Re: [Gnuplot-bugs] Incorrect date calculation

[Robert M. <rob...@ya...>]

> Only if you use the wrong data input function to
> access them.  If  reading them as plain numbers was
> the right idea, why do you think the "%s" format
> was added to timefmt?

>From the original post
> set format x "%D %a"
> set timefmt "%s"
> set xdata time
> # The following plots correctly
> plot '-' using 1:2
> 1170316800 32.1089031339031
> 1170403200 31.7189458689459
> e
> # The following plots with the dates 30 years off
> plot '-' using ($1):2
> 1170316800 32.1089031339031
> 1170403200 31.7189458689459
> e

I was not reading them as plain numbers, I was reading
them as time values.  I did set timefmt %s and set
xdata time.

I will look at timecolumn.  Do you have an example of
it's use?  Maybe the documentation for "commands set
timefmt" should reference timecolumn.




 
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