Error with xticks stacking on top of each other

Question

Purpose of the following code is to take the information of Time and Volume from the file: 'Pond 1 Data.txt' and present the information in graphical form.

Pond 1 Data.txt file docs link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jTbXyLk_V5H2DREcjVAMF3jFQ661qTfN5f8UEe_aXUM/edit?usp=sharing

I have been running data on notepad, here is a snippet of how text is supposed to look: Notepad snippet of txt file

Somewhere within either the x list or the xticks function an error occurs in the graph beginning with the "2020-11-20 23-00" value that makes all values/ticks after display as a single tick.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import datetime

with open('Pond 1 Data.txt', 'r+') as rf:
    x = [] 
    y = []
    for line in rf:
        lenline = len(line)
        if("Current_Time:" in line and lenline<=34):
            year = line[14:18]
            month = line[19:21]
            day = line[22:24]
            hour = line[25:27]
            minute = line[28:30]
            second = line[31:33]
            date = datetime.datetime(int(year), int(month), int(day), 
                   int(hour), int(minute))
            time = date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H-%M')
            x.append(time)
        if("Pond 1 volume:" in line): 
            line = line[15:38]
            line.strip("\n")
            data = float(line)
            y.append(data)
        elif("Pond 1 volume:" not in line or "Current_Time:" not in line):
            pass

plt.plot(x ,y)
plt.title("Pond 1 Time vs Volume")
plt.ylabel("Volume (ft^3)")
plt.yticks([0, 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000])
plt.xlabel("Date")
plt.xticks(["2020-03-20 23-00","2020-04-20 23-00","2020-05-20 23-00","2020-06-20 23-00",
            "2020-07-20 23-00","2020-08-20 23-00","2020-09-20 23-00","2020-10-20 23-00",
            "2020-11-20 23-00","2020-12-20 23-00","2021-01-20 23-00","2021-02-20 23-00",
            "2021-03-20 22-59"], 
           ['MAR 20, 2020', 'APR 20, 2020', 'MAY 20, 2020', 'JUN 20, 2020', 'JUL 20, 2020',
            'AUG 20, 2020', 'SEP 20, 2020', 'OCT 20, 2020', 'NOV 20, 2020', 'DEC 20, 2020',
            'JAN 20, 2021', 'FEB 20, 2021', 'MAR 20, 2021'],
            horizontalalignment = 'right',rotation = 40)

plt.savefig("Pond 1 Graph.png")
plt.show()

This is the output graph with current code:

