diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8dcd8e3..84aad07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ test:
 # Sadly, this misses coverage for those integrations tests that use
 # assert_cmd, as it does not follow forks
 coverage:
-	cargo tarpaulin -o Html -- --test-threads 1
+	cargo tarpaulin -o Html --ignore-tests -- --test-threads 1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0237d1b..e7c2f06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ terminal.
 Type `lowcharts --help`, or `lowcharts PLOT-TYPE --help` for a complete list of
 options.
 
-Currently four basic types of plots are supported:
+Currently five basic types of plots are supported:
 
 #### Bar chart for matches in the input
 
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ timezone part of the format string (the autodetection works fine with
 timezones).
 
 
+#### Split Time Histogram
+
+This adds up the time histogram and bar chart in a single visualization.
+
+This chart is generated using  `strace -tt ls -lR 2>&1 | lowcharts split-timehist open mmap close read write --intervals 10`:
+
+[![Sample plot with lowcharts](resources/split-timehist-example.png)](resources/split-timehist-example.png)
+
+This graph depicts the relative frequency of search terms in time.
+
 ### Installing
 
 #### Via release
diff --git a/resources/split-timehist-example.png b/resources/split-timehist-example.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b72cc
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/split-timehist-example.png differ
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index aa57d44..790381d 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ fn add_input(app: App) -> App {
     )
 }
 
+fn add_input_as_option(app: App) -> App {
+    app.arg(
+        Arg::new("input")
+            .long("input")
+            .default_value("-")
+            .long_about("If not present or a single dash, standard input will be used")
+            .takes_value(true),
+    )
+}
+
 fn add_min_max(app: App) -> App {
     app.arg(
         Arg::new("max")
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn get_app() -> App<'static> {
         .setting(AppSettings::ColoredHelp)
         .setting(AppSettings::AllowMissingPositional)
         .about("Plot barchar with counts of occurences of matches params");
-    matches = add_input(add_width(matches)).arg(
+    matches = add_input_as_option(add_width(matches)).arg(
         Arg::new("match")
             .about("Count maches for those strings")
             .required(true)
@@ -139,6 +149,25 @@ pub fn get_app() -> App<'static> {
         ));
     timehist = add_input(add_width(add_non_capturing_regex(add_intervals(timehist))));
 
+    let mut splittimehist = App::new("split-timehist")
+        .version(clap::crate_version!())
+        .setting(AppSettings::ColoredHelp)
+        .about("Plot histogram of with amount of matches over time, split per match type")
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("format")
+                .long("format")
+                .short('f')
+                .about("Use this string formatting")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        );
+    splittimehist = add_input_as_option(add_width(add_intervals(splittimehist))).arg(
+        Arg::new("match")
+            .about("Count maches for those strings")
+            .required(true)
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .multiple(true),
+    );
+
     App::new("lowcharts")
         .author(clap::crate_authors!())
         .version(clap::crate_version!())
@@ -166,6 +195,7 @@ pub fn get_app() -> App<'static> {
         .subcommand(plot)
         .subcommand(matches)
         .subcommand(timehist)
+        .subcommand(splittimehist)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -210,15 +240,22 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn matches_subcommand_arg_parsing() {
-        let arg_vec = vec!["lowcharts", "matches", "-", "A", "B", "C"];
+        let arg_vec = vec!["lowcharts", "matches", "A", "B", "C"];
         let m = get_app().get_matches_from(arg_vec);
         let sub_m = m.subcommand_matches("matches").unwrap();
         assert_eq!("-", sub_m.value_of("input").unwrap());
         assert_eq!(
-            // vec![String::from("A"), String::from("B"), String::from("C")],
             vec!["A", "B", "C"],
             sub_m.values_of("match").unwrap().collect::<Vec<&str>>()
         );
+        let arg_vec = vec!["lowcharts", "matches", "A", "--input", "B", "C"];
+        let m = get_app().get_matches_from(arg_vec);
+        let sub_m = m.subcommand_matches("matches").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!("B", sub_m.value_of("input").unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(
+            vec!["A", "C"],
+            sub_m.values_of("match").unwrap().collect::<Vec<&str>>()
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -229,4 +266,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!("some", sub_m.value_of("input").unwrap());
         assert_eq!("foo", sub_m.value_of("regex").unwrap());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn splittimehist_subcommand_arg_parsing() {
+        let arg_vec = vec!["lowcharts", "split-timehist", "foo", "bar"];
+        let m = get_app().get_matches_from(arg_vec);
+        let sub_m = m.subcommand_matches("split-timehist").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            vec!["foo", "bar"],
+            sub_m.values_of("match").unwrap().collect::<Vec<&str>>()
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index deccda3..732007d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,38 @@ fn timehist(matches: &ArgMatches) -> i32 {
     0
 }
 
