Status, NCV and time stamps

I'm in the process of converting Big Brother tests to XYMon and would like
to enable RRD/graphics for these tests.

Several of these tests present date/time information which is important.

As a workaround for one test I have replaced the colon on a HH:MM:DD
formatted date with a dot, but it doesn't really look like a time anymore.

* Is there a way to have NCV ignore colons (and only use "=")?

* Is there a way to have NCV ignore a line (which might contain colons)?

* Can I use Data messages in such a way that the corresponding Status
message is not parsed?

* Might there be some other mechanism entirely?

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