\documentclass[varwidth=false, border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, grid = major, width=8cm, height=8cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin= 0, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax=24, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin= 0, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 24, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate xlabel=UTC of 2018-10-28, ylabel=Local time, /pgfplots/xtick={0, 2, ..., 24}, % make steps of length 2 /pgfplots/ytick={0, 2, ..., 24}, % make steps of length 2 x label style={at={(axis description cs:0.5,0.1)},anchor=north}, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=false] % plot the function \addplot[domain=0:3, blue, ultra thick,samples=20] {x+2}; \addplot[domain=3:23, blue, ultra thick,samples=20] {x+1}; \addplot[domain=23:24, blue, ultra thick,samples=20] {x-23}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}