+/// Implements the timehist cli-subcommand
+fn splittime(matches: &ArgMatches) -> i32 {
+    let mut builder = read::SplitTimeReaderBuilder::default();
+    let string_list: Vec<String> = match matches.values_of("match") {
+        Some(s) => s.map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
+        None => {
+            error!("At least a match is needed");
+            return 2;
+        }
+    };
+    if string_list.len() > 5 {
+        error!("Only 5 different sub-groups are supported");
+        return 2;
+    }
+    if let Some(as_str) = matches.value_of("format") {
+        builder.ts_format(as_str.to_string());
+    }
+    builder.matches(string_list.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect());
+    let width = matches.value_of_t("width").unwrap();
+    let reader = builder.build().unwrap();
+    let vec = reader.read(matches.value_of("input").unwrap());
+    if assert_data(&vec, 2) {
+        let timehist = plot::SplitTimeHistogram::new(
+            matches.value_of_t("intervals").unwrap(),
+            string_list,
+            &vec,
+        );
+        print!("{:width$}", timehist, width = width);
+    };
+    0
+}
+
 fn main() {
     let matches = app::get_app().get_matches();
     configure_output(
@@ -204,6 +236,7 @@ fn main() {
         Some(("plot", subcommand_matches)) => plot(subcommand_matches),
         Some(("matches", subcommand_matches)) => matchbar(subcommand_matches),
         Some(("timehist", subcommand_matches)) => timehist(subcommand_matches),
+        Some(("split-timehist", subcommand_matches)) => splittime(subcommand_matches),
         _ => unreachable!("Invalid subcommand"),
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/plot/mod.rs b/src/plot/mod.rs
index a34f484..1850e7f 100644
--- a/src/plot/mod.rs
+++ b/src/plot/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
 pub use self::histogram::Histogram;
 pub use self::matchbar::{MatchBar, MatchBarRow};
+pub use self::splittimehist::SplitTimeHistogram;
 pub use self::timehist::TimeHistogram;
 pub use self::xy::XyPlot;
 
