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D3.js scaleTime() Function

The d3.scaleTime() function is used to create and return a new time scale which have the particular domain and range. In this function the clamping is disabled by default.

Syntax:

d3.scaleTime([[domain, ]range]);

Parameter: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below.

  • Domain: It is an array of integers that defines the extent of domain values. If not specified then the default value is [2000-01-01, 2000-01-02].
  • Range: It is an array of integers or string. If not specified then the default value is [0, 1].

Return Value: This function returns a function.

Example 1:

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent=
        "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"/>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3-color.v1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
    </script>
    <script src=
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h2 style="color:green">Geeks for neveropen</h2>
    <p>d3.scaleTime() Function</p>
    <script>
        var time = d3.scaleTime()
            .domain([1, 10])
            .range([10, 5]);
        document.write("<h3>Type of d3.scaleTime() is: "
            + typeof (time) + "</h3>");
              
        document.write("<h3>time(10): " 
            + time(10) + "</h3>");
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

Example 2:

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent=
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3-color.v1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
    </script>
    <script src=
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h2 style="color:green;">Geeks for neveropen</h2>
    <p>d3.scaleTime() Function </p>
    <script>
        var time = d3.scaleTime()
            .domain([1, 10])
            .range([1, 100])
        document.write("<h3>time(1): " + time(1) + "</h3>")
        document.write("<h3>time(2): " + time(2) + "</h3>")
        document.write("<h3>time(3): " + time(3) + "</h3>")
        document.write("<h3>time(4): " + time(4) + "</h3>")
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

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