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DateFunction

DateFunction
is an option for DateListPlot that specifies how dates given as input should be converted to date lists.

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  • A setting such as DateFunction->(DateList[#, {"e1", ...}]&) specifies that a sequence of elements should be extracted from each date. »
  • The default setting DateFunction->Automatic automatically converts standard non-ambiguous dates.

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Basic Examples (2)Basic Examples (2)

Prepend a year to create dates from lists:

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Interpret dates indexed by a week number:

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