 mod histogram;
 mod matchbar;
+mod splittimehist;
 mod timehist;
 mod xy;
+
+/// Returns a datetime formating string with a resolution that makes sense for a
+/// given number of seconds
+fn date_fmt_string(seconds: i64) -> &'static str {
+    match seconds {
+        x if x > 86400 => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+        x if x > 300 => "%H:%M:%S",
+        x if x > 1 => "%H:%M:%S%.3f",
+        _ => "%H:%M:%S%.6f",
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_fmt_strings() {
+        assert_eq!(date_fmt_string(100000), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
+        assert_eq!(date_fmt_string(1000), "%H:%M:%S");
+        assert_eq!(date_fmt_string(10), "%H:%M:%S%.3f");
+        assert_eq!(date_fmt_string(0), "%H:%M:%S%.6f");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plot/splittimehist.rs b/src/plot/splittimehist.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88f7dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plot/splittimehist.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+use std::fmt;
+
+use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, FixedOffset};
+use yansi::Color::{Blue, Cyan, Green, Magenta, Red};
+
+use crate::plot::date_fmt_string;
+
+const COLORS: &[yansi::Color] = &[Red, Blue, Magenta, Green, Cyan];
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TimeBucket {
+    start: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
+    count: Vec<usize>,
+}
+
+impl TimeBucket {
+    fn new(start: DateTime<FixedOffset>, counts: usize) -> TimeBucket {
+        TimeBucket {
+            start,
+            count: vec![0; counts],
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn inc(&mut self, index: usize) {
+        self.count[index] += 1;
+    }
+
+    fn total(&self) -> usize {
+        self.count.iter().sum::<usize>()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SplitTimeHistogram {
+    vec: Vec<TimeBucket>,
+    strings: Vec<String>,
+    min: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
+    max: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
+    step: Duration,
+    last: usize,
+    nanos: u64,
+}
+
+impl SplitTimeHistogram {
+    pub fn new(
+        size: usize,
+        strings: Vec<String>,
+        ts: &[(DateTime<FixedOffset>, usize)],
+    ) -> SplitTimeHistogram {
+        let mut vec = Vec::<TimeBucket>::with_capacity(size);
+        let min = ts.iter().min().unwrap().0;
+        let max = ts.iter().max().unwrap().0;
+        let step = max - min;
+        let inc = step / size as i32;
+        for i in 0..size {
+            vec.push(TimeBucket::new(min + (inc * i as i32), strings.len()));
+        }
+        let mut sth = SplitTimeHistogram {
+            vec,
+            strings,
+            min,
+            max,
+            step,
+            last: size - 1,
+            nanos: (max - min).num_microseconds().unwrap() as u64,
+        };
+        sth.load(ts);
+        sth
+    }
+
+    fn load(&mut self, vec: &[(DateTime<FixedOffset>, usize)]) {
+        for x in vec {
+            self.add(x.0, x.1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn add(&mut self, ts: DateTime<FixedOffset>, index: usize) {
+        if let Some(slot) = self.find_slot(ts) {
+            self.vec[slot].inc(index);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn find_slot(&self, ts: DateTime<FixedOffset>) -> Option<usize> {
+        if ts < self.min || ts > self.max {
+            None
+        } else {
+            let x = (ts - self.min).num_microseconds().unwrap() as u64;
+            Some(((x * self.vec.len() as u64 / self.nanos) as usize).min(self.last))
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Clippy gets badly confused necause self.strings and COLORS may have
+    // different lengths
+    #[allow(clippy::needless_range_loop)]
+    fn fmt_row(
+        &self,
+        f: &mut fmt::Formatter,
+        row: &TimeBucket,
+        divisor: usize,
+        widths: &[usize],
+        ts_fmt: &str,
+    ) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "[{}] [",
+            Blue.paint(format!("{}", row.start.format(ts_fmt)))
+        )?;
+        for i in 0..self.strings.len() {
+            write!(
+                f,
+                "{}",
+                COLORS[i].paint(format!("{:width$}", row.count[i], width = widths[i]))
+            )?;
+            if i < self.strings.len() - 1 {
+                write!(f, "/")?;
+            }
+        }
+        write!(f, "] ")?;
+        for i in 0..self.strings.len() {
+            write!(
+                f,
+                "{}",
+                COLORS[i].paint("∎".repeat(row.count[i] / divisor).to_string())
+            )?;
+        }
+        writeln!(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for SplitTimeHistogram {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        let width = f.width().unwrap_or(100);
+        let total = self.vec.iter().map(|r| r.total()).sum::<usize>();
+        let top = self.vec.iter().map(|r| r.total()).max().unwrap_or(1);
+        let divisor = 1.max(top / width);
+        // These are the widths of every count column
+        let widths: Vec<usize> = (0..self.strings.len())
+            .map(|i| {
+                self.vec
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|r| r.count[i].to_string().len())
+                    .max()
+                    .unwrap()
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        writeln!(f, "Matches: {}.", total)?;
+        for (i, s) in self.strings.iter().enumerate() {
+            let total = self.vec.iter().map(|r| r.count[i]).sum::<usize>();
+            writeln!(f, "{}: {}.", COLORS[i].paint(s), total)?;
+        }
+        writeln!(
+            f,
+            "Each {} represents a count of {}",
+            Red.paint("∎"),
+            divisor
+        )?;
+        let ts_fmt = date_fmt_string(self.step.num_seconds());
+        for row in self.vec.iter() {
+            self.fmt_row(f, row, divisor, &widths, ts_fmt)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use yansi::Paint;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_big_time_interval() {
+        Paint::disable();
+        let mut vec = Vec::<(DateTime<FixedOffset>, usize)>::new();
+        vec.push((
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2021-04-15T04:25:00+00:00").unwrap(),
+            1,
+        ));
+        vec.push((
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2022-04-15T04:25:00+00:00").unwrap(),
+            1,
+        ));
+        vec.push((
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2022-04-15T04:25:00+00:00").unwrap(),
+            0,
+        ));
+        vec.push((
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2022-04-15T04:25:00+00:00").unwrap(),
+            2,
+        ));
+        for _ in 0..11 {
+            vec.push((
+                DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2023-04-15T04:25:00+00:00").unwrap(),
+                2,
+            ));
+        }
+        let th = SplitTimeHistogram::new(
+            3,
+            vec!["one".to_string(), "two".to_string(), "three".to_string()],
+            &vec,
+        );
+        println!("{}", th);
+        let display = format!("{}", th);
+        assert!(display.contains("Matches: 15"));
+        assert!(display.contains("one: 1."));
+        assert!(display.contains("two: 2."));
+        assert!(display.contains("three: 12."));
+        assert!(display.contains("represents a count of 1"));
+        assert!(display.contains("[2021-04-15 04:25:00] [0/1/ 0] ∎\n"));
+        assert!(display.contains("[2021-12-14 12:25:00] [1/1/ 1] ∎∎∎\n"));
+        assert!(display.contains("[2022-08-14 20:25:00] [0/0/11] ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎\n"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plot/timehist.rs b/src/plot/timehist.rs
index 9d247b9..e7afb51 100644
--- a/src/plot/timehist.rs
+++ b/src/plot/timehist.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ use std::fmt;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, FixedOffset};
 use yansi::Color::{Blue, Green, Red};
 
