Highcharts.chart('container', {
    xAxis: {
        plotBands: [{ // mark the weekend
            color: '#FCFFC5',
            from: Date.UTC(2010, 0, 2),
            to: Date.UTC(2010, 0, 4),
            label: {
                text: 'Plot band',
                verticalAlign: 'middle'
            }
        }],
        tickInterval: 24 * 3600 * 1000, // one day
        type: 'datetime'
    },

    series: [{
        data: [29.9, 71.5, 56.4, 69.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4],
        pointStart: Date.UTC(2010, 0, 1),
        pointInterval: 24 * 3600 * 1000
    }]
});