set term png size 1000,1000 set output "plotdata.png" set title "discharging test" set xlabel "Time" set ylabel "ADC" # set xdata time # set format x "%H:%M" # set xtics "1000" rotate by -90 unset xtics set x2tics set grid ytics set label "01:10:11 231" at 8000, 231 point pt 7 offset char 1,1 set label "03:12:50 255" at 9544, 255 point pt 7 offset char 1,1 plot "data" using 2:xticlabels(1) with lines