#339 gnuplot output does not respect dateformat global variable

[David P. Chassin]

gnuplot always assumes dateformat is ISO (i.e., %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S), but when dateformat is other (e.g., US) it still insists on using ISO. The timeformat string should be changed in the plot file according the value set.

[Teresa Carlon]

• owner changed from mhauer to mhauer
• status changed from new to assigned

[David P. Chassin]

• milestone changed from Release win32-2_0_0 to Release src-2_0_0

For the time being, I recommend using the gnuplot commands as follows:

ISO : (default)
US : set timefmt "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S"
EU : set timefmt "%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S"

which can be added in the plotcommands parameter, e.g.,

object recorder {

plotcommand set timefmt "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S";

}

[Matthew Hauer]

This ticket requires the tape function DLLs to have access to the global variable list, which is accessed using gl_global_getvar, and requires access to the CALLBACKS struct that the modules gain access to in the module_init process. Either the tape function callbacks will need to somehow have this struct passed up, or the recorder_open and collector_open callbacks will need a timeformat parameter passed for nonstandard time formats.

[Matthew Hauer]

• priority changed from major to minor

Deprioritizing due to limited utilization of gnuplot and the extensive changes needed to thread global variable into the tape DLLs.

[David P. Chassin]

• milestone changed from Release src-2_0_0 to Version 2.1 Stable

[David P. Chassin]

• owner changed from mhauer to dchassin
• version changed from 2.0 to trunk
• milestone changed from Version 2.1 Stable to Unscheduled