Timestamp

The command set timestamp places the time and date of the plot in the left margin.

Syntax:

     set timestamp {"<format>"} {top|bottom} {{no}rotate}
                   {offset <xoff>{,<yoff>}} {font "<fontspec>"}
                   {textcolor <colorspec>}
     unset timestamp
     show timestamp

The format string allows you to choose the format used to write the date and time. Its default value is what asctime() uses: "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" (weekday, month name, day of the month, hours, minutes, seconds, four-digit year). With top or bottom you can place the timestamp at the top or bottom of the left margin (default: bottom). rotate lets you write the timestamp vertically, if your terminal supports vertical text. The constants xoff and yoff are offsets that let you adjust the position more finely. font is used to specify the font with which the time is to be written.

The abbreviation time may be used in place of timestamp.

Example:

     set timestamp "%d/%m/%y %H:%M" offset 80,-2 font "Helvetica"

See set timefmt (p. [*]) for more information about time format strings.


Build Daemon user 2016-08-03