Date Range as ggplot2 Plot Axis Limits in R (Example Code)

set.seed(589673)
my_df <- data.frame(dates = seq(as.Date("2025-05-10"),  # Construct example data
                            by = "day",
                            length.out = 6),
                    values = rnorm(6))
my_df                                                   # Display example data in RStudio console
#        dates     values
# 1 2025-05-10  0.9753311
# 2 2025-05-11 -0.5530573
# 3 2025-05-12  0.1372695
# 4 2025-05-13 -1.4207424
# 5 2025-05-14 -0.8352222
# 6 2025-05-15  0.1896417

set.seed(589673) my_df <- data.frame(dates = seq(as.Date("2025-05-10"), # Construct example data by = "day", length.out = 6), values = rnorm(6)) my_df # Display example data in RStudio console # dates values # 1 2025-05-10 0.9753311 # 2 2025-05-11 -0.5530573 # 3 2025-05-12 0.1372695 # 4 2025-05-13 -1.4207424 # 5 2025-05-14 -0.8352222 # 6 2025-05-15 0.1896417

install.packages("ggplot2")                             # Install ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2")                                      # Load ggplot2

install.packages("ggplot2") # Install ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") # Load ggplot2

my_plot <- ggplot(my_df,                                # Draw plot with default axes
                  aes(x = dates,
                      y = values)) +
  geom_line()
my_plot

my_plot <- ggplot(my_df, # Draw plot with default axes aes(x = dates, y = values)) + geom_line() my_plot

install.packages("scales")                              # Install & load scales package
library("scales")

install.packages("scales") # Install & load scales package library("scales")

my_plot +                                               # Define axis limits
  scale_x_date(limits = as.Date(c("2025-05-11", "2025-05-14")))

my_plot + # Define axis limits scale_x_date(limits = as.Date(c("2025-05-11", "2025-05-14")))