timefmt specifier

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

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.