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matplotlib.axes.Axes.xaxis_date

Axes.xaxis_date(tz=None)

Sets up x-axis ticks and labels that treat the x data as dates.

Parameters:
tz : string or tzinfo instance, optional

Timezone string or timezone. Defaults to rc value.