+use crate::plot::date_fmt_string;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct TimeBucket {
     start: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
     count: usize,
 }
 
-// TODO: use trait for Bucket and TimeBucket
 impl TimeBucket {
     fn new(start: DateTime<FixedOffset>) -> TimeBucket {
         TimeBucket { start, count: 0 }
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ pub struct TimeHistogram {
     nanos: u64,
 }
 
-// TODO: use trait for Histogram and TimeHistogram
 impl TimeHistogram {
     pub fn new(size: usize, ts: &[DateTime<FixedOffset>]) -> TimeHistogram {
         let mut vec = Vec::<TimeBucket>::with_capacity(size);
@@ -74,15 +74,6 @@ impl TimeHistogram {
             Some(((x * self.vec.len() as u64 / self.nanos) as usize).min(self.last))
         }
     }
-
-    fn date_fmt_string(&self) -> &str {
-        match self.step.num_seconds() {
-            x if x > 86400 => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-            x if x > 300 => "%H:%M:%S",
-            x if x > 1 => "%H:%M:%S%.3f",
-            _ => "%H:%M:%S%.6f",
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for TimeHistogram {
@@ -104,12 +95,12 @@ impl fmt::Display for TimeHistogram {
             Red.paint("∎"),
             Blue.paint(divisor.to_string()),
         )?;
-        let fmt = self.date_fmt_string();
+        let ts_fmt = date_fmt_string(self.step.num_seconds());
         for row in self.vec.iter() {
             writeln!(
                 f,
                 "[{label}] [{count}] {bar}",
-                label = Blue.paint(format!("{}", row.start.format(fmt))),
+                label = Blue.paint(format!("{}", row.start.format(ts_fmt))),
                 count = Green.paint(format!("{:width$}", row.count, width = width_count)),
                 bar = Red.paint(format!("{:∎<width$}", "", width = row.count / divisor))
             )?;
@@ -134,7 +125,6 @@ mod tests {
         vec.push(DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2023-04-15T04:25:00+00:00").unwrap());
         let mut th = TimeHistogram::new(3, &vec);
         th.load(&vec);
-        println!("{}", th);
         let display = format!("{}", th);
         assert!(display.contains("Matches: 5"));
         assert!(display.contains("represents a count of 1"));
@@ -152,8 +142,6 @@ mod tests {
         vec.push(DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2022-04-15T04:25:00.006+00:00").unwrap());
         let mut th = TimeHistogram::new(4, &vec);
         th.load(&vec);
-        println!("{}", th);
-        println!("{:#?}", th);
         let display = format!("{}", th);
         assert!(display.contains("Matches: 3"));
         assert!(display.contains("represents a count of 1"));
diff --git a/src/read/dateparser.rs b/src/read/dateparser.rs
index 10cea60..efe94e7 100644
--- a/src/read/dateparser.rs
+++ b/src/read/dateparser.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ pub struct LogDateParser {
 }
 
