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scenarios in plotting time series data using ggplot2 with custom x-axis format

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ggplot2 data-visualization time-series R

I'm optimizing some code but I'm testing a new approach and I'm trying to create a time series plot using ggplot2 in R, but I'm working with an scenario with formatting the x-axis. I have a data frame with a date column and a corresponding value column. The dates are in `Date` format, but when I plot them, the x-axis labels are not displaying correctly. I'm using ggplot2 version 3.3.5 and the code snippet below: ```r library(ggplot2) # Sample data frame set.seed(123) dates <- seq(as.Date('2021-01-01'), by = 'month', length.out = 12) values <- rnorm(12, mean = 100, sd = 10) data <- data.frame(Date = dates, Value = values) # Attempting to create the plot p <- ggplot(data, aes(x = Date, y = Value)) + geom_line() + scale_x_date(date_labels = '%b %Y', date_breaks = '1 month') + theme_minimal() print(p) ``` However, I get the following warning message: `Warning: The `date_labels` argument is not a recognized scale. Ignoring.` The plot still renders, but the x-axis doesn’t show the month-year labels I expected; it just displays in a default format. I've tried updating the ggplot2 package and checking for conflicts with other libraries, but nothing seems to work. Is there a specific way to ensure the x-axis labels are formatted correctly for a time series plot in ggplot2? Any help would be greatly appreciated! What am I doing wrong? My development environment is Linux. Thanks in advance! Thanks for your help in advance! This is happening in both development and production on Debian. Could someone point me to the right documentation?