# config

### Description

@short: Defines configuration options for dates, scale, controls

@signature: config: GanttConfigOptions

### Example

~~~jsx
//sets the format of the time scale
gantt.config.date_scale = "%F, %Y";
 
gantt.init("gantt_here");
~~~

### Details

The properties of the config object are described in a separate chapter of 
the root API page ["Gantt API: Properties"](api/overview/properties-overview.md).