How to limit ticks on Area Chart within iReport - jasper-reports

I'm fairly new to designing reports with iReport and I've run into a challenge that I haven't been able to resolve. I'm trying to graph timestamped data but have it shown as an area graph. I was successfully able to graph the data using the time series chart, however that format graphs the data as a line. I need an Area graph. Therefore I'm attempting to graph that same data using dates as categories. My problem is that the Area Graph draws every tick mark which results in a clutter look. I've searched on how to limit ticks but the solutions don't seem to address my problem (or the solution is above my knowledge of java :) ).
So, my question is either: How can I set a minimum tick on an Area graph? Or, how can I make a time series chart graph an area instead of a line?
Many Thanks!

If you havent already take a look at the JFreeChart demo here and review XYAreaChartDemo2.java, this example shows a TimeAxis and and AreaRenderer :
If you use the ChartFactory try using
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createXYAreaChart(
"XY Area Chart Demo 2",
"Time", "Value",
dataset,
PlotOrientation.VERTICAL,
true, // legend
true, // tool tips
false // URLs
);

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{date: new Date(2010,1,3), graph1:53},
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