Re: [Gnuplot-info] duplicate date labels

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

a) for your data you should use
   set timefmt "%m/%d/%Y"
b) the xtics are set in a 12h interval automatically, to change this set
   set xtics 24*60*60


digiplant wrote:
> 
> I am attempting to create a simple plot, in which my x-axis contains date
> information.  However, when I attempt to do so, each date tick label
> appears twice, 
> ie 04/01, 04/01, 04/02, 04/02, ... instead of 04/01, 04/02/, ...
> 
>  My commands to plot this are:
>> set xdata time
>> set timefmt "%m/%d/%y"
>> plot "data.txt" using 1:2
> 
> I've attached the file "data.txt" to this post.  How do I get the date
> tick labels to appear only once?
> 
> 
> Additional info:  if I put an x label on the x-axis, without first sending
> gnuplot the command "set format x "%m/%d"", I see the time "00:00:00"
> below the first label and "12:00:00" below the second.  These only appear
> if I put a label on x and don't give the x formatting command.
> 
>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p23024122/data.txt data.txt 
> 

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