Axes.
plot_date
(x, y, fmt='o', tz=None, xdate=True, ydate=False, **kwargs)¶A plot with data that contains dates.
Similar to the plot()
command, except
the x or y (or both) data is considered to be dates, and the
axis is labeled accordingly.
x and/or y can be a sequence of dates represented as float days since 0001-01-01 UTC.
Note if you are using custom date tickers and formatters, it
may be necessary to set the formatters/locators after the call
to meth:plot_date
since meth:plot_date
will set the
default tick locator to
class:matplotlib.dates.AutoDateLocator
(if the tick
locator is not already set to a
class:matplotlib.dates.DateLocator
instance) and the
default tick formatter to
class:matplotlib.dates.AutoDateFormatter
(if the tick
formatter is not already set to a
class:matplotlib.dates.DateFormatter
instance).
Parameters: | fmt : string
tz : [ None | timezone string |
xdate : boolean
ydate : boolean
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kwargs : properties :
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See also
matplotlib.dates
matplotlib.dates.date2num
matplotlib.dates.num2date
matplotlib.dates.drange
Notes
In addition to the above described arguments, this function can take a data keyword argument. If such a data argument is given, the following arguments are replaced by data[<arg>]: