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blaylockbk/datetime_axis_format.py

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formating datetime on axis
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datetime_axis_format.py
# Method 1: when you are using plt
from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter
formatter = DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
plt.gcf().axes[0].xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
# Method 2: when you have already axessed the axes
from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter
formatter = DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
ax1.xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
# Hour locator
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.HourLocator(range(0, 24, 3)))
ax1.xaxis.set_minor_locator(mdates.HourLocator(range(0, 24, 1)))
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