how to plot multiple time series in chartjs where each time series has different times

Question

I have two time series for example:

s1:
  2017-01-06 18:39:30    100
  2017-01-07 18:39:28    101

and

s2:
2017-01-07 18:00:00           


        

Answer 1

In ChartJS, label is a Category Cartesian Axis. Since you mentioned linear interpolation in your code, I assume the strings like 2017-01-06 18:39:30 are not categories, they represent the numeric values of the x-axis. So we need to inform ChartJS that the strings in the x axis are actually time. We do this in the scale options.

var s1 = {
  label: 's1',
  borderColor: 'blue',
  data: [
    { x: '2017-01-06 18:39:30', y: 100 },
    { x: '2017-01-07 18:39:28', y: 101 },
  ]
};

var s2 = {
  label: 's2',
  borderColor: 'red',
  data: [
    { x: '2017-01-07 18:00:00', y: 90 },
    { x: '2017-01-08 18:00:00', y: 105 },
  ]
};

var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart').getContext('2d');
var chart = new Chart(ctx, {
  type: 'line',
  data: { datasets: [s1, s2] },
  options: {
    scales: {
      xAxes: [{
        type: 'time'
      }]
    }
  }
});

You can find more information in Chart.js documentation.