Re: Date Formatting
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- Subject: [mg129036] Re: Date Formatting
- From: azzteke <klaus.giesselmann at web.de>
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 11:02:17 -0500 (EST)
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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.
Hello bigchap,
there are a couple of mistakes. Your assignment '{"Mar-28-2008", "Apr-03-2009"}=dates' is wrong - should be: name = value.
Then, DataListPlot[{1,2},{dates}] doesn't work, because (a) the name of the function is to be "DateListPlot" and (b) you put 'dates' in between curly brackets.
Regards
azzteke