var data = [
{ "start": "4/1/2015 9:00:00", "end": "4/1/2015 9:30:00", "task": "Planning" },
{ "start": "4/1/2015 9:30:00", "end": "4/1/2015 10:30:00", "task": "Development" },
{ "start": "4/1/2015 10:30:00", "end": "4/1/2015 10:45:00", "task": "QE" }
];
var colorScale = new Plottable.Scales.Color();
var xScale = new Plottable.Scales.Time();
var xAxis = new Plottable.Axes.Time(xScale, "bottom");
var yScale = new Plottable.Scales.Category();
var yAxis = new Plottable.Axes.Category(yScale, "left");
var plot = new Plottable.Plots.Rectangle()
.x(function(d) { return new Date(d.start); }, xScale)
.x2(function(d) { return new Date(d.end); })
.y(function(d) { return d.task; }, yScale)
.attr("fill", function(d) { return d.task; }, colorScale)
.addDataset(new Plottable.Dataset(data));
var chart = new Plottable.Components.Table([
[yAxis, plot],
[null, xAxis]
]);
chart.renderTo("svg#example");