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After creating an association of time series as follows:

stocks = {"AAPL", "FB"};
prices = FinancialData[stocks, {{2019, 11, 1}, {2019, 11, 15}}];
stockPrices = AssociationThread[stocks, prices];

I plot with:

DateListPlot[Tooltip[stockPrices]]

Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to format the dates in the tooltip in a more conventional form, e.g. mm/dd/yy.

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Also, how can one create tooltips with just the value, excluding the date. The documentation for Tooltip is pretty thin.

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    $\begingroup$ DateListPlot[Tooltip[stockPrices]] /. Tooltip[pt_, {date_, price_}] :> Tooltip[pt, {DateString[ DateList@date, {"Month", "/", "Day", "/", "YearShort"}], price}] $\endgroup$
    – Bob Hanlon
    Nov 17, 2019 at 19:18

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Here's one way:

stocks = {"AAPL", "FB"};
prices = FinancialData[stocks, {{2019, 11, 1}, {2019, 11, 15}}];
stockPrices = AssociationThread[stocks, prices];
tooltip[expr : {date_, value_}] := Tooltip[expr, DateString[date]]

DateListPlot[
 (tooltip /@ Normal[#]) & /@ stockPrices
 ]

Tooltip demo

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  • $\begingroup$ that works and it's very easy to extend to create tooltips with just the value. $\endgroup$
    – Lee
    Nov 17, 2019 at 18:30
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An alternative procedure is to recognize that DateListPlot[] uses absolute time as the abscissa, and then construct a replacement rule using DateString[]. Using the same data as in C.E.'s answer:

DateListPlot[Tooltip[stockPrices]] /.
Tooltip[obj_, {at_, val_}] :> Tooltip[obj, DateString[at]]

Use the second argument of DateString[] if you want to modify the format used in the tooltips.

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  • $\begingroup$ Yes, that knowledge is helpful. The combination of ReplaceAll and RuleDelayed looks quite powerful. $\endgroup$
    – Lee
    Nov 18, 2019 at 11:04

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