plotting data against a time axis

[Alexander Schmolck]

Gerrit Holl <gerrit at nl.linux.org> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a dictionairy containing DateTime objects as keys and integers as
> values. What would be the easiest way to create a simple plot of these,
> with a number axis versus a time axis? What library is the most
> suitable for this? 'plot' on parnassus yields 18 hits, but since I have
> zero experience, I don't know where to start. What makes it difficult
> is that I have a time axis instead of a simple integer x-axis. Gnuplot
> doesn't seem to be able to do this, or does it?

> gnuplot

        G N U P L O T
        Version 3.8j patchlevel 0
        last modified Wed Nov 27 20:49:08 GMT 2002

Terminal type set to 'x11'
gnuplot> help time
Ambiguous request 'time'; possible matches:
        time/date
        time_specifiers
        timefmt
        timestamp

Not what you want?

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