On 2012/09/05 6:17 PM, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> Hmm. I found that mpl handled my datetime objects just fine:

Right, mpl has handled python datetime objects for a long time, but the 
numpy array with a datetime dtype is a new and different object, and it 
will take a bit of work to support it properly.

Eric

>
> # put the weeks on the x axis
> # dates are datetime.datetime
> ax.plot(dates, defects)
> ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(
>      matplotlib.dates.DateFormatter('%W'))
>
> # create an invisible line in order to
> # create a secondary x axis below
> # the first axis, which just has the month(s)
> newax = fig.add_axes(ax.get_position())
> newax.spines['bottom'].set_position(('outward', 25))
> newax.patch.set_visible(False)
> newax.yaxis.set_visible(False)
> # months are also datetime. However, I filtered out
> # all dates except the first date for each month
> newax.plot_date(months, y,  visible=False)
> newax.xaxis.set_major_locator(
>      matplotlib.dates.MonthLocator()
> )
> newax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(
>      matplotlib.dates.DateFormatter('%b')
> )
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu
> <mailto:efir...@hawaii.edu>> wrote:
>
>     On 2012/09/05 4:04 PM, Paul Tremblay wrote:
>      > I am using numpy 1.7, which I built myself (python3 setup.py
>     build). I
>      > had a chance to look a bit deeper into matplotlib, which in turn
>     forced
>      > me to learn a bit of numpy, and now I see that it probably makes more
>      > sense to use numpy arrays for my data. Since the default for an
>     array is
>      > a float, most users won't encounter the problems I did, but a
>     warning in
>      > a FAQ might solve a few headaches, regardless of how the developers
>      > decided to go.
>
>     Paul,
>
>     numpy 1.7 has a new datetime dtype which probably would be good for your
>     use--except that mpl doesn't support it yet.  That will be a project for
>     mpl v1.3.
>
>     Eric
>
>      >
>      > Thanks for your help.
>      >
>      > Paul
>      >
>      > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu
>     <mailto:ben.r...@ou.edu>
>      > <mailto:ben.r...@ou.edu <mailto:ben.r...@ou.edu>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >     On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Paul Tremblay
>      >     <paulhtremb...@gmail.com <mailto:paulhtremb...@gmail.com>
>     <mailto:paulhtremb...@gmail.com <mailto:paulhtremb...@gmail.com>>>
>     wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      >         The following Python code:
>      >
>      >          >>ax.fill_between(dates, lower, upper, facecolor='gray',
>     alpha=0.5)
>      >
>      >         Produces this error with Python 3.2:
>      >
>      >         Traceback (most recent call last):
>      >            File "scripts/audit_reports_weekly.py", line 150, in
>     <module>
>      >              ax.fill_between(dates, lower, upper, facecolor='gray',
>      >         alpha=0.5)
>      >            File
>      >
>     
> "/home/local/ANT/ptrembl/.local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py",
>      >         line 6741, in fill_between
>      >              y1 = ma.masked_invalid(self.convert_yunits(y1))
>      >            File
>      >
>     
> "/home/local/ANT/ptrembl/.local/lib/python3.2/site-packages/numpy/ma/core.py",
>      >         line 2241, in masked_invalid
>      >              condition = ~(np.isfinite(a))
>      >         TypeError: ufunc 'isfinite' not supported for the input
>     types,
>      >         and the inputs could not be safely coerced to any supported
>      >         types according to the casting rule ''safe''
>      >
>      >
>      >         [Decimal('3619.900530366609820157812617'), .....]
>      >
>      >         If I change the list from type Decimal to type float, then I
>      >         don't get the error. Likewise, if I use Python 2.7, I
>     also don't
>      >         get an error.
>      >
>      >         After reading over the error message, I realize that this
>     error
>      >         really results because of numpy, not matplotlib. But I'll go
>      >         ahead and post this message, in case you are unaware of the
>      >         problem.
>      >
>      >
>      >     Just a quick note, mpl v1.1.x is not officially supported for
>     py3k.
>      >     The upcoming release of v1.2.0 will be the first official release
>      >     with such support.
>      >
>      >     That being said, it probably would be a good idea to make
>     sure where
>      >     the bug lies for this one (numpy or matplotlib).  Which
>     version of
>      >     numpy are you using?
>      >
>      >     Ben Root
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
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