[Matplotlib-users] Specify plot xticks

Hello,

 

I am fairly new to Matplotlib and appreciate your help with my question:


 

I am looking to generate a time series trend plots and include as my
xtick labels a selective list of strings. For ex: Month/Year label for
data corresponding to the 1st day of each month. I may be plotting 365
days of data but want to show only 12 xtick labels. 

 

Would it be possible to specify grid lines for every 7 days of data for
instance? This makes the grid line locations different from the xtick
label locations. 

 

I am sure there is support for such a feature in Matplotlib. I did look
through the docs/forums but could not find much help.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks,
Shankar