Re: Date Formatting
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- Subject: [mg129034] Re: Date Formatting
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 11:01:36 -0500 (EST)
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The vareiable name goes on the LHS of the Set and spelling
DateListPlot correctly helps as well.
dates = {"Mar-28-2008", "Apr-03-2009"};
DateListPlot[{1, 2}, dates]
Bob Hanlon
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 1:30 AM, bigchap86 <ross.d.chapman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Quick question re: date formatting:
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> So I've imported a data set externally from Excel with the intent to try to plot a time series graph. Unfortunately, the dates have come in the following format:
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> Mar-28-2008
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> When using the DateListPlot function, Mathematica does recognize this date format as a date, as long as you put each data point into the formula individually, and put quotations around them, e.g.:
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> DataListPlot[{1,2},{"Mar-28-2008", "Apr-03-2009"}] works as a function, BUT if you set {"Mar-28-2008", "Apr-03-2009"}=dates, and use DataListPlot[{1,2},{dates}], it doesn't work.
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> Anyone have ideas on how to reformat the dates so it works? It appears that there's some sort of disconnect when the dates are entered into a series.
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> Thanks!
>
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- Date Formatting
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- Date Formatting