\input{preamble-standalone.ltx}
\begin{document}

% Ex. No. 22 (Section  6.2.3 : Dates with \tkzname{np off})

\begin{tikzpicture}
 \tkzInit[xmin=2000,xmax=2004]
 \tkzDrawX
 \tikzset{xlabel style/.append style={rotate=-30}}
 \tkzLabelX[np off,below right=3 pt,inner sep =1pt]
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}