Graphs with skipped independent-variable intervals

[ScienceNostalgia101]

Let's say you're graphing some function... for simplicity's sake, some quantity over time. There's a time interval that needs to be skipped because nothing happens during that time interval. What would be the proper way to skip that interval on the x-axis? I've seen zig-zags, dotted lines, etc... and I would like to be filled in on what is the correct way. Thank you in advance.

[studiot]

I don't think there is a 'correct' way.

The important thing is not to give the impression that the graph have a particular value in the 'skipped bits' so clean breaks between the segments so that the plotted function does not directly connect across the skipped interval.

Edited November 23, 2019 by studiot