calendar dates in x axis

I have this code (where asset simulation is a variable):

plot(asset_simulation,'-','color','green')

dateFormat = 12;

datetick('x',dateFormat)

In which way can I insert a starting date for x axis, for example today's date (going into the future, linked to the size of asset simulation variable) instead of Jan00?

thanks a lot

Fausto

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

You need to specify the x coordinates. In this example, I create x coordinates that start 'today', have an interval of roughly 2 weeks, and extend until there is a date for each 'asset_simulation'.

asset_simulation = 1:20; 
xdates = floor(now) + (0:length(asset_simulation)-1)*14;   % date values, roughly 2 week interval
plot(xdates, asset_simulation, '-o')                       % specify the x date values
datetick('x', 12)

Answer 2

[Fausto Tenini]

thanks a lot Adam

[Peter Perkins]

In versions of MATLAB since about R2016b, you are probably better off plotting using datetimes:

asset_simulation = 1:20; 
xdates = datetime('today') + calweeks(0:length(asset_simulation)-1);
plot(xdates, asset_simulation, '-o');
xax = get(gca,'XAxis');
xax.TickLabelFormat = 'MMMdd';

[Fausto Tenini]

thanks