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DateTime Axis Quickstart
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ScottPlot.Plot myPlot = new();
// begin with an array of DateTime values
DateTime[] dates = Generate.DateTime.Days(100);
// convert DateTime to OLE Automation (OADate) format
double[] xs = dates.Select(x => x.ToOADate()).ToArray();
double[] ys = Generate.RandomWalk(xs.Length);
myPlot.Add.Scatter(xs, ys);
// tell the plot to display dates on the bottom axis
myPlot.Axes.DateTimeTicks(Edge.Bottom);
myPlot.SavePng("datetime-axis-quickstart.png");