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Chart.js (chartjs-node-canvas) create date-based floating bar graph

I will attempt to explain my issue as clearly as possible while also avoid making this topic too long. I recently found the Chart.js library, which is excellent for what I need. Now, since I am using Node.js and need a png of the graph, I am utilizing the chartjs-node-canvas library. Having this information in mind, I will try to split my topic into multiple sections for a clearer understanding.
Ultimate Goal
Before getting into the problem itself, I would like to discuss my ultimate goal. This is to give a general idea on what I'm trying to do so the responses are fitted accordingly. To keep this short, I have data in the form of {awardedDate: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.22Z", badgeId: 1234567}, with awardedDate being a timestamp of when the badge was awarded, and the badgeId being the ID of the badge that was awarded (which is irrelevant to the graph, but it exists because it's part of the data). Now, I have a sample with around 2,787 of these objects, with all having different award dates and IDs, and with dates ranging from 2016 to 2022. My objective is to group these badges by month-year, and that month-year will have the amount of badges earned for that month during that year. With that data, I then want to make a waterfall graph which is based on the amount of badges earned that month of that year. As of right now, there isn't a specific structure on how this will look like, but it could range from an object that looks like {"02-2022": 10, "03-2022": 5} to anything else. I can of course restructure this format based on what is required for a waterfall graph.
Actual Questions
Now that you have a general idea of what my ultimate goal is, my actual question is how I'd be able to make a floating (we can leave the waterfall structure stuff for another topic) bar graph with that data. Since the data can have blank periods (it is possible for a dataset to have gaps that are months long), I cannot really utilize labels (unless I am saying something wrong), so an x-y relation works the best. I tried using the structure of {x: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.226Z", y: [10, 15]}, but that didn't really yield any results. As of right now, I am using a sample code to test how the graph reacts with the data, and of course I'll replace the test values with actual values once I have a finished product. Here is my code so far:
const config = {
type: "bar",
data: {
datasets: [{
label: "Badges",
data: [
{
x: "2022-06-22T12:41:17.226Z",
y: [10, 15]
}
],
borderColor: "rgb(75, 192, 192)",
borderSkipped: false
}]
},
options: {
plugins: {
legend: {
display: false
},
title: {
display: true,
text: "Test",
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
scales: {
x: {
type: 'time',
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Time',
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
min: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.226Z",
max: "2022-06-22T14:21:17.226Z",
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
y: {
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Number of Badges',
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
min: 0,
max: 50,
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
}
}
},
plugins: [
{
id: 'custom_canvas_background_color',
beforeDraw: (chart) => {
const ctx = chart.ctx;
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = '#303030';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, chart.width, chart.height);
ctx.restore();
}
}
]
};
const imageBuffer = await canvasRenderService.renderToBuffer(config)
fs.writeFileSync("./chart2.png", imageBuffer)
And this is the graph that the code produces:
What is supposed to happen, of course, is that a float bar should be generated near the start that ranges from 5 to 10, but as seen above, nothing happens. If someone could assist me in my problem, that would be amazing. Thank you very much for your time and help, I greatly appreciate it.

Inspired by this answer, I came up with the following solution.
const baseData = [
{ awardedDate: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-06-18T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-06-15T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-05-20T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-05-10T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-16T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-09T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-03T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-01T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-02-18T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-02-12T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-01-17T12:21:17.22Z" }
];
const badgesPerMonth = baseData
.map(o => o.awardedDate)
.sort()
.map(v => moment(v))
.map(m => m.format('MMM YYYY'))
.reduce((acc, month) => {
const badges = acc[month] || 0;
acc[month] = badges + 1;
return acc;
}, {});
const months = Object.keys(badgesPerMonth);
const labels = months.concat('Total');
const data = [];
let total = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < months.length; i++) {
const vStart = total;
total += badgesPerMonth[months[i]];
data.push([vStart, total]);
}
data.push(total);
const backgroundColors = data
.map((o, i) => 'rgba(255, 99, 132, ' + (i + (11 - data.length)) * 0.1 + ')');
new Chart('badges', {
type: 'bar',
data: {
labels: labels,
datasets: [{
label: 'Badges',
data: data,
backgroundColor: backgroundColors,
barPercentage: 1,
categoryPercentage: 0.95
}]
},
options: {
plugins: {
tooltip: {
callbacks: {
label: ctx => {
const v = data[ctx.dataIndex];
return Array.isArray(v) ? v[1] - v[0] : v;
}
}
}
},
scales: {
y: {
ticks: {
beginAtZero: true,
stepSize: 2
}
}
}
}
});
<script src="https://rawgit.com/moment/moment/2.2.1/min/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/3.8.0/chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="badges" height="95"></canvas>
If you also want to see the gaps, you would first have to initialize badgesPerMonth with following months between the earliest and latest date, each with value zero. Please take a look at this answer to get an idea about how this could be done.

