[Bug]: Type hinting missing for datetime type in ax.plot and ax.errorbar #27140
Description
Bug summary
list of datetime passed to ax.plot results in a mypy error. The same error has been seen in ax.errorbar.
Code for reproduction
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from datetime import datetime
ax = plt.axes()
ax.plot([datetime.now()], [20.6], label="buggy")Actual outcome
Argument 1 to "plot" of "Axes" has incompatible type "list[datetime]"; expected "Union[float, Union[_SupportsArray[dtype[Any]], _NestedSequence[_SupportsArray[dtype[Any]]], bool, int, float, complex, str, bytes, _NestedSequence[Union[bool, int, float, complex, str, bytes]]], str]" [arg-type]
Expected outcome
no mypy errors
Additio 5CC2 nal information
No response
Operating system
Windows 11
Matplotlib Version
3.8.0
Matplotlib Backend
TkAgg
Python version
Python 3.9.13
Jupyter version
NA
Installation
pip