How to set start date in line plot?

Hi,

I was wondering how to set the start date of the plot to be march for example.

t = datetime(2013,01,01):calmonths(1):datetime(2013,12,31);
[y,m,d] = ymd(t);
x = month(t,'shortname');
h = datetime(x,'Format','MMM');
z = rand(1,12);

plot(t,z,'DatetimeTickFormat','MMM')

Thanks!

Answer 1

[dpb]

 xl=xlim;                              % retrieve current limits
 xlim([datetime(2013,03,01) xl(2)])    % set beginning x-limit to 3/1/2013, keep end as is

Salt to suit...

[peterhack]

Any way to get rid of the single 2013 in the plot?

[dpb]

???? No idea what you mean?