FIX

jklymak · jklymak · commit d7739f3cb52d · 2021-05-05T18:40:29.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1915,6 +1915,7 @@ def axis_date(self, tz=None):
             import dateutil.tz
             tz = dateutil.tz.gettz(tz)
         self.update_units(datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, tz))
+        self.set_default_intervals()
 
     def get_tick_space(self):
         """Return the estimated number of ticks that can fit on the axis."""
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_dates.py
@@ -69,13 +69,27 @@ def test_date2num_NaT_scalar(units):
     assert np.isnan(tmpl)
 
 
-@image_comparison(['date_empty.png'])
 def test_date_empty():
     # make sure we do the right thing when told to plot dates even
     # if no date data has been presented, cf
     # http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2850075&group_id=80706&atid=560720
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
     ax.xaxis_date()
+    fig.draw_no_output()
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(ax.get_xlim(),
+                               [mdates.date2num(np.datetime64('2000-01-01')),
+                                mdates.date2num(np.datetime64('2010-01-01'))])
+
+    mdates._reset_epoch_test_example()
+    mdates.set_epoch('0000-12-31')
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    ax.xaxis_date()
+    fig.draw_no_output()
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(ax.get_xlim(), 
+                               [mdates.date2num(np.datetime64('2000-01-01')),
+                                mdates.date2num(np.datetime64('2010-01-01'))])
+    mdates._reset_epoch_test_example()
+
 
 
 @image_comparison(['date_axhspan.png'])
