Can Numbers handle time series?

I have a time series and i want to display the data in a diagram. The intervals of the points in time vary. I found no option to display the values in a digram so that values that are close in time are displayed close to each other and greater gaps are displayed further apart. Unfortunately all values are displayed in a constant interval.
Is there a solution, other than creating a table with all possible dates and inserting values only in rows where data is available?
Martin

In the old Numbers you can use an x-y scatter plot with dates for the x axis. Numbers 3.0 seems to accept the dates but displays them wrong on the scatter chart, as large numbers rather than dates.
Please do give Apple feedback on this, in your menu Numbers>Provide Numbers Feedback.
SG

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