How to get Day of Month

[socoso]

Hi, I would like to know how to get the day of month, as I want to know when there is a change of month. Thank you

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

socoso, you can look into the Month portion of the Time[0] DateTime for this task - consider for example :

if (Time[0].Date.Month > Time[1].Date.Month || Time[0].Date.Month < Time[1].Date.Month)

[socoso]

Thanks Bertrand.
Sorry, I'm novice as you may figure out. I´ve written this simple indicator but it doesn´t draw anything.
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (Time[0].Date.Month > Time[1].Date.Month || Time[0].Date.Month < Time[1].Date.Month) Plot0.Set(1);
else Plot0.Set(0);


}

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Are there any errors noted in the log tab of NT's Control Center as you apply this study?

I suspect you're missing this check here at the start of your OnBarUpdate() -

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3170

[Harry]

Time[0].Date.Month < Time[1].Date.Month

How can I observe this case without using an intra-chart time machine ?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Should not be needed, as the month portion can be smaller as you observe the Dec > Jan month break, so going from 12 > 1.

[Harry]

Should not be needed, as the month portion can be smaller as you observe the Dec > Jan month break, so going from 12 > 1.

I forgot the month ... but then couldn't we use

if(Time[0].Day < Time[1].Day)

to detect a new month?

[koganam]

I forgot the month ... but then couldn't we use

if(Time[0].Day < Time[1].Day)

to detect a new month?

That should work equally well, methinks.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Harry,

Yes, that would work as well.

I have provided a sample script of another method of how to detect a new month.

This script will detect when its the first of the month thus a new month is checked.

[Harry]

Harry,

Yes, that would work as well.

I have provided a sample script of another method of how to detect a new month.

This script will detect when its the first of the month thus a new month is checked.

This approach may run into problems, if the first day of the month is a Saturday.

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Harry,

Yes, I provided the script as an example of another way of detection. However, I can see the problem with the script when indeed the 1st could be a Saturday or even a holiday.

I'll keep that in mind in the future for the script.

Thanks