Merge pull request #22610 from timhoffm/epoch2num

tacaswell · web-flow · commit cf5db838b64c · 2022-03-05T22:13:29.000-05:00
DOC: Fix alternative suggestion in epoch2num() deprecation
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
@@ -1737,7 +1737,8 @@ def _get_interval(self):
 
 @_api.deprecated(
     "3.5",
-    alternative="`date2num(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(e))<.date2num>`")
+    alternative="``[date2num(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(t)) for t in e]`` or "
+                "numpy.datetime64 types")
 def epoch2num(e):
     """
     Convert UNIX time to days since Matplotlib epoch.
