Re: [Gnuplot-info] question on date/time samples

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

Dave Draper wrote:

> I am working with Gnuplot 4.2 and have a datafile that contains first 
> column of date/time and then other columns of raw data.

> When I plot on dates from last week to current date the x-axis looks 
> great however when I plot from last year to current date too many dates 
> show up and I have tried different commands from xtic, autoscale to 
> others and no luck.  I do use xdata time, set timefmt “%Y-%m-%d. 

You'll have to be a lot more specific than that.  Please distill the 
problem down to a self-contained example case that is small enough to be 
put into email, and expand on what you mean when you say there are "too 
many dates" showing up.