In C# how do I compare the current bar's time with a hardcoded 14:30:00?
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if ((String.Compare(Time[0].ToString("yyyyddMM"),"20140309") < 0) ||
(String.Compare(Time[0].ToString("yyyyddMM"), "20140330") >0))
{
// do what you want to do...
}
if ((String.Compare(Time[0].ToString("HHmmss"),"143000") < 0) ||
(String.Compare(Time[0].ToString("HHmmss"), "144500") >0))
{
// do what you want to do...
// do nothing between 14:30:00 and 14:45:00
}
but i'm also creating class libraries/trading strategies that run outside of NT
and then a more standard c# approach is better
but if you stay withing NT and don't run the code outside NT,
then the solution of @shodson is cleaner... and preferable
Thanks for the responses! The Multicharts.Net version I came up with is this:
However, now I have another question: How do I get that code to run only once if I am using tick data? The other problem is that by using seconds, I sometimes get no result for that day, because no ticks happened right at the 0th second. Any suggestions?
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i was just going to say.... with that if, it will only trigger if exactly on that time there is a bar,
if there is 5 second silence, then your code would not be triggered
therefore you would more likely do something like this :
