Re: [Matplotlib-users] formatter for durations of varying units

2011-07-12 Thread C M
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Maximilian Trescher wrote: > Hi, > >> I want to pick a good (dynamic, for zooming) way to format the y axis. >> There are two issues: >> Does (1) seem like the right approach?  And for 2, is there already a >> formatter that is appropriate for this or could be adap

Re: [Matplotlib-users] formatter for durations of varying units

2011-07-12 Thread Maximilian Trescher
Hi, > I want to pick a good (dynamic, for zooming) way to format the y axis. > There are two issues: > Does (1) seem like the right approach? And for 2, is there already a > formatter that is appropriate for this or could be adapted to it? did you try the AutoDateLocator (from matplotlib.dates)?

[Matplotlib-users] formatter for durations of varying units

2011-07-11 Thread C M
I need to make a dates (on x) vs. durations of time (on y) plots and need to have smart formatting for the y axis. My y data is in the database in the format: '0:00:02.994000', (that is, 2.9 seconds) and I'd like the y axis to be expressed in ticks of, e.g., "2 hrs", or "10 minutes", or "25 seconds