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Of course, the ggplot2 can also visualize time series. This section introduces the relevant ggplot2 syntax.

Plot multiple time series data

Format date axis labels

Key function: scale_x_date().

To format date axis labels, you can use different combinations of days, weeks, months and years:

  • Weekday name: use %a and %A for abbreviated and full weekday name, respectively
  • Month name: use %b and %B for abbreviated and full month name, respectively
  • %d: day of the month as decimal number
  • %Y: Year with century.
  • See more options in the documentation of the function ?strptime
# Format : month/year
p + scale_x_date(date_labels = "%b/%Y")