Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot_date and x-axis label at plot origin

Thanks, Matthias, Your code suggestion works. I was aware of xlim but must not have used it correctly, before contacting matplotlib-users. I think I tried set_xlim, but did not use the get_xlim function. With your code added, the minor tick mark locations line up correctly too. Thanks again

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot_date and x-axis label at plot origin

Hi Ann, I'm not sure I understood correctly, but maybe it is useful to change the xlimits slightly, e.g. datetime(1998,4,20,0) instead of (the default value in this case) datetime(1998,4,20,1): ax.set_xlim( date2num(datetime(1998,4,20,0)), ax.get_xlim()[1] ) > Also the minor tick marks do not

[Matplotlib-users] plot_date and x-axis label at plot origin

I am plotting time-series 1-minute cadence data for specific multiple-day validation periods. Sometimes the data have a gap between the start of the validation period and the start of the data. Attached is a stand-alone Python script that demonstrates the problem, along with the plot that the