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Subject: Re: Trouble setting xrange when x is a time
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Xref: csiph.com comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot:4232

I have fixed this

My error was to place the 'set xrange' ahead of 'set timefmt'

Fails:
set xrange [ '2019-09-26 00:00' : '2019-09-27 06:00' ]
set xdata time
set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d\t%H:%M"

Succeeds:
set xdata time
set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d\t%H:%M"
set xrange [ '2019-09-26 00:00' : '2019-09-27 06:00' ]

--sk