I've got a value associated to each day, as such:

120530    70.1
120531    69.0
120601    69.2
120602    69.5
# and so on for 200 lines

When plotting this data in gnuplot with lines, the data points are nicely connected. Unfortunately, at places over a week of data points can be missing. Gnuplot draws long lines over these intervals. How can I make gnuplot only connect points on consecutive days?

Solutions that require preprocessing of the data are fine, as I already smooth it with a script.

Here is what I use:

set xdata time
set timefmt "%y%m%d"
plot "vikt_ma.txt" using 1:2 with lines title "first line", \\
     ""            using 1:3 with lines title "second line"

Example: