Duration of a Volume Bar

[laocoon]

Hello

I'm trying to include the duration of a volume bar in my custom strategy.
I've looked into the "time" function, but it seems to only return timestamp values of bars.
What I'd like to do is to get the duration (in seconds) of a Volume Bar, but I'm at a loss regarding the right syntax and the correct use of the time function:

if (time Close[0] - time Open[0] < x seconds
{
BarDuration= true;
}
else
{
BarDuration= false;
}

I'd very much appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks & Regards

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi laocoon,

There is a similar forum post at...

http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/vb/local_links.php?catid=1&linkid=119

Which uses the following to calculate bar time length...

TimeSpan time1 = Time[0] - new DateTime(1970,1,1,0,0,0);
TimeSpan time2 = Time[1] - new DateTime(1970,1,1,0,0,0);
int diff=(int)time1.TotalSeconds-(int)time2.TotalSeconds;

[laocoon]

Hi Tim

Sorry for the (very) late reply, but this is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks a lot.