Merge pull request #46 from markrcote/master

Fix minTickSize for year units

NEWS.txt

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ and "flot-overlay" to prevent accidental clashes (issue 540).
 
 Changes:
 
+- Fixed display of year ticks (patch by Mark Cote, issue 195).
+
 - Support for time series moved to plugin (patch by Mark Cote).
 
 - Display time series in different time zones (patch by Knut Forkalsrud,

examples/time.html

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
     <p>Zoom to: <button id="whole">Whole period</button>
       <button id="nineties">1990-2000</button>
+      <button id="latenineties">1996-2000</button>
       <button id="ninetynine">1999</button></p>
 
     <p>The timestamps must be specified as Javascript timestamps, as
@@ -55,6 +56,17 @@ $(function () {
         });
     });
 
+    $("#latenineties").click(function () {
+        $.plot($("#placeholder"), [d], {
+            xaxis: {
+                mode: "time",
+                minTickSize: [1, "year"],
+                min: (new Date(1996, 1, 1)).getTime(),
+                max: (new Date(2000, 1, 1)).getTime()
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
     $("#ninetynine").click(function () {
         $.plot($("#placeholder"), [d], {
             xaxis: {

jquery.flot.time.js

@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ for details.
                         
                         // special-case the possibility of several years
                         if (unit == "year") {
+                            // if given a minTickSize in years, just use it,
+                            // ensuring that it's an integer
+                            if (opts.minTickSize != null && opts.minTickSize[1] == "year") {
+                                size = Math.floor(opts.minTickSize[0]);
+                            } else {
                                 var magn = Math.pow(10, Math.floor(Math.log(axis.delta / timeUnitSize.year) / Math.LN10));
                                 var norm = (axis.delta / timeUnitSize.year) / magn;
                                 if (norm < 1.5)
@@ -177,6 +182,11 @@ for details.
                                 size *= magn;
                             }
 
+                            // minimum size for years is 1
+                            if (size < 1)
+                                size = 1;
+                        }
+
                         axis.tickSize = opts.tickSize || [size, unit];
                         var tickSize = axis.tickSize[0];
                         unit = axis.tickSize[1];