Sample Data: Pond 1 Data.txt

ï»¿Current_Time: 2020-03-20 23:00:01
Pond 1 volume: 65249.99250000122
Pond 1 depth: 4.999999482758705
Current_Time: 2020-03-23 00:00:00
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 4.906645551100275e-07
Current_Time: 2020-03-24 22:00:02
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-03-26 21:00:04
Pond 1 volume: 7748.7820527009735
Pond 1 depth: 1.0343987622552395
Current_Time: 2020-03-28 23:00:04
Pond 1 volume: 7748.7820527009735
Pond 1 depth: 1.0343987622552395
Current_Time: 2020-03-31 00:00:04
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 1.0627778394201304e-07
Current_Time: 2020-04-01 23:00:06
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-04 01:00:06
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-06 03:00:06
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-08 05:00:06
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-10 03:00:08
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-12 02:00:09
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-14 02:00:10
Pond 1 volume: 24467.320199507853
Pond 1 depth: 2.187401393069507
Current_Time: 2020-04-16 04:00:10
Pond 1 volume: 24467.320199507853
Pond 1 depth: 2.187401393069507
Current_Time: 2020-04-18 06:00:10
Pond 1 volume: 24467.320199507853
Pond 1 depth: 2.187401393069507
Current_Time: 2020-04-20 04:00:12
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-22 05:00:12
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-04-24 04:00:14
Pond 1 volume: 0.49022313392073635
Pond 1 depth: 0.008222954699441502
Current_Time: 2020-04-26 06:00:14
Pond 1 volume: 3562.1240821853353
Pond 1 depth: 0.7009475441227898
Current_Time: 2020-04-28 07:00:14
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 1.19003228287754e-06
Current_Time: 2020-04-30 06:00:16
Pond 1 volume: 59.84725579932221
Pond 1 depth: 0.09085589635986642
Current_Time: 2020-05-02 08:00:16
Pond 1 volume: 59.84725579932221
Pond 1 depth: 0.09085589635986642
Current_Time: 2020-05-04 09:00:16
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 1.801407813705303e-07
Current_Time: 2020-05-06 08:00:18
Pond 1 volume: 12270.720485433509
Pond 1 depth: 1.346256585202311
Current_Time: 2020-05-08 10:00:18
Pond 1 volume: 12270.720485433509
Pond 1 depth: 1.346256585202311
Current_Time: 2020-05-10 12:00:18
Pond 1 volume: 12270.720485433509
Pond 1 depth: 1.346256585202311
Current_Time: 2020-05-12 14:00:18
Pond 1 volume: 12270.720485433509
Pond 1 depth: 1.346256585202311
Current_Time: 2020-05-14 16:00:18
Pond 1 volume: 12270.720485433509
Pond 1 depth: 1.346256585202311
Current_Time: 2020-05-16 18:00:18
Pond 1 volume: 12270.720485433509
Pond 1 depth: 1.346256585202311
Current_Time: 2020-05-18 17:00:19
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-05-20 16:00:21
Pond 1 volume: 1334.4376963800853
Pond 1 depth: 0.42902257739482025
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 32.91161347852669
Pond 1 depth: 0.06737605578831317
Current_Time: 2020-05-26 16:00:23
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 1.94734794258503e-07
Current_Time: 2020-05-28 14:00:25
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-05-30 16:00:25
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
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Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 115.47512614220015
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Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 7.9968710813635e-07
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Pond 1 volume: 3.608974735297746
Pond 1 depth: 0.02231119939989238
Current_Time: 2020-08-06 04:00:40
Pond 1 volume: 3.608974735297746
Pond 1 depth: 0.02231119939989238
Current_Time: 2020-08-08 06:00:40
Pond 1 volume: 3.608974735297746
Pond 1 depth: 0.02231119939989238
Current_Time: 2020-08-10 08:00:40
Pond 1 volume: 3.608974735297746
Pond 1 depth: 0.02231119939989238
Current_Time: 2020-08-12 09:00:40
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 2.163864400086919e-07
Current_Time: 2020-08-14 07:00:42
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-08-16 07:00:43
Pond 1 volume: 1140.5084386068434
Pond 1 depth: 0.39662514894211853
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Pond 1 volume: 1140.5084386068434
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Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 2.5319637547655963e-07
Current_Time: 2020-08-22 08:00:45
Pond 1 volume: 0
Pond 1 depth: 4.790932641530677e-07
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-08-30 08:00:49
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2020-09-01 07:00:51
Pond 1 volume: 57.014713440272224
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
Pond 1 depth: 0.3635883385815609
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
Pond 1 depth: 0.3635883385815609
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
Pond 1 depth: 0.3635883385815609
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
Pond 1 depth: 0.3635883385815609
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Pond 1 volume: 958.4244796556234
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 14538.399290361693
Pond 1 depth: 1.502648226921496
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Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
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Pond 1 volume: 881.0672483164242
Pond 1 depth: 0.34860653609644493
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Pond 1 volume: 881.0672483164242
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Pond 1 volume: 881.0672483164242
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Pond 1 volume: 511.579217622631
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Pond 1 volume: 6984.103154641852
Pond 1 depth: 0.9814909948919799
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Pond 1 volume: 6984.103154641852
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Pond 1 volume: 6984.103154641852
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Pond 1 volume: 6984.103154641852
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Pond 1 volume: 6984.103154641852
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Pond 1 volume: 6984.103154641852
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Pond 1 volume: 292.78769750145534
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Current_Time: 2021-03-14 07:01:36
Pond 1 volume: 1745.1311626213485
Pond 1 depth: 0.4906197576213802
Current_Time: 2021-03-16 06:01:37
Pond 1 volume: 0.0
Pond 1 depth: 0.0
Current_Time: 2021-03-18 05:01:38
Pond 1 volume: 4965.519068871698
Pond 1 depth: 0.8275863591875701
Current_Time: 2021-03-20 07:01:38
Pond 1 volume: 3587.585039846105
Pond 1 depth: 0.7034481614453492

@TrentonMcKinney Hopefully I have satisfied the suggested edits, though I don't know what "mre" is referring to. Also thank you for the help. — Riley Ellis, Mar 14 '23 at 20:12
`time = date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H-%M')` is the primary issue. You should plot a datetime on the x-axis, not a string. `x.append(date)`, and then format the xtick labels. — Trenton McKinney, Mar 14 '23 at 20:17
`import matplotlib.dates as mdates` `fig, ax = plt.subplots()` `ax.plot(x ,y)` `monthyearFmt = mdates.DateFormatter('%B %d, %Y')` `ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(monthyearFmt)` `_ = plt.xticks(rotation=45)` [See code and Plot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EKtgH.png) — Trenton McKinney, Mar 14 '23 at 20:25
The code is functional, but verbose: 1: `with open('d:/data/Pond 1 Data.txt', 'r+') as rf: data = rf.readlines()` 2: `time = list(map(datetime.fromisoformat, [v.split(': ')[1].strip() for v in data[0::3]]))` 3: `depth = list(map(float, [v.split(': ')[1].strip() for v in data[1::3]]))` 4: `vol = list(map(float, [v.split(': ')[1].strip() for v in data[2::3]]))` 5: `fig, ax = plt.subplots()` 6: `ax.plot(time, vol)` and then the axis formatting. [See code and plot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jttb4.png) — Trenton McKinney, Mar 14 '23 at 20:42
Incidentally, your program was missing the first Current_Time, because it was `'ï»¿Current_Time: 2020-03-20 23:00:01\n'` — Trenton McKinney, Mar 14 '23 at 21:01
@TrentonMcKinney Your code works exactly as I had wanted mine to work. Last question, how to assign the xticks to occur on the dates such as: Mar 20 2020, Apr 20 2020, etc? Or how to assign specific dates. — Riley Ellis, Mar 14 '23 at 21:30
As far as the format of the month, use %b instead of %B. How to pick specific dates might be a new question, though there’s probably an existing duplicate. — Trenton McKinney, Mar 14 '23 at 21:42
Add the following line `ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.MonthLocator(bymonthday=20, interval=1))` [Code and Plot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hEaV8.png) — Trenton McKinney, Mar 14 '23 at 22:13

Error with xticks stacking on top of each other

Sample Data: Pond 1 Data.txt

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