In this article, we looked at several options to change the tick frequency for datetime plots in Matplotlib. # change tick frequency, format and rotationĪx.t_major_locator(mdates.DayLocator(interval=5))Īx.t_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%d-%m-%Y'))
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Full Code of Change Datetime Ticks Frequencyįinally let's see the full code: import pandas as pd Or leave it automatically: plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate()ĥ. You can set a rotation angle by specific number: plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate(rotation=30) The change can be done by: ax.t_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d'))Īnd more specifically by: mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d').įor more information please check those two articles: You can also change the format of the dates in the X labels.
You can also change the number of the intervals by providing: interval=6.Įxample for weeks and interval of 2: ax = df.plot()Īx.t_major_locator(mdates.WeekdayLocator(interval=2))Īx.t_major_locator(mdates.MonthLocator(interval=2)) To learn more about different types of Locators please check this article: matplotlib.dates. There are several possible types of intervals: We can control several options when we change the tick frequency - first of them is the interval. Change Tick Frequency interval - daily, weekly, monthly etc There is another date interval, date format and rotation of the labels:Ĥ.2. To change the tick frequency we need to use the next code: import matplotlib.dates as mdates The default ticks are not very practical : To plot single column - B we can do (for multiple columns change to - df] : df.plot() Once we ensure that the index is set and has the correct type we can plot the datetime. Change the DateТime Tick Frequency on X labels for Matplotlibįinally, let's plot and change the tick frequency on the X labels for Matplotlib. Otherwise you will plot wrong dates as x label - below the code generates wrong datetime plot: import matplotlib.dates as mdatesĪx.t_major_locator(mdates.DayLocator(interval=6))Īx.t_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d'))Ĥ.
To convert the index to date you can use: df.index = pd.to_datetime(df.index).date Convert the index to dateĭepending on your index type you may get different or unexpected results. If this is not the case for you may need to convert datetime column to index by: df.set_index('date', inplace = True)Īfter that you can plot datetime for the updated DataFrame by using method plot() 3.2. Set datetime as indexĭataframe above has a datetime index by default. Preparation for datetime plot (optional)īefore starting with the plot we need to ensure two things in order to plot datetime correctly: 3.1.
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To learn more about creating DataFrames for tests in Pandas refer to: How to Easily Create Dummy DataFrame with Test Data? 3. Setupįor this tutorial we are going to generate a DataFrame with random datetime data: import pandas as pdįrom import makeTimeDataFrame We'll look into several examples covering multiple aspects of tick frequency and datetime labels in Matplotlib. In this quick tutorial, we’ll discuss how to change the tick frequency datetime labels for Matplotlib plots.
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