diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
index ca8e1cb90732..9eb46bb32fe4 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
@@ -140,11 +140,20 @@ def test_bar(self):
         fig, ax = plt.subplots()
         ax.bar(...)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for bar_label not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")
     def test_bar_label(self):
-        fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-        ax.bar_label(...)
+        # Generate some example data with dateTime inputs
+        date_list = [datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 1) +
+                     datetime.timedelta(days=i) for i in range(5)]
+        values = [10, 20, 15, 25, 30]
+
+        # Creating the plot
+        fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1, figsize=(10, 8), layout='constrained')
+        bars = ax.bar(date_list, values)
+
+        # Add labels to the bars using bar_label
+        ax.bar_label(bars, labels=[f'{val}%' for val in values],
+                     label_type='edge', color='black')
 
     @mpl.style.context("default")
     def test_barbs(self):