# Makie density() and datetime

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-density-and-datetime/135955>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-density-and-datetime/135955 "2026-03-02T08:11:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mahmah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mahmah/32/214326_2.png) [@mahmah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mahmah)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-density-and-datetime/135955/1 "2026-03-02T08:11:56Z")

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Is there an easy way to get a density from a DateTime vector in Makie? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![mahmah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mahmah/32/214326_2.png) [@mahmah](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mahmah)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-density-and-datetime/135955/2 "2026-03-02T08:25:13Z")

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I found my own solution…

```julia-auto
density(Dates.datetime2epochms.(p),
 axis = (; xtickformat = x -> string.(Date.(Dates.epochms2datetime.(x))), xticklabelrotation = π/5)
)

```