After reading #uminder's reply, I was able to create the following code which solved my problem:
dateGroups = Object.fromEntries(
Object.entries(dateGroups).sort(([d1,],[d2,]) => {return (d1 < d2) ? -1 : ((d1 > d2) ? 1 : 0)})
)
const dateTimesConst = Object.keys(dateGroups)
const dateValuesConst = Object.values(dateGroups)
let dateTimes = []
let dateValues = []
let prevLength = 0
let mostBadgesPerMonth = 0
for (let i = 0; i < dateValuesConst.length; i++) {
const currentMonth = new Date(Date.parse(dateTimesConst[i]))
const previousMonth = new Date(Date.UTC(currentMonth.getUTCFullYear(), currentMonth.getUTCMonth() - 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).toISOString()
const nextMonth = new Date(Date.UTC(currentMonth.getUTCFullYear(), currentMonth.getUTCMonth() + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).toISOString()
// if (!dateTimesConst.includes(previousMonth)) prevLength = 0
const length = dateValuesConst[i].length
dateValues.push([prevLength, length])
dateTimes.push(dateTimesConst[i])
prevLength = length
if (length > mostBadgesPerMonth) mostBadgesPerMonth = length
// if (!dateTimesConst.includes(nextMonth) && i !== dateValuesConst.length - 1) {
// dateTimes.push(nextMonth)
// dateValues.push([length, 0])
// prevLength = 0
// }
}
function barColorCode() {
return (ctx) => {
const start = ctx.parsed._custom.start
const end = ctx.parsed._custom.end
return start <= end ? "rgba(50, 168, 82, 1)" : (start > end) ? "rgba(191, 27, 27, 1)" : "black"
}
}
const config = {
type: "bar",
data: {
labels: dateTimes,
datasets: [{
label: "Badges",
data: dateValues,
elements: {
bar: {
backgroundColor: barColorCode()
}
},
barPercentage: 1,
categoryPercentage: 0.95,
borderSkipped: false
}]
},
options: {
plugins: {
legend: {
display: false
},
title: {
display: true,
text: "Test",
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
scales: {
x: {
type: 'time',
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Date',
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
time: {
unit: "month",
round: "month"
},
min: dateTimesConst[0],
max: dateTimesConst[dateTimesConst.length - 1],
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
y: {
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Number of Badges',
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
min: 0,
max: mostBadgesPerMonth + 1,
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
}
}
},
plugins: [
{
id: 'custom_canvas_background_color',
beforeDraw: (chart) => {
const ctx = chart.ctx;
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = '#303030';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, chart.width, chart.height);
ctx.restore();
}
}
]
};
const imageBuffer = await canvasRenderService.renderToBuffer(config)
fs.writeFileSync("./chart2.png", imageBuffer)
Again, big thanks to #uminder for the inspiration.

How to plot a single value with line in line chart graph using charts.js?

