time series In this example we will use a synthetic data set. To create our synthetic data we will make our unit of time 1000 years = 1 ky and sample a 500,000 year record in 2 ky increments. We first create a vector containing the times:-time series In this example we will use a synthetic data set. To create our synthetic data we will make our unit of time 1000 years = 1 ky and sample a 500,000 year record in 2 ky increments. We first create a vector containing the times: