Re: unix epoch data wrapping

[wino <wi...@pi...>]

On 03/29/10 11:10, Tait wrote:
>> I have just tried a quick plot of some historical C14 data and got the
>> the plot split in two.
>> ...
>> I'm reading it with :
>> set timefmt  "%d-%b-%y"
>> ...
>> This presumably has something to do with unix year zero. ...
>
> Perhaps the most sensible thing to do -- both for gnuplot and for
> Peter -- is to simply change the format to %Y. Gnuplot will, I assume,
> interpret this as the literal year 68 (as in the first century),
> and the user can add 1900 years (or 2000 years, or 1800, or whatever)
> in the using statement. For data sets spanning a century division, a
> (condition? true-cond : false-cond) will work in the using statement to
> make the division.
>
> Tait
>
>
Excellent idea , I'll give it a try. ;)

In the context maybe just letting gnuplot label the axis in two digits 
would be fine.

Thanks for the bright idea.

Peter.