I have the same problem. I think the settings you want, as suggested by Paolo's reply, are the axis label properties, specifically
<option name="charting.axisLabelsX">time</option>
<option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorUnit">P1D</option>
Unfortunately,
majorUnit doesn't seem to work;
setting the axis label type to "time" requires the Flash chart widget.
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