title: Linear Regression with Dates
body: <p>I have a very large data set with Date and value. Can I use Linear Regression with date and value to get the prediction Formula.</p>
  
  <p>I have Date and utilization value.
  I can convert date to a numerical value and get the Prediction formula but I think that will not work .</p>
  
  <p>Can you please help me how to handle this use case ? what is the Best Machine learning technique to use? I prefer Linear regression but not sure how to use.</p>