On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Daniel Mader
<danielstefanma...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> why don't you just parse the returned string?
>
> asdf = '3:04:02.994000'
> asdf = asdf.split(':')
> temp = asdf[-1].split('.')
> print asdf
> asdf.pop(-1)
> print asdf
> asdf.extend(temp)
> print asdf
> asdf = [int(i) for i in asdf]
> print asdf
> hrs,mins,secs,usecs = asdf
>
> That should work, and you can always transform this into some common
> unit, e.g. seconds etc.Thanks. The issue, though is that I don't want to display a graph with seconds, but with whatever units is most suitable, since my data is going to range from seconds to hours. If most datapoints are hours, I don't want things expressed in terms of "5000 seconds". I thought there might be a way to use a DateLocator or DateFormatter with this kind of data so that it could pick the most suitable units based on a standardized time duration string. So do people think I have to create my own custom locator or formatter to do this? Thanks, Che ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
