Sets the format for series with date and or time units. A series with date/time horizontal units displays tic values in terms of actual calendar or clock time. The starting date and time is determined by the series start date and start time.
Use the sethunits function to specify a date/time horizontal unit.
The following date/time units are supported:
| Real Time | Displays clock time with fractional seconds. |
| Time | Displays clock time in whole seconds. |
| Daily | Displays calendar days. |
| Yearly | Displays calendar years. |
| Quarterly | Displays business quarters from the start of the calendar year. |
| Minutely | Displays clock time in minutes. |
| Business Days | Displays normal work week days. |
Controls how dates and times are combined for horizontal units display.
| Display Date or Time | Displays either date or time values depending on the horizontal units of the series. | Display Both Date and Time | Displays combined date and time values. |
Sets the order of year, month and day for date display.
| MDY | Month, Day, Year, default for English (USA) locales. |
| DMY | Day, Month, Year, ascending date order. |
| YMD | Year, Month, Day, descending date order. Default for international locales. |
Sets the date display format based on the Year Month Day Display Order for horizontal date units.
Sets the clock time display format for horizontal time units.
Sets the number of decimal places for fractional seconds for series with the Real Time horizontal unit.
Determines the method for date processing when only 2 digits appear for the
year information.
| Use Current Century | All 2 digit years are assumed to reference a year within the current century. |
| Use N Year Window | A 2 digit year references a year either forward or backward within a N year window from the current date. Set the year window with N Year Window Width. Recommended. |
Sets the width of the year window from the current date to determine 2 digit years. Valid when Use N Year Window is selected.