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hour() return wrong number #480578 06/17/20 08:53 06/17/20 08:53
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 390 Czech Republic G Grat OP Senior Member
Grat OP Senior Member G Joined: May 2015 Posts: 390 Czech Republic	Hi, I have this code: Code #include <default.c> string datetime(){ return strf("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d", year(),month(),day(),hour(),minute()); } function run() { BarPeriod = 15; // 15 min LookBack = 0; assetList("Assets4"); asset("EUR/USD"); var dDateD=wdatef("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M", datetime()); printf("\n%s is %d",datetime(),utm(dDateD)); } real hour UTC is 8 but fce hour return 9 Where is problem ( see the picture ) Attached Files

Re: hour() return wrong number [Re: Grat] #480581 06/17/20 09:38 06/17/20 09:38
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,982 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,982 Frankfurt	hour() is not the current time. It's the time stamp of the current bar. For the current time, use hour(NOW).

Re: hour() return wrong number [Re: Grat] #480582 06/17/20 09:42 06/17/20 09:42
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Grat OP Senior Member G Joined: May 2015 Posts: 390 Czech Republic	Yes, I know, but is in future. Only for first bar. For next one is OK Last edited by Grat; 06/17/20 09:42.

Re: hour() return wrong number [Re: Grat] #480587 06/17/20 10:27 06/17/20 10:27
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,982 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,982 Frankfurt	From the manual: "All date and time functions return 0 resp. invalid values in the initial run of the strategy since the bars and date ranges are not set up yet." The time functions assume that the bar just ended. That's why you got the bar end time in the INITRUN, which is not in sync with the bars. In further runs the bar timestamp is just the current time.

Re: hour() return wrong number [Re: Grat] #480589 06/17/20 11:03 06/17/20 11:03
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Grat OP Senior Member G Joined: May 2015 Posts: 390 Czech Republic	Thank's, every days is I learn new ...

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