R help - Oct 2009 - plot dates in x-axis

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?



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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?
> 
> 
> 
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