Hi, here is a code snippet that will help you achieve what you want. With it, you can format the Date object to display any aspect of the Date on the x-axis, like dd-mm, dd-yyyy, or day, etc.
See the help on strftime() for the formatting key. d1 <- "10/10/2009" d2 <- "10/11/2009" d3 <- "10/12/2009" d <- c(d1, d2, d3) d <- as.Date(d, format="%m/%d/%Y") Y <- rnorm(3) plot(Y, xaxt='n', xlab="Date") # to plot the Date vertically axis(side=1, at=1:3, labels=strftime(d, format="%d-%m-%Y"), cex.axis=0.8) # to plot the Date sideways, and only *month* axis(side=1, at=1:3, labels=strftime(d, format="%b"), las=2) Cheers, Vik Lathouri, Maria wrote: > > Hallo, > > I am trying to plot dates in x-axis. The format of my dates are in > dd/mm/yyyy. At first I install zoo package. After R reads my file, I > change the default format of dates to the format that I have, > >>myfile<-read.csv >>DATE<-as.Date(DATE,format="%d/%m/%Y") > > up till now everything goes ok; when however I go and plot for example >>plot(DATE, Discharge) > > in the x-axis I only get the years, 1998, 2000, 2002... > > How can I see in the x-axis the whole format of the dates that I have e.g. > 29/01/1998? > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/plot-dates-in-x-axis-tp25870714p25883066.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
