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DateTicksFormat

is an option for DateListPlot which specifies how date tick labels should be formatted.

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DateTicksFormat

DateTicksFormat

is an option for DateListPlot which specifies how date tick labels should be formatted.

Details

  • DateTicksFormat->Automatic chooses tick labels based on the range of dates to be plotted.
  • DateTicksFormat->{"e1","sep12","e2",…} concatenates date elements "ei" with the specified separators. »
  • Any of the date elements from DateString can be used.
  • Typical elements include:
  • "Year"full year (e.g. 2005)
    "YearShort"2-digit year (e.g. 05)
    "QuarterNameShort"quarter of year in short form (e.g. "Q1")
    "MonthNameShort"month name in short form (e.g. "Aug")
    "MonthNameInitial"first letter of month name (e.g. "A")
    "Month"2-digit month number (e.g. 08)
    "MonthShort"1- or 2-digit month number (e.g. 8)
    "DayNameShort"short day of the week (e.g. "Wed")
    "DayNameInitial"first letter of day name (e.g. "W")
    "Day"2-digit day of the month (e.g. 09)
    "DayShort"1- or 2-digit day of the month (e.g. 9 or 29)
    "Hour12"hour on 12-hour clock
    "Hour24"hour on 24-hour clock
    "AMPM"AM or PM
    "AMPMLowerCase"am or pm
    "Minute"2-digit minute (e.g. 05)
    "Second"2-digit seconds

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Plot date-based data using default and specified ticks:

Wolfram Language code: data = {{{2006, 10, 1}, 8}, {{2006, 10, 10}, 10}, {{2006, 10, 20}, 12}, {{2006, 10, 24}, 14}, {{2006, 11, 5}, 15}, {{2006, 11, 15}, 20}};
Wolfram Language code: {DateListPlot[data], DateListPlot[data, DateTicksFormat -> {"MonthShort", "/", "Day"}]}

Specify both month and year information for ticks:

Wolfram Language code: data = {{{2000, 7}, 8}, {{2001, 7}, 10}, {{2002, 7}, 12}, {{2003, 7}, 14}, {{2004, 7}, 15}, {{2005, 7}, 20}};
Wolfram Language code: {DateListPlot[data], DateListPlot[data, DateTicksFormat -> {"MonthNameShort", " ", "YearShort"}]}

Scope  (2)

Specify formats on any time scale:

Wolfram Language code: DateListPlot[{13, 14, 17, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 42, 44}, {"1:00 PM", Automatic, "Hour"}, DateTicksFormat -> {"Hour12Short", "AMPM"}]

Give date formats for ticks at specific positions:

Wolfram Language code: DateListPlot[Range[10], {2000}, DateTicksFormat -> {"Month", "/", "Year"}, FrameTicks -> {{Automatic, Automatic}, {{{2002, 5}, {2006, 9}}, Automatic}}]
Wolfram Research (2007), DateTicksFormat, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateTicksFormat.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), DateTicksFormat, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateTicksFormat.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "DateTicksFormat." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateTicksFormat.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). DateTicksFormat. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateTicksFormat.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_dateticksformat, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DateTicksFormat}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateTicksFormat.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_dateticksformat, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DateTicksFormat}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateTicksFormat.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}