xAxis interval option not works with timeseries line graph

[HiroyukiYANO]

Version

5.0.2

Reproduction link

https://jsfiddle.net/sgLp5mqu/3/

Steps to reproduce

Just run jsfiddle then you can find that the graph interval is not set at above (timeseriese) graph.
I expect 1hour interval(3600000 millisec), however, the result is 4hour interval.

This option is work at exactly same scripts with escharts ver 4.8.0, as you can see below.
https://jsfiddle.net/29r8qdcf/4/

What is expected?

The xAxis interval option with timeseriese works file as same as ver 4

What is actually happening?

I don't know what is happening in the code, correctly.

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[Ovilia]

Similar to #14298 . interval is a reference value and is not used compulsorily. Currently, we have no way to accurately set the interval of time axis but this seems to be a frequently asked feature. Further discussion is required on this topic.

[Arraz]

I need to set interval like I add interval of 4 or more years then chart should show axis label after that time period without any other gap like leap or any.

I have added this to get interval of 4 years but due to leap year or any other its shows 1 day difference, and I want to show accurate difference in axis.

interval:new Date(1974, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0).getTime(),

Please consider the below example for this above implementation.
http://jsfiddle.net/d7e09r5t/275/

[lahvey]

it should be the same as type 'value' for xAxis, such as

option = {
    xAxis: {
        type: 'value',
        min: 0,
        max: 24,
        interval: 3,
    },
    yAxis: {
        type: 'value'
    },
    series: [{
        data: [[0, 3], [12, 5], [24, 3]],
        type: 'line'
    }]
};

but it does not work for 'time' type:

const min = new Date('2021-02-01 00:00:00');
const middle = new Date(min.getTime() + 12 * 3600 * 1000);
const max = new Date(min.getTime() + 24 * 3600 * 1000);

option = {
    xAxis: {
        type: 'time',
        min,
        max,
        interval: 3 * 3600 * 1000,
    },
    yAxis: {
        type: 'value'
    },
    series: [{
        data: [[min, 3], [middle, 5], [max, 3]],
        type: 'line'
    }]
};

the interval has no use for xTick after upgrading to v5.