DateTime String array in Graph

[Ayman_Metwally]

Greetings.

I tried to plot DateTime string array VS Numbers array with no success in the XY Graph object.

I even converted the DateTime string array to DateTime type using the VI called "Convert_String_to_TimeStamp.vi" with also no success as the X (Time) is just very big numbers and a datetime format.

Please check the attached shot, it will describe the situation clearly.

Thanks in advance

Ayman

[aeastet]

are you tring to do this in real time? Do you have a copy of the data that you are trying to plot?

[Ayman_Metwally]

The data is loaded from a txt file.

[RavensFan]

You need to set the display format for the X-axis to be time rather than a number or automatic format.  Right click on the graph and go to properties.  Go to the Display format tab.

[JÞB · Accepted solution]

You have the data correct just not the display format for the time axis!

Just open the property wizard for the graph and select Display format- x axis and set up however you want to show the display.

Edit- Yeah what Raven's fan said!

[Ayman_Metwally]

Perfect ... Many thanks  Jeff Bohrer

[Ayman_Metwally]

Oops ... Sorry I overlooked your reply Ravens Fan ...

Thanks a million,

[AustinPeter]

Hello, 

Does anyone know a quick way to convert a string array in Time format to a timestamp without having to put the whole format through a for loop (I have 1.2 million samples each time) and its taking a while. Does anyone know a quick algorithm or something similar to speed it up?

String is in the following format  00:00:00.726     and I have also have the date string available eg.   01/03/2011  but has to be a string as I am geting it from a txt file.

Any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks 🙂

[PhillipBrooks]

You could read the file line by line and use the scan from sting function to convert to a timestamp.

[AustinPeter]

Hello,

Thank you for the quick response, what you have there is what I am already doing, I was just wandering if there was a way to convert a full array at a time?

What you are proposing still means I have to do it line by line which takes time, I have an array of 1,000,000 items and just want to avoid doing them line by line or in a single for loop etc.

Just wandering if it was possible?

Thanks

Peter