[R] plotting dates, incorrectly scaled x-axis?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 12.02.2012 11:09, Christof Kluß wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to plot with axis.Date(), but something is scaled incorrectly.
> The red vertical line in is put on a totally wrong position. (sample below)
>
> Do you have an idea what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thx
> Christof
>
>
> x11(width=30, height=20)
>
> x<-seq(as.Date("2010-02-27"), as.Date("2011-03-28"),"month")
> y<- seq(0,100,length=length(x))
>
> plot(y ~ x, type="o", tck=1, xaxt="n")
>
> axis.Date(1, at=x, labels=format(x,"%b\n%Y"), padj=0.5)
>
> abline(v=as.Date("2011-01-01"), col="red", lty="dashed")


Works fine for me.
See
abline(v=as.Date("2011-01-27"), col="red", lty="dashed")
which is exactly on the date.

Uwe Ligges


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