# Time periods on graphs

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/time-periods-on-graphs/5199>\
**Category:** dseries/data/reporting\
**Created:** [27 December 2015 07:38 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/time-periods-on-graphs/5199 "2015-12-27T07:38:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![economist83](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@economist83](https://forum.dynare.org/u/economist83)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2015 07:38 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/time-periods-on-graphs/5199/1 "2015-12-27T07:38:56Z")

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Hi all,

Can someone help me on how to show time (date) periods on graphs such as historical forecast error decomposition after the bayesian estimation? Can Dynare automatically read my time variable in the datafile, and if so how should i name it in the excel file?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![HoutanBastani](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/houtanbastani/32/5052_2.png) [@HoutanBastani](https://forum.dynare.org/u/HoutanBastani)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2016 14:02 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/time-periods-on-graphs/5199/2 "2016-01-11T14:02:44Z")

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You can use `dseries` and `reporting` to create (.pdf) graphs in Dynare. Is that what you’re trying to do?