title: ImportError: matplotlib requires dateutil; import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
body: <p>Am new to progamming and Python, i keep getting the error below when i run my program. Someone advised i should use pip to solve it. But cant pip get installed using the cmd. Though i suceeded using Powershell but still cant make it work. How do i solve this, any tips will go along way. Thanks</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;pyshell#0&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      from satmc import satmc
    File "C:\Python27\starb_models_grid1\satmc.py", line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
      import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 110, in &lt;module&gt;
      raise ImportError("matplotlib requires dateutil")
  ImportError: matplotlib requires dateutil
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am using version 2.7.3</p>