Re: [Gnuplot-info] Time format Illegal month

[Thomas S. <t.s...@fz...>]

set xrange ["8501":"0612"]

see 'help set xrange':
... If the data are time/date, you must give the range as
a quoted string according to the `set timefmt` format. ...


pacomet wrote:
> 
> Hi Gnuplot users
> 
> This is my first approach to gnuplot and I'm having a problem with
> time formats. I'm trying to plot a temperature time series like  YYMM
> TEMP
> 
> 8501 13.0900002
> 8502 12.71
> 8503 12.71
> 8504 13.6199999
> 8505 16.6499996
> 8506 18.6499996
> 8507 23.0400009
> 8508 22.9799995
> 8509 22.5100002
> 8510 22.2099991
> 8511 15.79
> 8512 14.7399998
> 8601 13.4099998
> 8602 12.3599997
> 8603 12.8199997
> 8604 13.0500002
> 
> with this settings in my script
> 
>   set autoscale xfix
>   set xlabel "Year"
>   set xdata time
>   set format x "%Y"
>   set timefmt "%y%m"
>   set xrange ["01/1985":"12/2006"]
> 
> I always get an error message saying:
> 
> line 0 : Illegal month
> 
> I've searched through the web and found this error comes mostly from
> data but I think my data file is right.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance
> 

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