Sometimes, we want to edit the date formatting of x-axis tick labels in matplotlib with Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to edit the date formatting of x-axis tick labels in matplotlib with Python.
How to edit the date formatting of x-axis tick labels in matplotlib with Python?
To edit the date formatting of x-axis tick labels in matplotlib with Python, we can call the set_major_formatter method.
For instance, we write
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
myFmt = mdates.DateFormatter('%d')
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(myFmt)
to create a DateFormatter object that returns the 2 digit date from a date.
Then we call ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter with myFmt to set the formatter for the x-axis to myFmt to format dates to 2 digit dates.
Conclusion
To edit the date formatting of x-axis tick labels in matplotlib with Python, we can call the set_major_formatter method.
