ENH: autodecode pandas timestamps

jklymak · jklymak · commit 16ac8b7173f5 · 2018-03-01T12:26:23.000-08:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ def date2num(d):
     For details see the module docstring.
     """
 
+    if hasattr(d, "values"):
+        # this unpacks pandas datetime objects...
+        d = d.values
+
     if ((isinstance(d, np.ndarray) and np.issubdtype(d.dtype, np.datetime64))
             or isinstance(d, np.datetime64)):
         return _dt64_to_ordinalf(d)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/units.py b/lib/matplotlib/units.py
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ def get_converter(self, x):
         # DISABLED cached = self._cached.get(idx)
         # DISABLED if cached is not None: return cached
 
+        if hasattr(x, "values"):
+            # this unpacks pandas datetime objects...
+            x = x.values
+
         converter = None
         classx = getattr(x, '__class__', None)
 
