Quick and Simple rawtime question

[arbor03]

Just a simple silly question

why does

debugPrintln(getValue("rawtime")); 

Return Yesterday at 23:01:00

Even when the parket is open?

Best Regards,

Tim

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Tim,

That function returns the rawtime, or number of seconds since 1/1/1970, for the bar that your formula is processing. It does not return a value in the format of hh:mm:ss. Without seeing your code it is difficult to say what the problem is. If you are converting the rawtime number into the format you've posted, perhaps there is a problem with that code. Post the formula you're working with and I'll take a look.

[arbor03]

Hi Jason,

Thank you very much.

It is actually returning 1157497260 Which converts to:

Tue, 5 Sep 2006 23:01:00 UTC

Below are portions of what I am using (the entire thing is over 500 lines so I will spare all of it = The Background paint IS working correctly
Many Thanks Again,

Tim

f((value2 == 1) && (value1 != 0)) value2 = 0;
if ((value2 == 1 ) && (value1 == 0) && (v2p == 0) && (lgpo == 0)) {
    setBarBgColor(Color.RGB(0,255,0))
    lgpo   = 1;
    //Long Position entry
    lgstp  = ll3p;
    Strategy.doLong("Enter 03 Long",Strategy.CLOSE,Strategy.THISBAR,1)
    enthhl = hhp;
    entlll = LL;
    trigl  = (high() + (avgrg * 7));
    eatrl  = avgrg;
    lentp  = close();
    lgms   = ll3p;
    eday   = 1;
    entdl  = day(0);
}

if((value2 == -1) && (value1 != 0)) value2 = 0;
if ((value2 == -1) && (value1 == 0) && (v2p == 0)) {
    stpo   = 1;
    // Short Position Entry
    setBarBgColor(Color.RGB(255,0,0))
    ststp  = hh3p;
    Strategy.doShort("Enter 03 Short",Strategy.CLOSE,Strategy.THISBAR,1);
    enthhs = HH;
    entlls = LL;
    trigs  = dlow + (avgrg * 7);
    eatrs  = avgrg;
    sentp  = tdcl;
    stms   = hh3p;
    eday   = 1;
    entds  = day(0);
}
if (stpo || lgpo) debugPrintln("InPos") ;

if (tr && lgpo) {
    if (low() < hlc3()) {
        //debugPrintln("7-Bar Vol Long")
        bar7l = close();    
        if (Strategy.isLong() == true) Strategy.doSell("7 Vol Long Exit", Strategy.STOP, Strategy.THISBAR, 1, bar7l);
        //End long pos 7 bar vol
        if (lgpft == null) lgpft = 0;
        lgpft  = (tdcl - lentp) / eatrl;
        lgpftt = lgpftt + lgpft;
        rntot  = rntot + lgpft;
        //debugPrintln("P-L this Trade: " + lgpft + "\n" + "P-L Long Total: " + lgpftt + "\n" + "Running Total: " + rntot);
        //debugPrintln("Long:");
        value2 = 0;
        trigl  = 0;
        enthhl = 0;
        tr     = 0;
        entlll = 0;
        lx     = 0;
        lgpo   = 0;
    }
}
if (Strategy.isLong() == true) {
    setBarBgColor(Color.RGB(0,0,255));
    lgpo = 1
    }
if (Strategy.isShort() == true) {
    setBarBgColor(Color.RGB(128,82,0))
    stpo = 1;
    }
debugPrintln(getValue("rawtime", 0)); 

[arbor03]

Addition to Previous post
this code reurns yesterday too 1157497260

function preMain(){
setPriceStudy(false);
setStudyTitle("Time");
setCursorLabelName("Realtime",0);
}

function main() {
debugPrintln(getValue("rawtime", 0));
} 

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Tim,

Based on the code you've posted, it's not clear how you are converting the rawtime figure to the time of 23:01:00.

Below is a code example that converts the rawtime of each bar to local time. Make note that the return result is off by 1 minute, so you'll need to subtract 60 seconds from the rawtime number before the conversion. The code below puts the time string in the cursor window so you can compare it to the time stamp of each bar.