I need to plot a single value in line chart. Currently i am using charts.JS library for line graph purpose.
The data will be varied some times i'll get the single data inside the data set at that time i need to plot the single value with line in the line chart.
I tried with the charts.js annotation plugin but it wasn't met my requirements. which is like it wis overlapping the plotted point in the graph area.
CODE WHICH I HAD TRIED
createLineChart() {
this.lineChart = new Chart(this.lineCanvas.nativeElement, {
type: "line",
data: {
labels:[],
datasets: [
{
fill: false,
backgroundColor: "#0168FF",
borderColor: "#0168FF",
pointBackgroundColor: "white", // wite point fill
pointBorderWidth: 1, // point border width
lineTension: 0,
pointBorderColor: "blue",
pointRadius: 4,
},
],
},
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [
{
ticks: {
padding: 20,
beginAtZero: true,
min: 0,
stepSize: 100,
},
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false,
},
},
],
xAxes: [
{
// offset: true,
ticks: {
display: false,
//beginAtZero: true,
min: 0,
},
gridLines: {
zeroLineColor: "transparent",
drawBorder: false,
display: false,
},
//offset:true,
},
],
legend: {
display: false,
},
tooltips: {
enabled: false,
},
},
drawTime: "afterDraw", // (default)
} as ChartOptions,
// plugins: [ChartAnnotation]
},
});
}
To generate dynamic data and plot in the graph area.
generateRandomDataSet(size) {
let yaxisArr = [];
let xaxisArr = [];
let random_data:any = this.getRandomData(size)
let maxYTickVal = Math.max.apply(Math, random_data.map((val) => {return val.yaxis}));
let maxVal = Math.ceil((maxYTickVal+1) / 10) * 10
for(let data of random_data) {
yaxisArr.push(data.yaxis)
xaxisArr.push(data.xaxis)
}
console.log("X-Axis array values : "+xaxisArr)
console.log("Y-Axis array values : "+yaxisArr)
this.lineChart.data.datasets[0].data = yaxisArr
this.lineChart.config.data.labels = []
this.lineChart.config.data.labels = xaxisArr
this.lineChart.config.options.scales.yAxes[0].ticks.max =maxVal
this.lineChart.config.options.scales.yAxes[0].ticks.stepSize = maxVal/2
this.lineChart.update()
}
getRandomData(arraySize) {
let data = []
for(var i=1; i<=arraySize; i++) {
let number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 200) + 1
data.push({'xaxis':i,'yaxis':number})
}
return data
}
with the above code i am getting like
what i need to have

You can define an animation.onComplete function as follows to draw the line in case a single data value is present.
animation: {
onComplete: e => {
var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
var data = chart.config.data.datasets[0].data;
if (data[0] == null) {
var xAxis = chart.scales['x-axis-0'];
var yAxis = chart.scales['y-axis-0'];
var y = yAxis.getPixelForValue(data[1]);
ctx.save();
ctx.globalCompositeOperation='destination-over';
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue'
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(xAxis.left, y);
ctx.lineTo(xAxis.right, y);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
}
},
This function expects the data array to be of format [null, <value>, null] in case a single value is present, otherwise it will be hard to horizontally center the data point (see this answer). It's up to you to change the generateRandomDataSet() function in a way that it provides such data.
Please have a look at your changed code below.
const chart = new Chart('line-chart', {
type: "line",
data: {
labels: ['', 'A', ''],
datasets: [{
data: [null, 120, null],
fill: false,
backgroundColor: "#0168FF",
borderColor: "#0168FF",
pointBackgroundColor: "white",
pointBorderWidth: 1,
lineTension: 0,
pointBorderColor: "blue",
pointRadius: 4,
}],
},
options: {
legend: {
display: false
},
tooltips: {
enabled: false
},
animation: {
onComplete: e => {
var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
var data = chart.config.data.datasets[0].data;
if (data[0] == null) {
var xAxis = chart.scales['x-axis-0'];
var yAxis = chart.scales['y-axis-0'];
var y = yAxis.getPixelForValue(data[1]);
ctx.save();
ctx.globalCompositeOperation='destination-over';
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue'
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(xAxis.left, y);
ctx.lineTo(xAxis.right, y);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
}
},
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
padding: 20,
min: 0,
stepSize: 100
},
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
display: false
},
gridLines: {
zeroLineColor: "transparent",
drawBorder: false,
display: false
}
}]
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="line-chart" height="80"></canvas>

Chart.js : How I change the x axes ticks labels alignment in any sizes?

How can I move my labels on my x axes in between another x axes label. Nothing seems to work and I was unable to find anything on the docs. Is there a workaround? I'm using line chart time series.
https://www.chartjs.org/samples/latest/scales/time/financial.html
Currently, with the code I have its generating the figure below:
var cfg = {
elements:{
point: {
radius: 4
}
},
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'vsy',
backgroundColor: color(window.chartColors.red).alpha(0.5).rgbString(),
borderColor: window.chartColors.red,
data: firstData,
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 2,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
},
{
label: 'de vsy',
backgroundColor: color(window.chartColors.blue).alpha(0.5).rgbString(),
borderColor: window.chartColors.blue,
data: dataMaker(15),
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 2,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
}
],
},
options: {
animation: {
duration: 0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'time',
distribution: 'series',
offset: true,
time: {
unit: 'month',
displayFormats: {
month: 'MMM'
}
},
ticks: {
autoSkip: true,
autoSkipPadding: 75,
sampleSize: 100
},
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}]
},
tooltips: {
intersect: false,
mode: 'index',
}
}
};
This is what I have now:
I want the labels on the x-axis to be on center instead of below the y axis grid line.
Thanks to uminder, with his comment it solves the issue but now I have a conflicting tooltip which lie on a same grid. When I hover to april line first point it shows me mar 30 which lies just above it and vice versa.
I fixed it by changing the mode to nearest but why is it activating the another point?

