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}
                    {<xoff>}{,<yoff>} {"<font>"}
      set notimestamp
      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 <off> are offsets from the default position given in character screen coordinates. <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" 80,-2 "Helvetica"

See set timefmt for more information about time format strings.