output of plotted points

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Hi,

I am working on some data data in "%Y/%m/%d" format followed by a space 
and a final f.p. variable

Gnuplot does a good job of converting various timedate formats and it 
plots fine. However, I need to do some preprocessing before plotting and 
dealing with all the leap years, leap centuries and leap seconds is a pain.

I was trying to find whether gnuplot can output a simple list of the 
points it is plotting as f.p. text.

Is there a terminal or some means that can do this? This would at least 
be very useful for debugging gnuplot so I'm guessing it can already do 
this.

something like : set term numbers ?

If not , would this be a useful addition?

regards, Peter.