load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/contrib/time_axis_labels.ncl"


begin

times_a =(/	1003920, 1003926, 1003932, 1003938, \
			1003944, 1003950, 1003956, 1003962, \
			1003968, 1003974, 1003980, 1003986, \
			1003992, 1003998, 1004004, 1004010 \
		/)

times_a@units = "hours since 1901-01-01 00:00:00"
	
plotres = True

;;; create the time axis labels
restick = True
restick@ttmFormat = "%c-%D %H"
print(times_a)
time_axis_labels(times_a,plotres,restick)
print(plotres@tmXBLabels)
		
		


end