diff --git a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/date/DateChart08.java b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/date/DateChart08.java
index 7a9d7cf230916a80ef9ca8773d9662d8942c4208..4c27ea599e92d7133e34e7cfa1acc64cb81aa535 100644
--- a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/date/DateChart08.java
+++ b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/date/DateChart08.java
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ import com.xeiam.xchart.demo.charts.ExampleChart;
 
 /**
  * Year scale
+ * <p>
+ * Demonstrates the following:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>Rotated X-Axis labels
+ * <li>Setting a custom date formatter String
  */
 public class DateChart08 implements ExampleChart {
 
@@ -47,11 +52,6 @@ public class DateChart08 implements ExampleChart {
     Chart chart = new ChartBuilder().width(800).height(600).title("Year Scale").build();
     chart.getStyleManager().setLegendVisible(false);
     chart.getStyleManager().setXAxisLabelRotation(45);
-    // chart.getStyleManager().setXAxisLabelRotation(90);
-    // chart.getStyleManager().setXAxisLabelRotation(20);
-    // chart.getStyleManager().setXAxisLabelRotation(80);
-    // chart.getStyleManager().setXAxisLabelAlignment(TextAlignment.Right);
-    chart.getStyleManager().setDatePattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
 
     // generate data
     List<Date> xData = new ArrayList<Date>();
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java
index b0694c72b3c1e7bf5ba161ce40572ce9ad092d3b..68de6dd23a66274bce8f1b6ff7029084933e5351 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.xeiam.xchart.internal.chartpart;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Shape;
 import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
@@ -159,27 +158,27 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
           getChartPainter().getWidth()
 
-              - width // y-axis approx. width
+          - width // y-axis approx. width
 
-              - chartLegendWidth
+          - chartLegendWidth
 
-              - 2
-          * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
+          - 2
+              * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
 
-              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
+          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
 
-              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
-                  .getChartPadding() : 0)
+          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
+              .getChartPadding() : 0)
 
-      ;
+              ;
 
       double height =
           getChartPainter().getHeight() - yOffset - axisPair.getXAxis().getXAxisHeightHint(approximateXAxisWidth) - getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()
-          - getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
+              - getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
       Rectangle2D yAxisRectangle = new Rectangle2D.Double(xOffset, yOffset, width, height);
       this.paintZone = yAxisRectangle;
-      g.setColor(Color.green);
-      g.draw(yAxisRectangle);
+      // g.setColor(Color.green);
+      // g.draw(yAxisRectangle);
 
       // fill in Axis with sub-components
       axisTitle.paint(g);
@@ -191,8 +190,8 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
       height = paintZone.getHeight();
       bounds = new Rectangle2D.Double(xOffset, yOffset, width, height);
 
-      g.setColor(Color.yellow);
-      g.draw(bounds);
+      // g.setColor(Color.yellow);
+      // g.draw(bounds);
 
     }
     else { // X-Axis
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
       double xOffset =
           axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getWidth() + (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding() : 0)
-              + getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
+          + getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
       double yOffset = axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getY() + axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getHeight() + getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding();
 
       double chartLegendWidth = 0;
@@ -214,27 +213,27 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
           getChartPainter().getWidth()
 
-              - axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getWidth() // y-axis was already painted
+          - axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getWidth() // y-axis was already painted
 
-              - chartLegendWidth
+          - chartLegendWidth
 
-              - 2
-          * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
+          - 2
+              * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
 
-              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
+          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
 
-              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
-                  .getChartPadding() : 0)
+          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
+              .getChartPadding() : 0)
 
-      ;
+              ;
 
       double height = this.getXAxisHeightHint(width);
       Rectangle2D xAxisRectangle = new Rectangle2D.Double(xOffset, yOffset, width, height);
 
       // the paint zone
       this.paintZone = xAxisRectangle;
-      g.setColor(Color.green);
-      g.draw(xAxisRectangle);
+      // g.setColor(Color.green);
+      // g.draw(xAxisRectangle);
 
       // now paint the X-Axis given the above paint zone
       axisTitle.paint(g);
@@ -242,8 +241,8 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
       bounds = paintZone;
 
-      g.setColor(Color.yellow);
-      g.draw(bounds);
+      // g.setColor(Color.yellow);
+      // g.draw(bounds);
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
index d651c916943cf31aec42aae5f00715b1876e2eb7..b6dd5812f996755f7abee2bc0d5ec121b30d52bb 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.xeiam.xchart.internal.chartpart;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Shape;
 import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ public class AxisTickLabels implements ChartPart {
 
           FontRenderContext frc = g.getFontRenderContext();
           TextLayout textLayout = new TextLayout(tickLabel, getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getAxisTickLabelsFont(), frc);
-          System.out.println(textLayout.getOutline(null).getBounds().toString());
+          // System.out.println(textLayout.getOutline(null).getBounds().toString());
 
           // Shape shape = v.getOutline();
           AffineTransform rot = AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(-1 * Math.toRadians(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getXAxisLabelRotation()), 0, 0);
@@ -165,14 +164,9 @@ public class AxisTickLabels implements ChartPart {
           default:
             xPos = shiftedTickLocation - tickLabelBounds.getWidth() / 2.0;
           }
-          System.out.println("tickLabelBounds: " + tickLabelBounds.toString());
-          // double shift = tickLabelBounds.getWidth() * Math.sin(Math.toRadians(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getXAxisLabelRotation()));
+          // System.out.println("tickLabelBounds: " + tickLabelBounds.toString());
           double shiftX = -1 * tickLabelBounds.getX() * Math.sin(Math.toRadians(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getXAxisLabelRotation()));
-          // double shiftY = textLayout.getOutline(null).getBounds().getHeight() * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getXAxisLabelRotation()));
-          // double shiftY = 0;
           double shiftY = -1 * (tickLabelBounds.getY() + tickLabelBounds.getHeight());
-          // double shift = tickLabelBounds.getWidth() / 2.0;
-          // double shift = 0;
           System.out.println(shiftX);
           System.out.println("shiftY: " + shiftY);
           at.translate(xPos + shiftX, yOffset + shiftY);
@@ -181,10 +175,10 @@ public class AxisTickLabels implements ChartPart {
           g.fill(shape);
           g.setTransform(orig);
 
-          // debug box
-          g.setColor(Color.MAGENTA);
-          g.draw(new Rectangle2D.Double(xPos, yOffset - tickLabelBounds.getHeight(), tickLabelBounds.getWidth(), tickLabelBounds.getHeight()));
-          g.setColor(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getAxisTickLabelsColor());
+          // // debug box
+          // g.setColor(Color.MAGENTA);
+          // g.draw(new Rectangle2D.Double(xPos, yOffset - tickLabelBounds.getHeight(), tickLabelBounds.getWidth(), tickLabelBounds.getHeight()));
+          // g.setColor(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getAxisTickLabelsColor());
 
           if (tickLabelBounds.getHeight() > maxTickLabelHeight) {
             maxTickLabelHeight = tickLabelBounds.getHeight();