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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_11_demos_itom_plots_demo_Plot1DDateTime.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_11_demos_itom_plots_demo_Plot1DDateTime.py:

Datetime
============

This demo shows how the x-axis of a 1d plot can be a date time.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import numpy as np
    import datetime
    from itom import dataObject
    from itom import plot1








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Start date with a specific timezone.

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.. code-block:: Python

    timestamp = datetime.datetime(
        2022, 5, 6, 12, 23, 5, tzinfo=datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(0, -7200))
    )








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Create a list of ``datetime.datetime`` objects.

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.. code-block:: Python

    numsteps = 100
    dateList = []

    for x in range(0, numsteps, 15):
        dateList.append(timestamp + datetime.timedelta(hours=x))








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Create a ``dataObject`` from the list of ``datetime`` objects.

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.. code-block:: Python

    dateScale = dataObject([1, len(dateList)], "datetime", data=dateList)

    values = dataObject.randN(dateScale.shape, "float32")

    [i, h] = plot1(values, dateScale)








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.. image:: ../../_static/demoPlot1DDateTime_1.png
   :width: 100%

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.. code-block:: Python


    h["lineWidth"] = 3
    h["axisLabelRotation"] = -45
    h["axisLabelAlignment"] = "AlignLeft"
    h["fillCurve"] = "FillFromBottom"
    h["grid"] = "GridMajorXY"
    h["axisLabel"] = "date"
    h["valueLabel"] = "value"









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Example with ``numpy datetime`` array.

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.. code-block:: Python

    dateScale2 = np.arange("2005-02", "2005-03", dtype="datetime64[D]")
    values2 = dataObject.randN([1, len(dateScale)], "uint8")

    plot1(values2, dateScale2)





.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

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    (124, PlotItem(UiItem(class: Itom1DQwtPlot, name: plot0x0)))



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.. image:: ../../_static/demoPlot1DDateTime_2.png
   :width: 100%


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.. _sphx_glr_download_11_demos_itom_plots_demo_Plot1DDateTime.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: demo_Plot1DDateTime.ipynb <demo_Plot1DDateTime.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: demo_Plot1DDateTime.py <demo_Plot1DDateTime.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: demo_Plot1DDateTime.zip <demo_Plot1DDateTime.zip>`