 impl LogDateParser {
-    pub fn new_with_guess(log_line: &str) -> Result<LogDateParser, String> {
+    pub fn new(log_line: &str, format_string: &Option<String>) -> Result<LogDateParser, String> {
+        match format_string {
+            Some(ts_format) => Self::new_with_format(&log_line, &ts_format),
+            None => Self::new_with_guess(&log_line),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn new_with_guess(log_line: &str) -> Result<LogDateParser, String> {
         // All the guess work assume that datetimes start with a digit, and that
         // digit is the first digit in the log line.  The approach is to locate
         // the 1st digit and then try to parse as much text as possible with any
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ impl LogDateParser {
         Err(format!("Could not parse a timestamp in {}", log_line))
     }
 
-    pub fn new_with_format(log_line: &str, format_string: &str) -> Result<LogDateParser, String> {
+    fn new_with_format(log_line: &str, format_string: &str) -> Result<LogDateParser, String> {
         // We look for where the timestamp is in logs using a brute force
         // approach with 1st log line, but capping the max length we scan for
         for i in 0..log_line.len() {
diff --git a/src/read/mod.rs b/src/read/mod.rs
index ede5809..b909b17 100644
--- a/src/read/mod.rs
+++ b/src/read/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 pub use self::buckets::{DataReader, DataReaderBuilder};
+pub use self::splittimes::{SplitTimeReader, SplitTimeReaderBuilder};
 pub use self::times::TimeReaderBuilder;
 
 mod buckets;
 mod dateparser;
+mod splittimes;
 mod times;
 
