I must be missing something obvious

[edstaffin]

I have the following simple function in my strat:
privateint GetBarsAgoIdx(DateTime dt)
{
int rc = CurrentBar - Bars.GetBar(dt);
return rc;
}

Pretty simple.

I have a chart with my strat dropped on it and this function get's called with the following info taken from the immediate window in
vstudio.

?dt.ToString()
"8/26/2016 2:32:20 PM"
?Bars.GetBar(dt);
282114
?CurrentBar
3

This means I get a -282111. How is this possible? I'm running 4-Range on ES. No way there's 300,000 bars since Friday. What on earth am I missing?
Thanks ... Ed

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello edstaffin,

Thank you for writing in.

Can you please confirm the time frame settings that you have in your Data Series window?

To do this, right-click on the chart and select Data Series.

Additionally, have you added any additional series to your script?

[edstaffin]

Do you mean 4-Range (I mentioned this in my first post)? And no, no additional data series.
Additionally, I found that CurrentBar == 3, Bars.Count == 282322, High.Count == Bars.Count, but if I try to access High[> 3] it barfs. I should also point out that this code works perfectly on a back test but falls short on an optimization.
One last thing, I'm running it from 7/31/2014 forward.
Thanks ... Ed

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello edstaffin,

We will continue this through email.

[armybender]

NT uses a proprietary integer based date/time. Do you possibly need to use ToTime() to convert your windows style date / time value?