The option you're looking for is offsetGridLines.
If true, grid lines will be shifted to be between labels.
xAxes: [{
...
gridLines: {
offsetGridLines: true
}
In most cases, this produces the expected result. Unfortunately it doesn't work for time axes as documented in Chart.js issue #403. Thanks to Antti Hukkanen, there exists a workaround.
Please have a look at below runnable code snippet to see how it works.
function generateData() {
var unit = 'day';
function randomNumber(min, max) {
return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}
function randomPoint(date, lastClose) {
var open = randomNumber(lastClose * 0.95, lastClose * 1.05).toFixed(2);
var close = randomNumber(open * 0.95, open * 1.05).toFixed(2);
return {
t: date.valueOf(),
y: close
};
}
var date = moment().subtract(1, 'years');
var now = moment();
var data = [];
for (; data.length < 600 && date.isBefore(now); date = date.clone().add(1, unit).startOf(unit)) {
data.push(randomPoint(date, data.length > 0 ? data[data.length - 1].y : 30));
}
return data;
}
var TimeCenterScale = Chart.scaleService.getScaleConstructor('time').extend({
getPixelForTick: function(index) {
var ticks = this.getTicks();
if (index < 0 || index >= ticks.length) {
return null;
}
// Get the pixel value for the current tick.
var px = this.getPixelForOffset(ticks[index].value);
// Get the next tick's pixel value.
var nextPx = this.right;
var nextTick = ticks[index + 1];
if (nextTick) {
nextPx = this.getPixelForOffset(nextTick.value);
}
// Align the labels in the middle of the current and next tick.
return px + (nextPx - px) / 2;
},
});
// Register the scale type
var defaults = Chart.scaleService.getScaleDefaults('time');
Chart.scaleService.registerScaleType('timecenter', TimeCenterScale, defaults);
var cfg = {
data: {
datasets: [{
label: 'CHRT - Chart.js Corporation',
backgroundColor: 'red',
borderColor: 'red',
data: generateData(),
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 0,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
}]
},
options: {
animation: {
duration: 0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'timecenter',
time: {
unit: 'month',
stepSize: 1,
displayFormats: {
month: 'MMM'
}
},
gridLines: {
offsetGridLines: true
}
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}]
},
tooltips: {
intersect: false,
mode: 'index'
}
}
};
var chart = new Chart('chart1', cfg);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.18.1/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="chart1" height="90"></canvas>

For chartJs v3 you can use offset property:
scales: {
x: {
grid: {
offset: true
}
},
...
}

attempting to destroy previous graph on canvas

I am creating multiple graphs on the same canvas but I am unable to successfully use the destroy() API to clean up the previous data.
HERE IS MY JS CODE FOR CREATING A CHART
const getCountryDataByMonth = async (country) => {
document.getElementById('casesGraphHeader').innerHTML = "Loading....";
const response = await fetch ('https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/https://pomber.github.io/covid19/timeseries.json');
const data = await response.json();
const reports = await data[country];
var i;
var dateList = [];
var caseByDay = [];
var deathsByDay = [];
for(i = 0; i < reports.length; i++){
dateList.push(reports[i].date);
caseByDay.push(reports[i].confirmed);
deathsByDay.push(reports[i].deaths);
}
//GRAPH FOR TOTAL CASES
var casesOptions = {
type: 'bar',
data: {
labels: dateList,
datasets: [
{
label: 'Total Cases',
data: caseByDay,
backgroundColor: '#f49d12',
borderColor: '#f49d12',
fill: false,
borderWidth: 2
}
]
},
options: {
legend: {
labels: {
fontSize: 15
}
},
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
reverse: false,
fontSize: 15
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
fontSize: 15
}
}],
}
}
}
var totalCasesChart = document.getElementById('totalCasesContainer').getContext('2d');
new Chart(totalCasesChart, casesOptions);
document.getElementById('casesGraphHeader').innerHTML = "Total Cases for "+country;
//GRAPH FOR TOTAL Deaths
var deathOptions = {
type: 'bar',
data: {
labels: dateList,
datasets: [
{
label: 'Total Deaths',
data: deathsByDay,
backgroundColor: '#e84c3d',
borderColor: '#e84c3d',
fill: false,
borderWidth: 2
}
]
},
options: {
legend: {
labels: {
fontSize: 15
}
},
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
reverse: false,
fontSize: 15
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
fontSize: 15
}
}],
}
}
}
var totalCasesChart = document.getElementById('totalDeathsContainer').getContext('2d');
new Chart(totalDeathsContainer, deathOptions);
document.getElementById('deathsGraphHeader').innerHTML = "Total Deaths for "+country;
};
function renderChart(){
getCountryDataByMonth(document.getElementById('myInput').value);
}
function defaultChart() {
getCountryDataByMonth('US');
}
window.onload = defaultChart;
This is what I tried. I basically did
if(caseBar){
caseBar.destroy();
}
However, this does not work. In my FIDDLE you can try to type China first click to create the graph and then type Italy. Then HOVER over the Italy graph and you will see the stats from china appear on the graph.

