Accumulate delta separately from data timestamp

src/insert.py

@@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ def main(argv = None):
     data_ts_base = 0
     data_ts_inc = 0
     data_ts_rate = args.rate
+    data_ts_delta = 0
     def get_data_ts():
         if args.delta:
-            return data_ts_base
+            return data_ts_base + data_ts_delta
         else:
             return data_ts_base + rate_to_period(data_ts_rate,
                                                  data_ts_inc)
@@ -207,12 +208,12 @@ def main(argv = None):
                         pass
                     continue
 
-                # If --delta mode, increment data_ts_base by the delta
-                # from the file.
+                # If --delta mode, increment data_ts_delta by the
+                # delta from the file.
                 if args.delta:
                     try:
                         (delta, line) = line.split(None, 1)
-                        data_ts_base += float(delta)
+                        data_ts_delta += float(delta)
                     except ValueError:
                         raise ParseError(filename, "can't parse delta")
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def main(argv = None):
                                    timestamp_to_human(clock_ts))
                         stream.finalize()
                         data_ts_base = data_ts = clock_ts
-                        data_ts_inc = 0
+                        data_ts_inc = data_ts_delta = 0
 
                     # Don't use this clock time anymore until we update it
                     clock_ts = None