better date parsing for candlestick

packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/Explanation/DetailsModal/subjects/DatesAsNumbers.svelte

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
     const updateTimeStamp = () => {
       timestamp = Date.now();
-      console.log(timestamp);
       if (run) {
         setTimeout(updateTimeStamp, 200)
       }
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@
 
 <Subject heading="Dates as Numbers">
   <Section>
-    A date can be used in place of a numeric value, but it will be parsed as a <Block>UNIX epoch</Block> timestamp, which is the number of milliseconds since Jan 1st 1970. A more recent moment in time will be a higher number.
+    A date can be used in place of a numeric value, but it will be parsed as a <Block>UNIX time</Block> timestamp, which is the number of milliseconds since Jan 1st 1970. A more recent moment in time will be a higher number.
   </Section>
 
     <ExampleSection

packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/Explanation/DetailsModal/subjects/StringsAsDates.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<script>
+  import { onMount } from "svelte"
+  import { ExampleSection, ExampleLine, Block, Subject, Section } from './components'
+
+  let timestamp = Date.now();
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    let run = true;
+
+    const updateTimeStamp = () => {
+      timestamp = Date.now();
+      console.log(timestamp);
+      if (run) {
+        setTimeout(updateTimeStamp, 200)
+      }
+    }
+
+    updateTimeStamp();
+
+    return () => {
+      run = false;
+    }
+  })
+</script>
+
+<Subject heading="Dates as Numbers">
+  <Section>
+    A date can be used in place of a numeric value, but it will be parsed as a <Block>UNIX epoch</Block> timestamp, which is the number of milliseconds since Jan 1st 1970. A more recent moment in time will be a higher number.
+  </Section>
+
+    <ExampleSection
+      heading="Examples:"
+    >
+      <ExampleLine>
+        1st Jan 2000<span class="separator">: </span><Block>946684800000</Block>
+      </ExampleLine>
+      <ExampleLine>
+        1st Jan 2020<span class="separator">: </span><Block>1577836800000</Block>
+      </ExampleLine>
+      <ExampleLine>
+        Now<span class="separator">:</span> <Block>{timestamp}</Block>
+      </ExampleLine>
+    </ExampleSection>
+</Subject>
+
+<style>
+  .separator {
+    margin-right: 5px;
+  }
+</style>

packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FieldSelect.svelte

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     offset={20}
   >
     <Explanation
-      explanationModal
+      showDetails
       tableHref={`/builder/app/${$params.application}/data/table/${datasource?.tableId}`}
       schema={schema[currentOption]}
       columnIcon={getOptionIcon(currentOption)}

packages/client/manifest.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "skeletonLoader": true
   },
   "typeSupportPresets": {
-    "chartValue": {
+    "numberLike": {
       "supported": ["number", "boolean"],
       "partialSupport": [
         { "type": "longform", "message": "stringAsNumber" },
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@
       "unsupported": [
         { "type": "json", "message": "jsonPrimitivesOnly" }
       ]
+    },
+    "datetimeLike": {
+      "supported": ["datetime"],
+      "partialSupport": [
+        { "type": "longform", "message": "stringAsDate" },
+        { "type": "string", "message": "stringAsDate" },
+        { "type": "options", "message": "stringAsDate" },
+        { "type": "formula", "message": "stringAsDate" },
+        { "type": "bigint", "message": "stringAsDate" },
+        { "type": "number", "message": "numberAsDate"}
+      ],
+      "unsupported": [
+        { "type": "json", "message": "jsonPrimitivesOnly" }
+      ]
+    },
+    "stringLike": {
+      "supported": ["string", "number", "bigint", "options", "longform", "boolean", "datetime"],
+      "unsupported": [
+        { "type": "json", "message": "jsonPrimitivesOnly" }
+      ]
     }
   },
   "layout": {
@@ -1652,7 +1672,7 @@
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
         "explanation": {
           "typeSupport": {
-            "preset": "chartValue"
+            "preset": "numberLike"
           }
         },
         "required": true
@@ -1816,7 +1836,7 @@
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
         "explanation": {
           "typeSupport": {
-            "preset": "chartValue"
+            "preset": "numberLike"
           }
         },
         "required": true
@@ -1975,7 +1995,7 @@
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
         "explanation": {
           "typeSupport": {
-            "preset": "chartValue"
+            "preset": "numberLike"
           }
         },
         "required": true
@@ -2144,6 +2164,11 @@
         "label": "Data column",
         "key": "valueColumn",
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
+        "explanation": {
+          "typeSupport": {
+            "preset": "numberLike"
+          }
+        },
         "required": true
       },
       {
@@ -2274,6 +2299,11 @@
         "label": "Data columns",
         "key": "valueColumn",
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
+        "explanation": {
+          "typeSupport": {
+            "preset": "numberLike"
+          }
+        },
         "required": true
       },
       {
@@ -2472,7 +2502,6 @@
       "width": 600,
       "height": 400
     },
-    "requiredAncestors": ["dataprovider"],
     "settings": [
       {
         "type": "text",
@@ -2490,6 +2519,11 @@
         "label": "Data column",
         "key": "valueColumn",
         "dependsOn": "dataProvider",
+        "explanation": {
+          "typeSupport": {
+            "preset": "numberLike"
+          }
+        },
         "required": true
       },
       {

packages/client/src/components/app/charts/CandleStickChart.svelte

@@ -63,6 +63,47 @@
     }
   }
 
+  const getValueAsUnixEpoch = (dataprovider, dateColumn, row) => {
+    const value = row[dateColumn]
+
+    if (dataProvider?.schema?.[dateColumn]?.type === 'datetime') {
+      return Date.parse(value);
+    }
+
+    // Unix epoch
+    if (typeof value === "number") {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    const isString = typeof value === "string";
+    // "2025" could be either an ISO 8601 date time string or Unix time.
+    // There's no way to tell the user's intent without providing more
+    // granular controls.
+    // We'll just assume any string without dashes is Unix time.
+
+    if (isString && value.includes("-")) {
+      const unixTime = Date.parse(value);
+
+      if (isNaN(unixTime)) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      return unixTime
+    }
+
+    if (isString) {
+      const unixTime = parseInt(value, 10);
+
+      if (isNaN(unixTime)) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      return unixTime
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   const getSeries = (
     dataProvider,
     dateColumn,
@@ -81,7 +122,7 @@
         const close = parseFloat(row[closeColumn])
 
         return [
-          Date.parse(row[dateColumn]),
+          getValueAsUnixEpoch(dataProvider, dateColumn, row),
           isNaN(open) ? 0 : open,
           isNaN(high) ? 0 : high,
           isNaN(low) ? 0 : low,