Identifying the time template

[jh109052]

Is there a way to identify the time template being applied to the chart from with in the efs ?

I am trying to determine if the time template is not 24 hours so that if there is a break between end time and start time of the next day I can restart my formula at the beginning of the next day...

I thought if I had the Time Template information that might help, but now I am further wondering how I am going to tell that I am on a new day...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks-
Jennifer

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Jennifer,

We do not have a method for accessing time template properties. However, there are a couple things you can do to detect a new day or session.

The simplest method is to compare the day of the current bar being processed to the prior bar as follows.

if (getDay(0) != getDay(-1)) {
    // This is the first bar of the day.
    debugPrintln("First bar of day " + getDay(0) + " is " + getCurrentBarIndex());
} 

Or you can look at the time stamp of the current bar being processed and check for a certain time. The code example below prints a message to the output window on the first bar at or after 15:00.

var vFlag = false;

function main() {
    if (getDay(0) != getDay(-1)) vFlag = false;
    
    var time0 = (getHour(0)*100 + getMinute());
    var time1 = 1500;
    
    if (time0 >= time1 && vFlag == false) {
        // This is the first bar of the day.
        debugPrintln("First bar at 15:00 " + getCurrentBarIndex());
        vFlag = true;
    }

    return;
}