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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
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Expand Up @@ -1613,11 +1613,12 @@ def plot(self, *args, scalex=True, scaley=True, data=None, **kwargs):
def plot_date(self, x, y, fmt='o', tz=None, xdate=True, ydate=False,
**kwargs):
"""
Plot data that contains dates.
Plot co-ercing the axis to treat floats as dates.

Similar to `.plot`, this plots *y* vs. *x* as lines or markers.
However, the axis labels are formatted as dates depending on *xdate*
and *ydate*.
and *ydate*. Note that `.plot` will work with `datetime` and
`numpy.datetime64` objects without resorting to this method.

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