minutes

[pman777]

hi ... i need to identify certain time periods on a chart regardless of the type of chart i'm running (min, tick, range, etc). I want to do this by identifying the 'minutes' from the system time. Can you guide me to a reference where it shows how to parse the system time so I can isolate the minutes? Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Pman777,

Thank you for your post.

I don't quite follow along with what you are looking for.

Could you please elaborate further or perhaps provide an example?

[pman777]

sure ... i want to identify when a chart is approaching the one hour mark. So I want to check the system timer to see when this is happening.

[pman777]

correction ... I need to isolate the 'minutes' value on the time of the current bar

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Pman777,

This code example should work for what you are looking for -

DateTime test = DateTime.Now;
                DateTime dateValue = new DateTime(test.Year, test.Month, test.Day, test.Hour + 1, 0, 0);
				TimeSpan barsAgo = dateValue - Time[0];
				Print(barsAgo.ToString());