Alan Schmitt <alan.schm...@polytechnique.org> writes: > 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 |
Although you solved the problem, another solution for headaches like these is simply to preprocess the table in something like Perl/Python (within your org file using Babel) to get the desired string format. Then pass the resulting array/list to gnuplot. The solution you were provided is probably the way to go, but keep this strategy in mind - sometimes it's just not worth the effort to solve everything in one language.