Base attribute bug

[skrobec]

I have tried to make simple timeline with the help of base attribute. Run into problem with low x values. If x is lower than 10000 ms, plot breaks as seen in example. With values higher than 10s, plot works as expected. Possible bug, thanks for help or maybe explanation if i am doing something wrong.

Codepen - https://codepen.io/kristi-n-krob-nek/pen/dyMoKNJ

Also tried to look for similar issue before posting, but found nothing close to this problem.

[nicolaskruchten]

This has been reported in Plotly.py as well, plotly/plotly.py#2658

Indeed this seems like a bug.

[archmoj]

The problem appears within the range of positive and negative 10000 ms.
@skrobec Could you please confirm?

[archmoj]

After some investigation, the issue appears not to be related to bars and bases.
Instead the way the dates are handled is rather confusing.
Please see this demo.
Should we handle case of 2000 as 2000 years or 2000 milliseconds?

[skrobec]

The problem appears within the range of positive and negative 10000 ms.
@skrobec Could you please confirm?

Yes, so it seems.

After some investigation, the issue appears not to be related to bars and bases.
Instead the way the dates are handled is rather confusing.
Please see this demo.
Should we handle case of 2000 as 2000 years or 2000 milliseconds?

It would make sense that number type should be taken as milliseconds. Years and other types should be specified as string in my opinion.