Your code is riddle with issues, here is some of the stuff I see:
Look at what you are doing when you create the new charts:
var totalCasesChart = document.getElementById('totalCasesContainer').getContext('2d');
var caseBar = new Chart(totalCasesChart, casesOptions);
document.getElementById('casesGraphHeader').innerHTML = "Total Cases for " + country;
vs
var totalCasesChart = document.getElementById('totalDeathsContainer').getContext('2d');
new Chart(totalDeathsContainer, deathOptions);
document.getElementById('deathsGraphHeader').innerHTML = "Total Deaths for " + country;
You are calling the:
await fetch('https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/https://pomber.github.io/...');
again and again when you should do it just once...
There are many variables that should be global to reduce what you do in getCountryDataByMonth, a perfect example are the totalCasesChart and caseBar
I made a few tweaks to your code here:
https://raw.githack.com/heldersepu/hs-scripts/master/HTML/chart_test.html

Chart.js - How to offset bars from ZeroLine

I've spent hours already trying to figure out how to offset the horizontal bars from the zero line on X-Axis so it doesn't overlap when the width of the line is bigger than 1.
Appreciate all the help.
Example is here on CodePen (hope it will show up): https://codepen.io/RomanKl/pen/mzmegG
var barOptions = {
tooltips: {
enabled: false
},
hover :{
animationDuration:0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
beginAtZero:true,
min: 0,
max: 10000,
fontFamily: "'Open Sans Bold', sans-serif",
fontSize:12,
callback: function(value, index, values) {
return Math.round(value/1000) + 'k';
}
},
scaleLabel:{
display:false
},
gridLines: {
color: ['#000', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef', '#efefef'],
lineWidth: [4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
zeroLineWidth: 4,
zeroLineColor: '#000',
},
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
display: false,
},
ticks: {
fontFamily: "'Open Sans Bold', sans-serif",
fontSize:14,
},
}]
},
legend:{
display:false
},
animation: {
onComplete: function () {
var chartInstance = this.chart;
var ctx = chartInstance.ctx;
ctx.textAlign = "left";
ctx.font = "1.6rem Open Sans";
ctx.fillStyle = "#fff";
Chart.helpers.each(this.data.datasets.forEach(function (dataset, i) {
var meta = chartInstance.controller.getDatasetMeta(i);
Chart.helpers.each(meta.data.forEach(function (bar, index) {
data = dataset.data[index];
data = data.toFixed(0).toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");
if(i==0){
ctx.fillText(data, 80, bar._model.y+4);
} else {
ctx.fillText(data, bar._model.x-25, bar._model.y+4);
}
}),this)
}),this);
}
},
};
var ctx = document.getElementById("Chart1");
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'horizontalBar',
borderSkipped: 'bottom',
data: {
labels: ["Aug.'17", "Aug.'18"],
datasets: [{
data: [6336, 6892],
backgroundColor: "rgba(63,103,126,1)",
hoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(50,90,100,1)"
}]
},
options: barOptions,
});

So I've brutally hacked it in the end. I've tried adding a border and then skip it everywhere except the start where I would set the colour to transparent but guess what? Border doesn't show up at the start. It's a requested feature not yet implemented in chart.js as of this posting.
In the end I've used a diabolical solution of using two stacked datasets while setting the first one via data to the desired offset and then setting backgroundColor to transparent and shifting data labels to the left via plugin.
you can see the result in the codepen link posted in the question.