John Callahan wrote: > What is the proper (most efficient or preferred) format for using dates > in Timeplot? > > I have several time series text/cvs files with separate columns for > year, month, day, hour, minute. (Much of my data is hourly or > sub-hourly.) Would it be best to... > > 1) load the data as is and then process through javascript to merge > strings or use something like "new Date(Date.UTC(2008,0,17,20,00,00,0))." > > 2) pre-process the data to create another column with an efficient > format, maybe as "1995-02-04 10:20:01Z" or "1995-02-04T10:20:01+5:00"? > > 3) something else?
Timeplot's data import is not as flexible as I'd love it to be, so #2 is probably your best option right now. Look at the examples to see what format timeplot expects you to have your dates in. -- Stefano Mazzocchi Application Catalyst Metaweb Technologies, Inc. [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
