Re: [O] Plotting (with gnuplot) using dates timestamps

[Steven Buczkowski]

On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 15:37 +0200, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to plot the following table, but the dates part is all wrong. Is 
> there a way to tell gnuplot what the date format is?
> 
> #+tblname: data-table
> | Date             |     HP |     HC |
> |------------------+--------+--------|
> | [2011-08-20 Sat] | 006815 | 008399 |
> | [2011-08-29 Mon] | 006840 | 008438 |
> | [2011-09-11 Sun] | 006946 | 008552 |
> | [2011-12-11 Sun] | 007805 | 009603 |
> | [2012-03-04 Sun] | 008800 | 010826 |
> | [2012-03-11 Sun] | 008876 | 010930 |
> | [2012-03-25 Sun] | 009015 | 011121 |
> 

In straight gnuplot, I would do something like the following:

gnuplot> set xdata time
gnuplot> set timefmt '[%Y-%m-%d %a]'

then, plot. 

Steven


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