Function _set_concise_date

xarray/plot/utils.py:1846–1867

Use ConciseDateFormatter which is meant to improve the strings chosen for the ticklabels, and to minimize the strings used in those tick labels as much as possible. https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/ticks/date_concise_formatter.html Parameters ---------- ax : Axes

(ax: Axes, axis: Literal["x", "y", "z"] = "x")

def _set_concise_date(ax: Axes, axis: Literal["x", "y", "z"] = "x") -> None:
    """
    Use ConciseDateFormatter which is meant to improve the
    strings chosen for the ticklabels, and to minimize the
    strings used in those tick labels as much as possible.

    https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/ticks/date_concise_formatter.html

    Parameters
    ----------
    ax : Axes
        Figure axes.
    axis : Literal["x", "y", "z"], optional
        Which axis to make concise. The default is "x".
    """
    import matplotlib.dates as mdates

    locator = mdates.AutoDateLocator()
    formatter = mdates.ConciseDateFormatter(locator)
    _axis = getattr(ax, f"{axis}axis")
    _axis.set_major_locator(locator)
    _axis.set_major_formatter(formatter)