Plotting data as bars with a date axis?

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The standard plot: ax.plot_date(dates,values) does a "dot"

    > plot

    > whereas

    > ax.plot_date(dates,values,'-') plots a line.

    > How, though, do I plot values as bars?

ax.bar(dates, values)
ax.xaxis_date()

JDH