if (!isVerticalTickLabels()) {
            // all tick labels have the same width (equal to the height of
            // the font)...
            result += lm.getHeight();
        }
        else {
            // look at lower and upper bounds...
            DateRange range = (DateRange) getRange();
            Date lower = range.getLowerDate();
            Date upper = range.getUpperDate();
            String lowerStr = null;
            String upperStr = null;
            DateFormat formatter = getDateFormatOverride();
            if (formatter != null) {
                lowerStr = formatter.format(lower);
                upperStr = formatter.format(upper);
            }
            else {
                lowerStr = unit.dateToString(lower);
                upperStr = unit.dateToString(upper);
            }
            FontMetrics fm = g2.getFontMetrics(tickLabelFont);
            double w1 = fm.stringWidth(lowerStr);
            double w2 = fm.stringWidth(upperStr);
            result += Math.max(w1, w2);