scale-date
Temporal position scale formatting axis labels as dates (x or y).
Column values may be numeric days since 2000-01-01 or ISO-8601 YYYY-MM-DD strings.
Usage
scale-date(
..args,
)Parameters
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
..args |
Named arguments forwarded to the axis scale (e.g. name, limits, breaks, labels, expand, date-format). |
Returns
Deferred scale spec consumed by scales.
Examples
Format an x axis of numeric days since 2000-01-01 as year-month ticks.
#let d = range(0, 12).map(i => (x: 8766 + 30 * i, y: i))
#plot(
data: d,
mapping: aes(x: "x", y: "y"),
layers: (geom-line(), geom-point(size: 2pt)),
scales: scales(x: scale-date(date-format: "[year]-[month repr:numerical]")),
width: 12cm,
height: 6cm,
)