 use std::fs::File;
diff --git a/src/read/splittimes.rs b/src/read/splittimes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceb32d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/read/splittimes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+use std::io::BufRead;
+
+use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset};
+
+use crate::read::dateparser::LogDateParser;
+use crate::read::open_file;
+
+#[derive(Default, Builder)]
+pub struct SplitTimeReader {
+    #[builder(setter(strip_option), default)]
+    matches: Vec<String>,
+    #[builder(setter(strip_option), default)]
+    ts_format: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl SplitTimeReader {
+    pub fn read(&self, path: &str) -> Vec<(DateTime<FixedOffset>, usize)> {
+        let mut vec: Vec<(DateTime<FixedOffset>, usize)> = Vec::new();
+        let mut iterator = open_file(path).lines();
+        let first_line = match iterator.next() {
+            Some(Ok(as_string)) => as_string,
+            Some(Err(error)) => {
+                error!("{}", error);
+                return vec;
+            }
+            _ => return vec,
+        };
+        let parser = match LogDateParser::new(&first_line, &self.ts_format) {
+            Ok(p) => p,
+            Err(error) => {
+                error!("Could not figure out parsing strategy: {}", error);
+                return vec;
+            }
+        };
+        if let Ok(x) = parser.parse(&first_line) {
+            self.push_conditionally(x, &mut vec, &first_line);
+        }
+        for line in iterator {
+            match line {
+                Ok(string) => {
+                    if let Ok(x) = parser.parse(&string) {
+                        self.push_conditionally(x, &mut vec, &string);
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(error) => error!("{}", error),
+            }
+        }
+        vec
+    }
+
+    fn push_conditionally(
+        &self,
+        d: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
+        vec: &mut Vec<(DateTime<FixedOffset>, usize)>,
+        line: &str,
+    ) {
+        for (i, s) in self.matches.iter().enumerate() {
+            if line.contains(s) {
+                vec.push((d, i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use super::*;
+    use std::io::Write;
+    use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn split_time_reader_basic() {
+        let mut builder = SplitTimeReaderBuilder::default();
+        builder.matches(vec![
+            "foo".to_string(),
+            "bar".to_string(),
+            "gnat".to_string(),
+        ]);
+        let reader = builder.build().unwrap();
+        let mut file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:25:31+00:00] foo").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:26:31+00:00] bar").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:27:31+00:00] foobar").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:28:31+00:00] none").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:29:31+00:00] foo").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:30:31+00:00] none again").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "not even a timestamp").unwrap();
+        let ts = reader.read(file.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(ts.len(), 5);
+        assert_eq!(
+            ts[0].0,
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2021-04-15T06:25:31+00:00").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            ts[1].0,
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2021-04-15T06:26:31+00:00").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            ts[2].0,
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2021-04-15T06:27:31+00:00").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            ts[3].0,
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2021-04-15T06:27:31+00:00").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            ts[4].0,
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339("2021-04-15T06:29:31+00:00").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(ts[0].1, 0);
+        assert_eq!(ts[1].1, 1);
+        assert_eq!(ts[2].1, 0);
+        assert_eq!(ts[3].1, 1);
+        assert_eq!(ts[4].1, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn split_time_no_matches() {
+        let reader = SplitTimeReader::default();
+        let mut file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:25:31+00:00] foo").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:26:31+00:00] bar").unwrap();
+        let ts = reader.read(file.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(ts.len(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn split_time_zero_matches() {
+        let mut builder = SplitTimeReaderBuilder::default();
+        builder.matches(vec![
+            "foo".to_string(),
+            "bar".to_string(),
+            "gnat".to_string(),
+        ]);
+        builder.ts_format(String::from("%Y_%m_%d %H:%M"));
+        let reader = builder.build().unwrap();
+        let mut file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "_2021_04_15 06:25] none").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "_2021_04_15 06:26] none").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:25:31+00:00] foo").unwrap();
+        let ts = reader.read(file.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(ts.len(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn split_time_bad_guess() {
+        let mut builder = SplitTimeReaderBuilder::default();
+        builder.matches(vec![
+            "foo".to_string(),
+            "bar".to_string(),
+            "gnat".to_string(),
+        ]);
+        let reader = builder.build().unwrap();
+        let mut file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "XXX none").unwrap();
+        writeln!(file, "[2021-04-15T06:25:31+00:00] foo").unwrap();
+        let ts = reader.read(file.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(ts.len(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn split_time_bad_file() {
+        let reader = SplitTimeReader::default();
+        let file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        let ts = reader.read(file.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(ts.len(), 0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/read/times.rs b/src/read/times.rs
index 9c5b487..bc61702 100644
--- a/src/read/times.rs
+++ b/src/read/times.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl TimeReader {
             }
             _ => return vec,
         };
-        let parser = match self.build_parser(&first_line) {
+        let parser = match LogDateParser::new(&first_line, &self.ts_format) {
             Ok(p) => p,
             Err(error) => {
                 error!("Could not figure out parsing strategy: {}", error);
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ impl TimeReader {
         vec
     }
 
-    fn build_parser(&self, line: &str) -> Result<LogDateParser, String> {
-        match &self.ts_format {
-            Some(ts_format) => LogDateParser::new_with_format(&line, &ts_format),
-            None => LogDateParser::new_with_guess(&line),
-        }
-    }
-
     fn push_conditionally(
         &self,
         d: DateTime<FixedOffset>,
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 0a734bd..1a039e8 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,40 @@ fn test_matchbar() {
         .stdout(predicate::str::contains("\n[bar ] [2] ∎∎\n"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_splittime() {
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin("lowcharts").unwrap();
+    cmd.arg("split-timehist")
+        .arg("1")
+        .arg("2")
+        .arg("3")
+        .arg("4")
+        .arg("5")
+        .arg("6")
+        .assert()
+        .failure()
+        .stderr(predicate::str::contains(
+            "Only 5 different sub-groups are supported",
+        ));
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin("lowcharts").unwrap();
+    cmd.arg("split-timehist")
+        .arg("A")
+        .arg("B")
+        .arg("C")
+        .arg("--intervals")
+        .arg("2")
+        .write_stdin("1619655527.888165 A\n1619655528.888165 A\n1619655527.888165 B\n")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("Matches: 3."))
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("A: 2"))
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("B: 1."))
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("C: 0."))
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("Each ∎ represents a count of 1\n"))
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("[00:18:47.888165] [1/1/0] ∎∎\n"))
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("[00:18:48.388165] [1/0/0] ∎\n"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_plot() {
     let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin("lowcharts").unwrap();