/* Seconds
day  86400
hour  3600
min     60
sec      1
*/

function main() {
    if (getCurrentBarIndex() == 0) return;
    var nRawTime = getValue("rawtime");
    
    var sTime = nRawTime - (Math.floor(nRawTime / 86400) * 86400) - 60;
    var nHrs = Math.floor(sTime / 3600) ;
    var nMns = Math.floor((sTime - (nHrs * 3600)) / 60);
    var nScs = sTime - (nHrs*3600) - (nMns*60);
    
    nHrs += 1;
    if (nHrs < 10) nHrs = "0" + nHrs;
    if (nMns < 10) nMns = "0" + nMns;
    if (nScs < 10) nScs = "0" + nScs;
    sTime = nHrs + ":" + nMns + ":" + nScs;
    
    debugPrintln(getCurrentBarIndex() + "  sTime: " + sTime);
    return sTime;
} 

[arbor03]

Good Morning,

Using your below code I still get no return value of a timestamp on my 0 bar (the current bar being built on the chart). The most current formula output reads. -1 sTime: 24:00:00

As well as today it is returning 1157583660 From My simple code Which is September 6th at 23:01:00 AM UTC if my calculations are correct.

Is there a setting that I could have wrong? No other EFS was running at the same time. The Symbol I am using is CL #F, but the time seems to act the same way with other markets as well.

Appreciate all the help, Thank you,

Tim

[ACM]

Tim
With regards to the script not returning a value on bar index 0 I believe that is due to the line
if (getCurrentBarIndex() == 0) return;
Comment it out and you should get a value also on the current bar.
The value of 24:00:00 that is being returned by Jason's script is due to the fact that you are running the efs on a daily chart and the time stamp of the daily bar is 00:00 (which equates to 24:00) You can also see this in the Cursor Window at the label Time which is just below Date.
The reason why you get 23:01:00 with your script is because rawtime does not take into account Daylight Saving Time. As to the extra minute that is due to what Jason explained in his last reply to you.
Alex

[arbor03]

Alex,

Thank you for the reply, I do see the timestamp, and DST is OK with me, Is there however A way for rawtime to give me the current time of the current bar in a daily interval chart? I Run the below code and the price on the chart updates fine, however the time it returns to the formula output window is 1157583660, any way (other than using my PC clock, I sort of need this to come from the feed) that I can get rawtime to be current on a daily chart?

Best Regards,

Tim

function preMain(){
setPriceStudy(false);
setStudyTitle("Time");
setCursorLabelName("Realtime",0);
}

function main() {
debugPrintln(getValue("rawtime", 0));
} 

[ACM]

Tim
To do that you would need to use the rawtime() function which allows you to base it on a different interval. Enclosed below is an example of how you could do this.
You may want to also review Jason's reply in this thread as it provides a much more capable script.
Alex

function preMain(){
setPriceStudy(false);
setStudyTitle("Time");
setCursorLabelName("Realtime",0);
}
 
var xTime = null;
 
function main() {
 
    if(xTime==null) xTime = rawtime(inv("1s"));
    //replace 1s with other interval depending on the desired granularity of the time stamp
    
    debugPrintln("Bar time is: "+getValue("rawtime")+" Most recent time is: "+xTime.getValue(0));
} 

[arbor03]

Many Thanks Alex



Tim

[ACM]

Tim
You are most welcome.
In addition to what I suggested in my prior message here is another way you can retrieve the time of the last update. In this case rather than using rawtime and then having to derive the hh:mm:ss from that I use the hour(), min() and second() functions based on the 1s interval (see the corresponding links for the complete syntax).
Alex

function preMain(){
setPriceStudy(false);
setStudyTitle("Time");
setCursorLabelName("Realtime",0);
}
 
var xHour = null;
var xMin  = null;
var xSec  = null;
 
function main() {
 
    if(xHour==null) xHour = hour(inv("1s"));
    if(xMin==null) xMin = minute(inv("1s"));
    if(xSec==null) xSec = second(inv("1s"));
    //replace 1s with other interval depending on the desired granularity of the time stamp
    
    if(xHour.getValue(0)==null||xMin.getValue(0)==null||xSec.getValue(0)==null) return;//null check
    
    debugPrintln(padTime(xHour.getValue(0))+":"+padTime(xMin.getValue(0))+":"+padTime(xSec.getValue(0)));
 
}
 
function padTime(input){
    if(input<10) 
        var ret = "0"+input;
    else 
        var ret = input;
    return ret;
}