Re: Date-time X axis

Reginald Beardsley wrote:
> sfeam wrote:
>> set xdata time
>> set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
>> set datafile separator ","
>>
>> plot 'data' using 1:2:4:3:5 with candlesticks
>>
>> If you don't like the default x-axis label format, you can change that 
>> too:
>>
>> set format x"%Y-%m-%d"
>> set xtics rotate by -45
> 
> 
> Thanks.  Works great, but I can't figure out how to control the xrange. 
> No permutation of the date seems to have the correct effect. [1980-1-1:]

>  results in 2000-1-1 as the left limit.  I've tried lots of permutations

> of date format w/ the same result.
Try ["1980-1-1":]
timefmt converts a string to a number meaning the seconds from beginning 
of 2000/1/1. You just supplied an int (1980-1-1 = 1978) so the 
conversion is left out. Your 1978 is approximatly 2000/1/1 0:30h. Thats 
why you saw 2000-1-1.