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Timestamp
The pygmt.Figure.timestamp
method can draw the GMT timestamp logo on the plot.
The timestamp will always be shown relative to the bottom-left corner of the plot. By
default, the offset
and justify
parameters are set to ("-54p", "-54p")
(x, y directions) and "BL"
(bottom-left), respectively.
import os
import pygmt
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.basemap(region=[20, 30, -10, 10], projection="X10c/5c", frame=True)
fig.timestamp()
fig.show()
![timestamp](../../_images/sphx_glr_timestamp_001.png)
Additionally, a custom label can be added via the label
parameter. The font can be
defined via the font
parameter and the timestamp string format via timefmt
.
os.environ["TZ"] = "Pacific/Honolulu" # optionally set the time zone
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.coast(region="d", projection="H10c", land="black", water="cornsilk", frame="afg")
fig.timestamp(
label="Powered by PyGMT",
justify="TL",
font="Times-Bold",
timefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z",
)
fig.show()
![timestamp](../../_images/sphx_glr_timestamp_002.png)
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