Maybe you are looking for the X_labels_vertical option? 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use GD::Graph::lines;

my $data_ref = [
    ['2004-01-08','2004-01-09','2004-01-10'], # X-values
    [ 15.9, 10.7, 15.8 ], # Y-value 1
    [ 18,18,18 ], #Y-value 2 reference line
    [ 12,12,12 ],
];

my $graph = GD::Graph::lines->new(400, 300);

$graph->set(
             transparent       => '0',
             bgclr             => 'lgray',
             boxclr            => 'white',
             fgclr             => 'white',
             x_label           => 'Time',
         x_labels_vertical => 1,
         x_label_skip      => 50,
             y_label           => 'Price',
             title             => 'Some simple graph',
             y_max_value       => 20,
             y_tick_number     => 1,
             y_label_skip      => 2,
             long_ticks        => 0,  # make a grid of all the ticks
         ) or die $graph->error;

my $gd_image = $graph->plot($data_ref) or die $graph->error;

open(OUTPUT, ">$0.png") or die "Can't open $0.png: $!\n";
print OUTPUT $gd_image->png();
close(OUTPUT);

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In reply to Re: Help with GD::Graph by zentara
in thread Help with GD::Graph by jeiku

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