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Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T09:09:06+00:00 2026-06-17T09:09:06+00:00

I have a large time series data set, which I’ve used xts to summarize

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I have a large time series data set, which I’ve used xts to summarize in 30 second periods. Not sure how to make this set easily reproducible but it looks like this

> str(taonedf)
'data.frame':   480 obs. of  2 variables:
 $ time : POSIXct, format: "2013-01-06 13:00:29" "2013-01-06 13:00:59" "2013-01-06 13:01:29" ...
 $ count: int  20763 12030 22188 12183 21112 11628 21543 12609 20095 12992 ...
> head(taonedf)
                 time count
1 2013-01-06 13:00:29 20763
2 2013-01-06 13:00:59 12030
3 2013-01-06 13:01:29 22188
4 2013-01-06 13:01:59 12183
5 2013-01-06 13:02:29 21112
6 2013-01-06 13:02:59 11628

I’ve plotted a normal line plot of this and it works fine.

ggplot(data=taonedf, aes(x=time, y=count/30)) + #
  geom_line(color="#009E73") + 
  scale_y_continuous(name="requests per second", labels = format_format(scientific=FALSE, big.mark=",")) +
  scale_x_datetime(name="",labels = date_format("%b %d\n%H:%M") ) +
  labs(title=paste("Requests per Second - All Requests",count,sep="\n")) +
  theme(legend.position = "none")

enter image description here

I want to add some vline annotations. I’ve created a second dataframe called EV, it looks like this:

> str(ev)
'data.frame':   10 obs. of  2 variables:
 $ dt   : POSIXct, format: "2013-01-06 13:45:00" "2013-01-06 14:18:00" "2013-01-06 14:49:00" ...
 $ event: Factor w/ 9 levels "Event 1",..: 7 8 3 2 5 6 1 4 2 9

> head(ev)
                   dt                                            event
1 2013-01-06 13:45:00                                          Event 1

Now, when I add the vline option I get odd results. I’m using the same date time format between the two so the scale should align.

ggplot(data=taonedf, aes(x=time, y=count/30)) + 
  geom_line(color="#009E73") + 
  geom_vline(data=ev,aes(xtintercept=dt))+
  scale_y_continuous(name="requests per second", labels = format_format(scientific=FALSE, big.mark=",")) +
  scale_x_datetime(name="",labels = date_format("%b %d\n%H:%M") ) +
  labs(title=paste("Requests per Second - All Requests",count,sep="\n")) +
  theme(legend.position = "none")

enter image description here

What am I missing? This doesn’t appear to be that hard. All of the documentation and examples show simple numeric X axis so I’m assuming there is some issue with dates in the X axis but I can’t pinpoint it. Any help would be appreciated.

> dput(taonedf)
structure(list(time = structure(c(1357506029.996, 1357506059.999, 
1357506089.997, 1357506119.998, 1357506149.998, 1357506179.996, 
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1357506569.996, 1357506599.999, 1357506629.991, 1357506659.998, 
1357506689.999, 1357506719.995, 1357506749.996, 1357506779.998, 
1357506809.998, 1357506839.997, 1357506869.996, 1357506899.996, 
1357506929.997, 1357506959.994, 1357506989.998, 1357507019.999, 
1357507049.999, 1357507079.998, 1357507109.998, 1357507139.999, 
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1357507529.996, 1357507559.996, 1357507589.995, 1357507619.988, 
1357507649.999, 1357507679.994, 1357507709.996, 1357507739.996, 
1357507769.994, 1357507799.991, 1357507829.999, 1357507859.999, 
1357507889.999, 1357507919.999, 1357507949.999, 1357507979.999, 
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1357508129.999, 1357508159.999, 1357508189.999, 1357508219.998, 
1357508249.999, 1357508279.999, 1357508309.999, 1357508339.999, 
1357508369.999, 1357508399.999, 1357508429.998, 1357508459.999, 
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1357512809.999, 1357512839.999, 1357512869.999, 1357512899.999, 
1357512929.999, 1357512959.999, 1357512989.997, 1357513019.996, 
1357513049.999, 1357513079.999, 1357513109.999, 1357513139.999, 
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1357515329.999, 1357515359.999, 1357515389.999, 1357515419.999, 
1357515449.999, 1357515479.999, 1357515509.999, 1357515539.999, 
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1357515689.999, 1357515719.999, 1357515749.999, 1357515779.999, 
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1357516529.999, 1357516559.999, 1357516589.999, 1357516619.999, 
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1357517369.999, 1357517399.998, 1357517429.999, 1357517459.999, 
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1357519529.999, 1357519559.999, 1357519589.999, 1357519619.999, 
1357519649.999, 1357519679.999, 1357519709.999, 1357519739.999, 
1357519769.999, 1357519799.999, 1357519829.997, 1357519859.999, 
1357519889.999, 1357519919.999, 1357519949.999, 1357519979.999, 
1357520009.999, 1357520039.999, 1357520069.999, 1357520099.999, 
1357520129.999, 1357520159.999, 1357520189.999, 1357520219.999, 
1357520249.999, 1357520279.999, 1357520309.999, 1357520339.999, 
1357520369.999, 1357520399.999), tzone = "", tclass = c("POSIXct", 
"POSIXt"), class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt")), count = c(20763L, 
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577393L, 451122L, 432354L, 425547L, 417729L)), .Names = c("time", 
"count"), row.names = c(NA, -480L), class = "data.frame")

> dput(ev)
structure(list(dt = structure(c(1357508700, 1357510680, 1357512540, 
1357515360, 1357517220, 1357517700, 1357518000, 1357518000, 1357519140, 
1357519140), class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt"), tzone = ""), event = structure(c(7L, 
8L, 3L, 2L, 5L, 6L, 1L, 4L, 2L, 9L), .Label = c("Event 1", 
"Event 2", "Event 3", 
"Event 4", "Event 5", 
"Event 6", "Event 7", 
"Event 8", "Event 9"
), class = "factor")), .Names = c("dt", "event"), row.names = c(NA, 
-10L), class = "data.frame")

Library Versions:

> sessionInfo()
R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22)
Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)

attached base packages:
[1] grid      stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] reshape2_1.2.2   xts_0.9-1        zoo_1.7-9        gdata_2.12.0     data.table_1.8.6 caTools_1.14    
[7] scales_0.2.3     ggplot2_0.9.3   

Simplied code – this still doesnt work

library(scales)
library(ggplot2)
taonedf<-dget("taonedf") #in this thread
ev<-dget("ev") #in this thread

ggplot(data=taonedf, aes(x=time, y=count/30)) +
  geom_line() +
  geom_vline(data=ev,aes(xtintercept=as.numeric(dt)))
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    Editorial Team
    2026-06-17T09:09:06+00:00Added an answer on June 17, 2026 at 9:09 am

    To get geom_vline() display lines as intended, first, library scales should be loaded. Then use as.numeric() in geom_vline().

    library(scales)    
    + geom_vline(data=ev,aes(xintercept=as.numeric(dt)))
    
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I have a large data set dim(dt) [1] 422096 162 where dt is a
I am using barchart from the lattice package. I have time series data going
I have a database with a large number of records that are Date/Time stamped.
I have a ASP.NET MVC3 application that handles time-consuming processes (copying a large file

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