Re: Date-time X axis

Tim Hoffmann wrote:
> 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.


Thanks.  That works nicely and also explains the odd coordinates 
produced by the mouse.  Is there a way to make the mouse date formated 
labels?