dateNtick.m

A function which allows multi-line dates to be displayed.

Description

A function which allows multi-line dates to be displayed. (uses 'datetick')
  
Tested under MATLAB 5.3.

• Acknowledgements: This submission has inspired the following:; dateNtick
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 5.3 (R11)

[Kevin Delaney]

Much needed! Thanks!

[Kevin Delaney]

Peter:
   Many thanks for providing this much-needed routine. I use it all the time & it makes plots much more professional-looking.

   I have two suggestions for small improvements:

   1) Within the "if write_another_line" section, change to this to automatically sense if y-axes are reversed:

  % Allow for reverse-direction y-axes.
  offset = .25 * abs(ylims(2)-ylims(1)) / yaxlinch;
                
  if strcmp(get(gca, 'YDir'), 'normal')
    yy = ylims(1) - offset;
  else
    yy = ylims(2) + offset;
  end

   2) Add a 'Tag' to the "additional" text line, so that it is erased when dateNtick is called a second time on the same plot:

  > Change the creation of text to this:
  text(xt-xlen, ypos, labels, ...
       'Color', get(gca, 'XColor'), ...
       'FontSize', get(gca, 'FontSize'), ...
       'Tag', 'dateNtick_labels');

  > Add this to beginning of function.
  % Get rid of old labels.
  delete(findobj('Parent', gca, ...
         'Tag', 'dateNtick_labels'));