diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 809c3477..e9c29cee 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -790,12 +790,6 @@ abline!(args...; kw...) = abline!(current(), args...; kw...)
 # -------------------------------------------------
 # Dates
 
-@recipe function f{T<:AbstractArray{Date}}(::Type{T}, dts::T)
-    date_formatter = dt -> string(convert(Date, dt))
-    Formatted(map(dt->convert(Int,dt), dts), date_formatter)
-end
-
-@recipe function f{T<:AbstractArray{DateTime}}(::Type{T}, dts::T)
-    date_formatter = dt -> string(convert(DateTime, dt))
-    Formatted(map(dt->convert(Int,dt), dts), date_formatter)
+@recipe function f{T<:Union{Date,DateTime}}(::Type{T}, dt::T)
+    dt -> convert(Int,dt), dt -> string(convert(Date, dt))
 end
diff --git a/src/series.jl b/src/series.jl
index 86be6954..8b836af4 100644
--- a/src/series.jl
+++ b/src/series.jl
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ convertToAnyVector(v::Volume, d::KW) = Any[v], nothing
 # # vector of OHLC
 # convertToAnyVector(v::AVec{OHLC}, d::KW) = Any[v], nothing
 
-# dates
-convertToAnyVector{D<:Union{Date,DateTime}}(dts::AVec{D}, d::KW) = Any[dts], nothing
+# # dates
+# convertToAnyVector{D<:Union{Date,DateTime}}(dts::AVec{D}, d::KW) = Any[dts], nothing
 
 # list of things (maybe other vectors, functions, or something else)
 function convertToAnyVector(v::AVec, d::KW)