%pylab 
import numpy as np
from pandas import DataFrame
import datetime

test = DataFrame({'x' : [datetime.datetime(2012,9,10) + datetime.timedelta(n) for n in range(10)], 'y' : range(10)})
test

plot(test['x'], test['y'])

plot(test['x'])

plot(test['x'][0:5])

plot(test['y'][5:10])

plot(test['x'][5:10])

plot(test['y'][0:5])

plot(test['y'][5:10])

plot(np.asarray(test['x'][5:10]))

test['x'][5:10].plot()

test.plot(x='x', y='y') # only from pandas 0.8