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    .. note::
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        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_date.py>`
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.. _sphx_glr_examples_date.py:


Datetime data
=============

mplcursors correctly formats datetime data.

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.. image-sg:: /examples/images/sphx_glr_date_001.png
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.. code-block:: Python


    import datetime as dt
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.dates as mdates
    import mplcursors

    t = mdates.drange(dt.datetime(2014, 1, 15), dt.datetime(2014, 2, 27),
                      dt.timedelta(hours=2))
    y = np.sin(t)
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot_date(t, y, "-")
    fig.autofmt_xdate()

    # Note that mplcursors will automatically display the x-values as dates.
    mplcursors.cursor()

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_date.py:

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  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: date.ipynb <date.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: date.py <date.py>`


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