# Custom "Time Format" for graphs -- date only?

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/custom-time-format-for-graphs-date-only/25937>\
**Category:** Dashboards\
**Tags:** date\
**Created:** [July 30, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/custom-time-format-for-graphs-date-only/25937 "2022-07-30T18:16:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Patrick808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Patrick808](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Patrick808)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/custom-time-format-for-graphs-date-only/25937/1 "2022-07-30T18:16:07Z")

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Is there any way to have graphs in the dashboards display only the two digit date (D) only? The time and year (and to a lesser degree the month) get in the way of providing useful information, as only one stamp shows up.

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**Author:** ![Anaisdg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/anaisdg/32/6401_2.png) [@Anaisdg](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Anaisdg)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/custom-time-format-for-graphs-date-only/25937/2 "2022-08-01T18:32:23Z")

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Hello @Patrick808,  
Yes there are options for customizing the timestamp format for graphs, but not what you’re looking for:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-08-01 at 1.28.53 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/influxdata/original/2X/2/2be46849dea448d0055663f88a371c8fc774e297.jpeg)

I created this feature request. Feel free to comment. Thank you for the suggestion.

> <https://github.com/influxdata/ui/issues/5253>
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> \*\*Proposal:\*\*
> Ability to customize the timestamp format beyond what's available… in the dropdown currently. 
> 
> \*\*Current behavior:\*\*
> You must select from a variety of options, but they all include either:
> a) the Y M D and time
> b) just the time 
> 
> \*\*Desired behavior:\*\*
> The ability to just include variations of the Y, M, D combinations. 
> 
> \*\*Use case:\*\*
> Users who have daily data might not want to include hour minute second timestamps. 
> 
> https://community.influxdata.com/t/custom-time-format-for-graphs-date-only/25937

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**Author:** ![Patrick808](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Patrick808](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Patrick808)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/custom-time-format-for-graphs-date-only/25937/3 "2022-08-01T19:03:44Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation and submission of the feature request.