diff --git a/examples/misc/load_converter.py b/examples/misc/load_converter.py
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-"""
-==============
-Load converter
-==============
-
-This example demonstrates passing a custom converter to `numpy.genfromtxt` to
-extract dates from a CSV file.
-"""
-
-import dateutil.parser
-from matplotlib import cbook
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import numpy as np
-
-
-datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('msft.csv', asfileobj=False)
-print('loading', datafile)
-
-data = np.genfromtxt(
-    datafile, delimiter=',', names=True,
-    dtype=None, converters={0: dateutil.parser.parse})
-
-fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-ax.plot(data['Date'], data['High'], '-')
-fig.autofmt_xdate()
-plt.show()