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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Rectangle patch added to a datetime x-axis is plotted with the wrong width","articleBody":"### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nWhen adding a `Rectangle` patch to a plot with a datetime x-axis the width of the patch is plotted wrong.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```\r\nimport pandas as pd\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as mpp\r\nimport matplotlib.patches as patches\r\nimport datetime\r\n\r\ndata = pd.DataFrame({\"Timestamp\":pd.date_range(start=datetime.datetime(2018,1,30,0,0,0),end=datetime.datetime(2018,2,8,0,0,0),freq='d'),\"Requests\":[5,4,7,3,5,4,5,6,7,8]})\r\nfig,ax = mpp.subplots()\r\nax.plot(data.Timestamp,data.Requests)\r\nax.add_patch(patches.Rectangle((datetime.datetime(2018,2,2,0,0,0),ax.get_ylim()[0]),datetime.datetime(2018,2,2,0,0,0)+datetime.timedelta(days=2),ax.get_ylim()[1]))\r\nfig.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\nI'm expecting a patch with a width of two days to appear on the plot, instead the patch fills the whole plot to the right rim.\r\n\r\nCalling `ax.patches[0].get_width()` correctly returns `datetime.datetime(2018, 2, 4, 0, 0)`.\r\n\r\nIt doesn't matter if you use `datetime.datetime`, `np.datetime64`, or `pd.Timestamp`, the results are the same.\r\n\r\nEDIT: To get the correct width of two days, width really just has to set to 2. \r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n  * Operating system: Windows 10\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 2.1.2\r\n  * Matplotlib backend: Qt5Agg\r\n  * Python version: 3.6.4\r\n  * Other libraries: Pandas 0.22.0, Numpy 1.13.3\r\n\r\nLibraries installed with Conda, channels: defaults, conda-forge, anaconda-fusion\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Khris777","@type":"Person","name":"Khris777"},"datePublished":"2018-01-30T08:43:25.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/10349/matplotlib/issues/10349"}