date axis labels ugly and different functionality than ggplot (R)
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Description
Sorry if this has already been brought up, but default behavior for date axis labels is unacceptable to me, and is not handled the same way as in the R ggplot2. Please see the comparison.


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Start with the issue description and the two comparison screenshots to understand the reported date-axis label differences from R ggplot2. Locate plotnine's date-axis labeling entry point and existing tests, then define completion as default labels matching the expected ggplot2-style behavior shown in the comparison.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100