SF.net SVN: matplotlib:[7884] branches/v0_99_maint/lib/matplotlib/dates.py

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Revision: 7884
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=7884&view=rev
Author:   ryanmay
Date:     2009-10-14 20:27:07 +0000 (Wed, 14 Oct 2009)

Log Message:
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Add AutoDateFormatter and AutoDateLocator to __all__ and to the module-level documentation.

Modified Paths:
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    branches/v0_99_maint/lib/matplotlib/dates.py

Modified: branches/v0_99_maint/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
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--- branches/v0_99_maint/lib/matplotlib/dates.py	2009-10-14 17:37:41 UTC (rev 7883)
+++ branches/v0_99_maint/lib/matplotlib/dates.py	2009-10-14 20:27:07 UTC (rev 7884)
@@ -72,11 +72,18 @@
       arbitrary date tick specifications.  See `rrule example
       <../examples/pylab_examples/date_demo_rrule.html>`_.
 
+    * :class:`AutoDateLocator`: On autoscale, this class picks the best
+      :class:`MultipleDateLocator` to set the view limits and the tick
+      locations.
+
 Date formatters
 ---------------
 
 Here all all the date formatters:
 
+    * :class:`AutoDateFormatter`: attempts to figure out the best format
+      to use.  This is most useful when used with the :class:`AutoDateLocator`.
+
     * :class:`DateFormatter`: use :func:`strftime` format strings
 
     * :class:`IndexDateFormatter`: date plots with implicit *x*
@@ -109,8 +116,9 @@
 
 __all__ = ( 'date2num', 'num2date', 'drange', 'epoch2num',
             'num2epoch', 'mx2num', 'DateFormatter',
-            'IndexDateFormatter', 'DateLocator', 'RRuleLocator',
-            'YearLocator', 'MonthLocator', 'WeekdayLocator',
+            'IndexDateFormatter', 'AutoDateFormatter', 'DateLocator',
+            'RRuleLocator', 'AutoDateLocator', 'YearLocator',
+            'MonthLocator', 'WeekdayLocator',
             'DayLocator', 'HourLocator', 'MinuteLocator',
             'SecondLocator', 'rrule', 'MO', 'TU', 'WE', 'TH', 'FR',
             'SA', 'SU', 'YEARLY', 'MONTHLY', 'WEEKLY', 'DAILY',


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