From 25381714a19e65010d76d74731e68076de5d3ee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp@hjp.at>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 01:06:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use special linear scale for time values

---
 dashboard.py | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dashboard.py b/dashboard.py
index 0294f45..ef4b4b1 100644
--- a/dashboard.py
+++ b/dashboard.py
@@ -310,17 +310,50 @@ class TimeSeries(Widget):
 
         def set_y_tickmarks():
             log.debug("")
+            unit = self.lts.description["unit"]
             self.y_tickmarks = []
             if self.yscale == "linear":
                 log.debug("")
-                step = 10 ** math.floor(math.log10(max_value))
-                v = 0
-                while v < max_value:
-                    self.y_tickmarks.append({"y": v2y(v), "v_h": str(v)})
-                    v += step
-                log.debug("")
+                if unit == "s" and max_value > 3600:
+                    if max_value >= 4 * 7 * 86400:
+                        step = 7 * 86400
+                        step_d = 1
+                        unit = "w"
+                    elif max_value >= 10 * 86400:
+                        step = 3 * 86400
+                        step_d = 3
+                        unit = "d"
+                    elif max_value >= 4 * 86400:
+                        step = 86400
+                        step_d = 1
+                        unit = "d"
+                    elif max_value >= 4 * 3600:
+                        step = 3600
+                        step_d = 1
+                        unit = "h"
+                    else:
+                        step = 10 * 60
+                        step_d = 10
+                        unit = "m"
+                    v = 0
+                    v_d = 0
+                    while v < max_value:
+                        y = v2y(v)
+                        log.debug("v = %s, y = %s", v, y)
+                        self.y_tickmarks.append({"y": y, "v_h": f"{v_d} {unit}"})
+                        v += step
+                        v_d += step_d
+
+                else:
+                    step = 10 ** math.floor(math.log10(max_value))
+                    v = 0
+                    while v < max_value:
+                        y = v2y(v)
+                        log.debug("v = %s, y = %s", v, y)
+                        self.y_tickmarks.append({"y": y, "v_h": str(v)})
+                        v += step
+                    log.debug("")
             elif self.yscale == "log":
-                unit = self.lts.description["unit"]
                 if unit == "s" and max_value > 3600:
                     steps = (
                         (3600, "1 h"),