// Built-in date formatting (no external date library needed).
function formatCandleLabel(val) {
  var months = [
    'Jan',
    'Feb',
    'Mar',
    'Apr',
    'May',
    'Jun',
    'Jul',
    'Aug',
    'Sep',
    'Oct',
    'Nov',
    'Dec',
  ]
  var d = new Date(val)
  var pad = function (n) {
    return (n < 10 ? '0' : '') + n
  }
  return (
    months[d.getMonth()] +
    ' ' +
    pad(d.getDate()) +
    ' ' +
    pad(d.getHours()) +
    ':' +
    pad(d.getMinutes())
  )
}

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    height: 350,
    type: 'candlestick',
  },
  title: {
    text: 'CandleStick Chart - Category X-axis',
    align: 'left',
  },
  annotations: {
    xaxis: [
      {
        x: 'Oct 06 14:00',
        borderColor: '#00E396',
        label: {
          borderColor: '#00E396',
          style: {
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            color: '#fff',
            background: '#00E396',
          },
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        },
      },
    ],
  },
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  },
  xaxis: {
    type: 'category',
    labels: {
      formatter: function (val) {
        return formatCandleLabel(val)
      },
    },
  },
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    },
  },
  plotOptions: {
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var chart = new ApexCharts(document.querySelector('#chart'), options)
chart.render()
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