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Subject: Re: date/time format
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:27:07 +0200
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On 13.04.2012 15:00, TonyG wrote:
> I set the date/time format of the first field as
>
> set format x "%1m-%2d %01H:%02M:%06.3S"

Close, but no cigar.  That's an _output_ format, but you wanted to 
describe how to _input_ your data.  You need

	set timefmt "%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

instead (note that input formats don't take field widths or precisions).