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Additional DateY Description

Updated the DateY notes to describe the x_label_format and the x_labels options, with an example.
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Phil 11 years ago
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@ -145,7 +145,26 @@ You can index values by dates (Thanks to `Snarkturne <https://github.com/snarktu
(datetime(2013, 2, 22), 672) (datetime(2013, 2, 22), 672)
]) ])
The x axis and tool tip x labels can be specified using `x_label_format`. This uses the formatting string for strftime from `here <http://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.strftime>`_
The x labels can also be specified, using an array of datetime objects.
.. pygal-code::
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
datey = pygal.DateY(x_label_rotation=20)
datey.add("Visits", [
(datetime(2013, 1, 2), 300),
(datetime(2013, 1, 12), 412),
(datetime(2013, 2, 2), 823),
(datetime(2013, 2, 22), 672)
])
datey.x_label_format = "%Y-%m-%d"
datey.x_labels = [
datetime(2013, 1, 1),
datetime(2013, 2, 1),
datetime(2013, 3, 1)
]
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