represents the canonical mapping of continuous dates and times to a quantitative scale.


DateScale
represents the canonical mapping of continuous dates and times to a quantitative scale.
Details and Options

- DateScale is typically used as a setting for ScalingFunctions to create plots and charts with date- or time-scaled axes.
- DateScale takes the following options:
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DateFunction how to interpret values as dates DateTicksFormat how to format dates used as tick labels - The function f in DateFunctionf should return DateObject[…] when applied to the coordinate values.
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2021), DateScale, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateScale.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2021. "DateScale." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateScale.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2021). DateScale. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateScale.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_datescale, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DateScale}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateScale.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_datescale, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DateScale}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DateScale.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}