{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897/events","html_url":"https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897","id":124888227,"number":4897,"title":"Should series data x support string ?","user":{"login":"yutingzhao1991","id":1061968,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1061968?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991","html_url":"https://github.com/yutingzhao1991","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yutingzhao1991/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/labels/Not%20a%20bug","name":"Not a bug","color":"02e10c"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-01-05T03:30:52Z","updated_at":"2016-01-05T08:49:50Z","closed_at":"2016-01-05T08:49:50Z","body":"like this:\r\n\r\n```\r\n[{\r\n  x: '2015-01-01',\r\n  y: 2123\r\n}, {\r\n  x: '2016-01-02',\r\n  y: 2421\r\n}]\r\n```\r\n\r\nx is a date string，not a point time，so datetime type not the perfect solution.\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/issues/comments/168936562","html_url":"https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897#issuecomment-168936562","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highcharts/highcharts/issues/4897","id":168936562,"user":{"login":"TorsteinHonsi","id":227836,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/227836?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi","html_url":"https://github.com/TorsteinHonsi","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TorsteinHonsi/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-05T08:49:50Z","updated_at":"2016-01-05T08:49:50Z","body":"You can use a category axis and point name if you don't want to run a datetime axis: http://jsfiddle.net/highcharts/4uqvz31d/"}}