Re: timefmt specifier

[<pl...@pi...>]

On 03/28/10 01:03, pl...@pi... wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an additional problem/suggestion relating to a similar set of data
>
> F-00238    378  700323-700330     511.0  -28.8    516.6    11
>
> the date (range) is contained in $3 this one being 23rd March 1970 -
> 30th March 1970
>
> Unless I have missed a trick it does not seem possible to read this in
> with gnuplot (more awking required?)
>
> What would be useful is a dead text specifier. The useful data matches
> %y%m%d but I can't tell it to ignore the rest.
>
> A new specifier like %i to ignore the rest of the string would be useful
> (and easy to add ).
>
>    "%y%m%d-%i"
>
> Have I missed an easy way to handle this?
>
> TIA, Peter.
>

Oops, the error was not what I thought . This is readable.

Sorry for the noise.

/P/