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# Perfect Pivoting with Dates

You can perfect pivot dates by placing different date levels on different worksheet shelves simultaneously. Place the date field on a variety of shelves and then select the desired date level from the fields' context menus.

For example, the following line chart displays years as column headers and then color-encodes the marks by quarter.

![A line chart that displays sales by quarter from 2012 to 2015.](/tableau/current/en-us/public/desktop/en-us/Img/dates_7.png)

You can separate the marks by month and by quarter as shown below.

![A line chart that shows sales by month and quarter from 2012 to 2015.](/tableau/current/en-us/public/desktop/en-us/Img/dates_8.png)