如何在R中更改日期时间序列的x轴标签间隔

Question

我创建了一个在x轴上具有时间序列并在y轴上计数值的图表。 我想知道如何更改时间序列x轴上的间隔，以使时间间隔为每3小时一次。 我不确定如何将类似at = seq（0,100,10）的简单方法应用于时间序列。 其次，是否可以对数据集中未使用的时间使用文本标签？ 即下面的示例数据以10分钟为间隔，从09:29开始，但是是否有可能使用x轴上的小时值呢？ 我假设这样做的唯一方法是手动在文本字符串中列出时间，但想知道我是否丢失了什么？ 任何建议将不胜感激。

示例数据：

> dput(df)
structure(list(datetime = structure(c(1396603740, 1396604340, 
1396604940, 1396605540, 1396606140, 1396606740, 1396607340, 1396607940, 
1396608540, 1396609140, 1396609740, 1396610340, 1396610940, 1396611540, 
1396612140, 1396612740, 1396613340, 1396613940, 1396614540, 1396615140, 
1396615740, 1396616340, 1396616940, 1396617540, 1396618140, 1396618740, 
1396619340, 1396619940, 1396620540, 1396621140, 1396621740, 1396622340, 
1396622940, 1396623540, 1396624140, 1396624740, 1396625340, 1396625940, 
1396626540, 1396627140, 1396627740, 1396628340, 1396628940, 1396629540, 
1396630140, 1396630740, 1396631340, 1396631940, 1396632540, 1396633140, 
1396633740, 1396634340, 1396634940, 1396635540, 1396636140, 1396636740, 
1396637340, 1396637940, 1396638540, 1396639140, 1396639740, 1396640340, 
1396640940, 1396641540, 1396642140, 1396642740, 1396643340, 1396643940, 
1396644540, 1396645140, 1396645740, 1396646340, 1396646940, 1396647540
), class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt"), tzone = "UTC"), count = c(46, 
45, 47, 43, 49, 46, 46, 44, 44, 44, 45, 49, 50, 46, 45, 43, 47, 
48, 48, 46, 47, 46, 46, 44, 46, 44, 45, 49, 44, 46, 44, 48, 44, 
42, 44, 50, 44, 44, 48, 43, 43, 46, 44, 49, 49, 44, 42, 45, 45, 
48, 46, 45, 46, 43, 40, 50, 39, 42, 48, 44, 44, 46, 43, 47, 46, 
41, 43, 43, 46, 48, 45, 48, 43, 42)), .Names = c("datetime", 
"count"), row.names = c(NA, -74L), class = "data.frame")

>head(df)
             datetime count
1 2014-04-04 09:29:00    46
2 2014-04-04 09:39:00    45
3 2014-04-04 09:49:00    47
4 2014-04-04 09:59:00    43
5 2014-04-04 10:09:00    49
6 2014-04-04 10:19:00    46

示例代码（用于绘制所有日期时间）：

#Convert datetime character string to POSIXct format
df$datetime = as.POSIXct(strptime(df$datetime, format="%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"), tz="UTC")

plot(df$datetime, df$count, axes=FALSE)
axis(2,las=2)
axis.POSIXct(1, at=df$datetime, labels=format(df$datetime, “%H:%M")) #datetime format can be changed as desired
lines(df$datetime, df$count, col="grey22")

Answer 1

首先，让我们更正axis.POSIXct调用：

axis.POSIXct(1, at=df$datetime, format="%H:%M")

通过参数format您可以定义时间格式，而不必一一格式化每个标签。 at参数是我们将用来定义刻度线的位置的参数。

首先，您可以使用应用于POSIXt对象的seq定义日期序列（请参阅?seq.POSIXt ），在其中可以为自变量by提供自定义名称，例如"3 hours" ：

一个字符串，包含“秒”，“分钟”，“小时”，“天”，“ DSTday”，“星期”，“月”或“年”之一。 可以选择在其前跟一个（正数或负数）整数和一个空格，或后跟“ s”。

因此：

seq(df$datetime[1], tail(seq$datetime,1), by="3 hours")
# [1] "2014-04-04 09:29:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 12:29:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 15:29:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 18:29:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 21:29:00 UTC"

现在，要使序列从一个小时开始，就需要使用round （请参见?round.POSIXt ）：

round(df$datetime[1], "hour")
# [1] "2014-04-04 09:00:00 UTC"
seq(round(df$datetime[1],"hour"), tail(df$datetime,1), by="3 hours")
# [1] "2014-04-04 09:00:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 12:00:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 15:00:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 18:00:00 UTC" "2014-04-04 21:00:00 UTC"

总而言之，您的代码变为：

df <- structure(list(datetime = structure(c(1396603740, 1396604340, 1396604940, 1396605540, 1396606140, 1396606740, 1396607340, 1396607940, 1396608540, 1396609140, 1396609740, 1396610340, 1396610940, 1396611540, 1396612140, 1396612740, 1396613340, 1396613940, 1396614540, 1396615140, 1396615740, 1396616340, 1396616940, 1396617540, 1396618140, 1396618740, 1396619340, 1396619940, 1396620540, 1396621140, 1396621740, 1396622340, 1396622940, 1396623540, 1396624140, 1396624740, 1396625340, 1396625940, 1396626540, 1396627140, 1396627740, 1396628340, 1396628940, 1396629540, 1396630140, 1396630740, 1396631340, 1396631940, 1396632540, 1396633140, 1396633740, 1396634340, 1396634940, 1396635540, 1396636140, 1396636740, 1396637340, 1396637940, 1396638540, 1396639140, 1396639740, 1396640340, 1396640940, 1396641540, 1396642140, 1396642740, 1396643340, 1396643940, 1396644540, 1396645140, 1396645740, 1396646340, 1396646940, 1396647540), class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt"), tzone = "UTC"), count = c(46, 45, 47, 43, 49, 46, 46, 44, 44, 44, 45, 49, 50, 46, 45, 43, 47, 48, 48, 46, 47, 46, 46, 44, 46, 44, 45, 49, 44, 46, 44, 48, 44, 42, 44, 50, 44, 44, 48, 43, 43, 46, 44, 49, 49, 44, 42, 45, 45, 48, 46, 45, 46, 43, 40, 50, 39, 42, 48, 44, 44, 46, 43, 47, 46, 41, 43, 43, 46, 48, 45, 48, 43, 42)), .Names = c("datetime", "count"), row.names = c(NA, -74L), class = "data.frame")
plot(df$datetime, df$count, axes=FALSE)
axis(2,las=2)
axis.POSIXct(1, at=seq(from=round(df$datetime[1],"hour"),
                       to=tail(df$datetime,1),
                       by="3 hours"),
                format="%H:%M")
lines(df$datetime, df$count, col="grey22")