# Winston how to show time on axis?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/winston-how-to-show-time-on-axis/6803
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [October 31, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/winston-how-to-show-time-on-axis/6803 "2017-10-31T13:34:15Z")
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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/winston-how-to-show-time-on-axis/6803/1 "2017-10-31T13:34:15Z")

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julia\> d=collect(DateTime(t1):Dates.Minute(1):(DateTime(t1))+Dates.Day(1))  
1441-element Array{DateTime,1}:  
2016-04-01T00:00:00  
2016-04-01T00:01:100:…

using Winston

julia\> plot(d,rand(1441))  
ERROR: eltype of argument #1 is not Real or Complex  
in #plot#103(::Array{Any,1}, ::Function, ::Winston.FramedPlot, ::Array{DateTime,1}, ::Vararg{Union{AbstractArray{T,1},A  
bstractArray{T,2},AbstractString,Function,Real},N}) at C:\Users\PC.julia\v0.5\Winston\src\plot.jl:166  
in plot(::Winston.FramedPlot, ::Array{DateTime,1}, ::Array{Float64,1}) at C:\Users\PC.julia\v0.5\Winston\src\plot.jl:1  
15  
in #plot#114(::Array{Any,1}, ::Function, ::Array{DateTime,1}, ::Vararg{Union{AbstractArray{T,1},AbstractArray{T,2},Abst  
ractString,Function,Real},N}) at C:\Users\PC.julia\v0.5\Winston\src\plot.jl:240  
in plot(::Array{DateTime,1}, ::Array{Float64,1}) at C:\Users\PC.julia\v0.5\Winston\src\plot.jl:240

how to show time on axis? Maybe ano other package ?  
Paul

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### Author: ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/winston-how-to-show-time-on-axis/6803/2 "2017-10-31T16:32:40Z")

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The docs suggest this approach:

[http://winston.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fun/timeplot.html](http://winston.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fun/timeplot.html)

but I haven’t tried it myself.

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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/winston-how-to-show-time-on-axis/6803/3 "2017-11-05T09:39:24Z")

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Very Thanks  
Paul  
W dniu 2017-10-31 o 17:37, Cormullion pisze:

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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/winston-how-to-show-time-on-axis/6803/4 "2017-11-13T17:12:28Z")

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Was nice , but now a need somthnt like oplot (over oplot) to add new series

timeplotnot suport this ? 😕 Paul

W dniu 2017-10-31 o 17:37, Cormullion pisze: