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.. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_date_formatters_locators.py:


=================================
Date tick locators and formatters
=================================

This example illustrates the usage and effect of the various date locators and
formatters.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    from matplotlib.dates import (FR, MO, MONTHLY, SA, SU, TH, TU, WE,
                                  AutoDateFormatter, AutoDateLocator,
                                  ConciseDateFormatter, DateFormatter, DayLocator,
                                  HourLocator, MicrosecondLocator, MinuteLocator,
                                  MonthLocator, RRuleLocator, SecondLocator,
                                  WeekdayLocator, YearLocator, rrulewrapper)
    import matplotlib.ticker as ticker


    def plot_axis(ax, locator=None, xmax='2002-02-01', fmt=None, formatter=None):
        """Set up common parameters for the Axes in the example."""
        ax.spines[['left', 'right', 'top']].set_visible(False)
        ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
        ax.tick_params(which='major', width=1.00, length=5)
        ax.tick_params(which='minor', width=0.75, length=2.5)
        ax.set_xlim(np.datetime64('2000-02-01'), np.datetime64(xmax))
        if locator:
            ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(eval(locator))
            ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(DateFormatter(fmt))
        else:
            ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(eval(formatter))
        ax.text(0.0, 0.2, locator or formatter, transform=ax.transAxes,
                fontsize=14, fontname='Monospace', color='tab:blue')








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:ref:`date-locators`
--------------------

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.. code-block:: Python



    locators = [
        # locator as str, xmax, fmt
        ('AutoDateLocator(maxticks=8)', '2003-02-01', '%Y-%m'),
        ('YearLocator(month=4)', '2003-02-01', '%Y-%m'),
        ('MonthLocator(bymonth=[4, 8, 12])', '2003-02-01', '%Y-%m'),
        ('DayLocator(interval=180)', '2003-02-01', '%Y-%m-%d'),
        ('WeekdayLocator(byweekday=SU, interval=4)', '2000-07-01', '%a %Y-%m-%d'),
        ('HourLocator(byhour=range(0, 24, 6))', '2000-02-04', '%H h'),
        ('MinuteLocator(interval=15)', '2000-02-01 02:00', '%H:%M'),
        ('SecondLocator(bysecond=(0, 30))', '2000-02-01 00:02', '%H:%M:%S'),
        ('MicrosecondLocator(interval=1000)', '2000-02-01 00:00:00.005', '%S.%f'),
        ('RRuleLocator(rrulewrapper(freq=MONTHLY, \nbyweekday=(MO, TU, WE, TH, FR), '
         'bysetpos=-1))', '2000-07-01', '%Y-%m-%d'),
    ]

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(len(locators), 1, figsize=(8, len(locators) * .8),
                            layout='constrained')
    fig.suptitle('Date Locators')
    for ax, (locator, xmax, fmt) in zip(axs, locators):
        plot_axis(ax, locator, xmax, fmt)




.. image-sg:: /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_date_formatters_locators_001.png
   :alt: Date Locators
   :srcset: /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_date_formatters_locators_001.png, /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_date_formatters_locators_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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:ref:`date-formatters`
----------------------

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.. code-block:: Python


    formatters = [
        'AutoDateFormatter(ax.xaxis.get_major_locator())',
        'ConciseDateFormatter(ax.xaxis.get_major_locator())',
        'DateFormatter("%b %Y")',
    ]

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(len(formatters), 1, figsize=(8, len(formatters) * .8),
                            layout='constrained')
    fig.suptitle('Date Formatters')
    for ax, fmt in zip(axs, formatters):
        plot_axis(ax, formatter=fmt)





.. image-sg:: /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_date_formatters_locators_002.png
   :alt: Date Formatters
   :srcset: /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_date_formatters_locators_002.png, /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_date_formatters_locators_002_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





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.. admonition:: References

   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
   in this example:

   - `matplotlib.dates.AutoDateLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.YearLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.MonthLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.DayLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.WeekdayLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.HourLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.MinuteLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.SecondLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.MicrosecondLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.RRuleLocator`
   - `matplotlib.dates.rrulewrapper`
   - `matplotlib.dates.DateFormatter`
   - `matplotlib.dates.AutoDateFormatter`
   - `matplotlib.dates.ConciseDateFormatter`


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