#298 NBER recession dates

[Artur Tarassow]

I just realized that with latest git version and time-series data, Gretl fails to show the NBER recession dates.

For replication:

open denmark.gdt
gnuplot LRM --with-lines --time-series --output=display

Left-click into the plot -> Edit -> Activate "Show bars (NBER recession)

This yields the error message "Dates files does not conform to the specification"

The same applies when using an annual dataset, e.g. hendry_jae.gdt.

I am pretty sure this is a recent bug.

Artur

[Sven Schreiber]

I see this on a recent Windows snapshot as well. I guess this is fallout from the recent attempt to accommodate year-only dates for annual data.
Maybe it has to do with the fact the NBER dates precede (and go beyond) the sample range, but this is speculation.

[Allin Cottrell]

Yes, it was fallout from accommodating year-only dates. It's now fixed in git.