Accesing Time

[kabott]

Hi, i want to add the Time from the start of a chart to an indicator, meaning "Time: 62 days" like shown by the ruler, but i cant seem to find how to call this function, any help will be greatly appreciated.

[NinjaTrader_Lance]

Hello,

You could get the DateTime value for the first bar and then subtract the DateTime of the current bar to get a timespan value.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?time.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1905yhe2(v=vs.90).aspx

You could then display the text on a chart using draw text:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?drawtext.htm

Alternatively you could multiply the bar's value by the bar count (wouldn't work with non-time based bars)

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?currentbar.htm

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.