Source code for pyspedas.tplot_tools.xlim

# Copyright 2018 Regents of the University of Colorado. All Rights Reserved.
# Released under the MIT license.
# This software was developed at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
# Verify current version before use at: https://github.com/MAVENSDC/PyTplot

import pyspedas
from pyspedas.tplot_tools import str_to_float_fuzzy

[docs] def xlim(min, max): """ This function will set the x axis range for all time series plots Parameters ---------- min : flt The time to start all time series plots. Can be given in seconds since epoch, or as a string in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" max : flt The time to end all time series plots. Can be given in seconds since epoch, or as a string in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" Returns ------- None Examples: --------- >>> # Set the timespan to be 2017-07-17 00:00:00 plus 1 day >>> import pyspedas >>> pyspedas.xlim(1500249600, 1500249600 + 86400) >>> # The same as above, but using different inputs >>> pyspedas.xlim("2017-07-17 00:00:00", "2017-07-18 00:00:00") """ if not isinstance(min, (int, float, complex)): min = str_to_float_fuzzy(min) if not isinstance(max, (int, float, complex)): max = str_to_float_fuzzy(max) if 'x_range' in pyspedas.tplot_tools.tplot_opt_glob: pyspedas.tplot_tools.tplot_opt_glob['x_range_last'] = pyspedas.tplot_tools.tplot_opt_glob['x_range'] pyspedas.tplot_tools.lim_info['xlast'] = pyspedas.tplot_tools.tplot_opt_glob['x_range'] else: pyspedas.tplot_tools.tplot_opt_glob['x_range_full'] = [min, max] pyspedas.tplot_tools.lim_info['xfull'] = [min, max] pyspedas.tplot_tools.lim_info['xlast'] = [min, max] pyspedas.tplot_tools.tplot_opt_glob['x_range'] = [min, max] return