array that looks like this:

 data:[ [Date.UTC(2011, 11, 26),247.7],[Date.UTC(2011, 11, 25),245.5] . . .]

When I do it this way the date labels on the x-axis are correct.

I've tried using the dateTimeLabelFormat option and it formats the date correctly - it's just that when I try to use millisecond values all I get is 16 Jan 70.

Any ideas? I'd rather work with milliseconds than jump through all the hoops to produce "Date.UTC(2011, 11, 26)."

Thanks!

Answer 1

Found the answer on the Highsoft forum.

I need to multiply the epoch time values by 1000 to get the proper millisecond values for Highcharts.

Works great!