# Dateformat Makie

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dateformat-makie/85381>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** algebraofgraphics\
**Created:** [August 6, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dateformat-makie/85381 "2022-08-06T05:35:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![piever](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/piever/32/1815_2.png) [@piever](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/piever)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dateformat-makie/85381/3 "2022-08-08T12:55:31Z")

</div>

There is a convenience function `datetimeticks` for manual ticks for timeseries, see eg [How to plot more ticks in AlgebraOfGraphics or Makie? - #2 by icweaver](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-plot-more-ticks-in-algebraofgraphics-or-makie/77261/2) or [Format date axis](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/format-date-axis/68352). The main downside is that you have to select manually on which dates to have a `tick`.

You’re right that it would be helpful to have a function to just update the formatting, without changing the tick selection. Unfortunately, at the moment that’s hardcoded [here](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/AlgebraOfGraphics.jl/blob/75e757cbf900d4461d7f6530f74c16dc49398037/src/scales.jl#L184), but there definitely should be an API to customize it. Feel free to open an issue about this, so that it’s easier to keep track.

---

_[View the full topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dateformat-makie/85381)._