dateaxis

Convert serial-date axis labels to calendar-date axis labels

Syntax

dateaxis(Tickaxis,DateForm,StartDate)

Arguments

Tickaxis	(Optional) Determines which axis tick labels—x, y, or z—to replace. Enter as a character vector. Default = 'x'.
DateForm	(Optional) Specifies which date format to use. Enter as an integer from 0 to 17. If no DateForm argument is entered, this function determines the date format based on the span of the axis limits. For example, if the difference between the axis minimum and maximum is less than 15, the tick labels are converted to three-letter day-of-the-week abbreviations (DateForm = 8). See DateForm format descriptions.
StartDate	(Optional) Assigns the date to the first axis tick value, specified as a serial date number, date character vector, or datetime array. The tick values are treated as serial date numbers. The default StartDate is the lower axis limit converted to the appropriate date number. For example, a tick value of 1 is converted to the date 01-Jan-0000. Entering StartDate as '06-apr-1999' assigns the date April 6, 1999 to the first tick value and the axis tick labels are set accordingly.

Description

dateaxis(Tickaxis,DateForm,StartDate) replaces axis tick labels with date labels on a graphic figure.

See the MATLAB^® set command for information on modifying the axis tick values and other axis parameters.

DateForm	Format	Description
0	01-Mar-1999 15:45:17	day-month-year hour:minute:second
1	01-mar-1999	day-month-year
2	03/01/99	month/day/year
3	Mar	month, three letters
4	M	month, single letter
5	3	month
6	03/01	month/day
7	1	day of month
8	Wed	day of week, three letters
9	W	day of week, single letter
10	1999	year, four digits
11	99	year, two digits
12	Mar99	month year
13	15:45:17	hour:minute:second
14	03:45:17 PM	hour:minute:second AM or PM
15	15:45	hour:minute
16	03:45 PM	hour:minute AM or PM
17	95/03/01	year month day

Examples

dateaxis('x') or dateaxis

converts the x-axis labels to an automatically determined date format.

dateaxis('y', 6)

converts the y-axis labels to the month/day format.

dateaxis('x', 2, '03-Mar-1999')

or

dateaxis('x', 2, datetime('03-Mar-1999'))

converts the x-axis labels to the month/day/year format. The minimum x-tick value is treated as March 3, 1999.