Thank you Jim,
                          I was trying few options  but was not able to get
it done.
Thanks a lot.
with best regards,
Sudheer


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:40 AM, jim holtman <jholtman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Forgot the year on the plot:
>
>
> n <- 100
> x <- data.frame(time = seq(from = as.Date('2010-1-1')
>                      , to = as.Date('2012-1-1')
>                      , length = n
>                      )
>              , val = runif(n)
>              )
> plot(x$time, x$val, type = 'l', main = 'Default')
> # now plot with your own axis with the first character of month in the
> center
> # create sequence of start of month
> plot(x$time, x$val, type = 'l', main = 'Manual Labels', xaxt = 'n')
>
> monthTick <- seq(from = as.Date(format(min(x$time), "%Y-%m-1"))
>             , to = as.Date(format(max(x$time), "%Y-%m-1"))
>             , by = '1 month'
>             )
> # create tick marks
> axis(1, at = monthTick, labels = FALSE)
> # add months
> mtext(substring(months(monthTick), 1, 1)
>     , at = monthTick + 15
>     , side = 1
>     )
> # add the year
> yearTick <- seq(from = min(monthTick)
>             , to = max(monthTick)
>             , by = '1 year'
>             )
> mtext(format(yearTick, "%Y"), at = yearTick + 182, line = 1, side = 1)
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:01 PM, jim holtman <jholtman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Try this:
>>
>> n <- 100
>> x <- data.frame(time = seq(from = as.Date('2010-1-1')
>>                      , to = as.Date('2012-1-1')
>>                      , length = n
>>                      )
>>              , val = runif(n)
>>              )
>> plot(x$time, x$val, type = 'l', main = 'Default')
>> # now plot with your own axis with the first character of month in the
>> center
>> plot(x$time, x$val, type = 'l', main = 'Manual Labels', xaxt = 'n')
>>
>> # create sequence of start of month
>> monthTick <- seq(from = as.Date(format(min(x$time), "%Y-%m-1"))
>>             , to = as.Date(format(max(x$time), "%Y-%m-1"))
>>             , by = '1 month'
>>             )
>>
>> # create tick marks
>> axis(1, at = monthTick, labels = FALSE)
>> # add months
>>
>> mtext(substring(months(monthTick), 1, 1)
>>     , at = monthTick + 15
>>     , side = 1
>>     )
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Sudheer Joseph <sjo.india@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>                                I rechecked it , I had attached the plot
>>> but it may have been blocked due to site policies. So  here is the link.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3heUQNme7G5RUxhYkN3NUQzdlk/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:12 PM, jim holtman <jholtman@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> There was not attached plot or data.  Plot without the x-axis (probably
>>>> xaxt = 'n') and then use "axis" to create your own ticks.   It would be
>>>> helpful if you had supplied data using 'dput'.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Sudheer Joseph <sjo.india@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Attached is a plot with a time series. If I have a time series object
>>>>> in R.
>>>>> How do I get the plot in the attached format of time axis?. When I
>>>>> issue
>>>>> plot(ts) I get a time series plot with tic only for years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> with best regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Sudheer
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Data Munger Guru
>>>>
>>>> What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
>>>> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> with best regards
>>>
>>> Sudheer
>>>
>>>
>>> **********************************************************************************
>>> Dr. Sudheer Joseph
>>>
>>> Scientist
>>>
>>> INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES (INCOIS)
>>> MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
>>> "OCEAN VALLEY" PRAGATHI NAGAR (BO)
>>> OPP.JNTU, NIZAMPET SO
>>> Andhra Pradesh, India. PIN- 500 090.
>>> TEl:+91-40-23044600(R),Tel:+91-9440832534(Mobile)
>>> Tel:+91-40-23886047(O),Fax:+91-40-23892910(O)
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>>>            --------------* ---------------
>>> "The ultimate measure of a man is
>>> not where he stands in moments of
>>> comfort and convenience, but where
>>> he stands at times of challenge and
>>> controversy."
>>>                         Martin Luther King, Jr.
>>> "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us.
>>> What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."
>>> - Albert Pines
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Holtman
>> Data Munger Guru
>>
>> What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
>> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Holtman
> Data Munger Guru
>
> What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
> Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it.
>



-- 
with best regards

Sudheer

**********************************************************************************
Dr. Sudheer Joseph

Scientist

INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES (INCOIS)
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
"OCEAN VALLEY" PRAGATHI NAGAR (BO)
OPP.JNTU, NIZAMPET SO
Andhra Pradesh, India. PIN- 500 090.
TEl:+91-40-23044600(R),Tel:+91-9440832534(Mobile)
Tel:+91-40-23886047(O),Fax:+91-40-23892910(O)
E-mail: sudheer.joseph@yahoo.com;  sjo@incois.gov.in.
Web- http://oppamthadathil.tripod.com
           --------------* ---------------
"The ultimate measure of a man is
not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where
he stands at times of challenge and
controversy."
                        Martin Luther King, Jr.
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us.
What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."
- Albert Pines

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