diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index eea7163bd3e5147f581536e9b54cc36f6313df3e..ade49a03a9e5db2cc53bf0eea56c7affa8dc878c 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ StringXString PostProcessingOptions_String[] = {
 StringXString ViewOptions_String[] = {
   { F|O, "AbscissaName" , opt_view_abscissa_name , "" , 
     "Abscissa name for 2D graphs" },
-  { F|O, "AbscissaFormat" , opt_view_abscissa_format , "%g" , 
+  { F|O, "AbscissaFormat" , opt_view_abscissa_format , "%.3g" , 
     "Abscissa number format for 2D graphs (in standard C form)" },
 
   { F,   "FileName" , opt_view_filename , "" , 
     "Default post-processing view file name" },
-  { F|O, "Format" , opt_view_format , "%g" , 
+  { F|O, "Format" , opt_view_format , "%.3g" , 
     "Number format (in standard C form)" },
 
   { F|O, "GeneralizedRaiseX" , opt_view_gen_raise0 , "v0" , 
diff --git a/Graphics/Graph2D.cpp b/Graphics/Graph2D.cpp
index 16358634be773ffb22012ffb4de0baa8ecd848f4..9ee29889e4573ea36cdae61bd663179886eaeaa4 100644
--- a/Graphics/Graph2D.cpp
+++ b/Graphics/Graph2D.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: Graph2D.cpp,v 1.44 2005-01-09 21:36:47 geuzaine Exp $
+// $Id: Graph2D.cpp,v 1.45 2005-01-18 06:22:03 geuzaine Exp $
 //
 // Copyright (C) 1997-2005 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 //
@@ -199,8 +199,11 @@ static void Draw_Graph2D(Post_View * v,
     glColor4ubv((GLubyte *) & CTX.color.text);
     if(v->Type == DRAW_POST_2D_SPACE &&
        ((v->ShowTime == 1 && List_Nbr(v->Time) > 1) ||
-	(v->ShowTime == 2 && List_Nbr(v->Time) > 0)))
-      sprintf(label, "%s (%g)", v->Name, *(double *)List_Pointer(v->Time, v->TimeStep));
+	(v->ShowTime == 2 && List_Nbr(v->Time) > 0))){
+      char tmp[256];
+      sprintf(tmp, v->Format, *(double *)List_Pointer(v->Time, v->TimeStep));
+      sprintf(label, "%s (%s)", v->Name, tmp);
+    }
     else
       sprintf(label, "%s", v->Name);
     glRasterPos2d(xtop, ytop + font_h + tic);