StartTime/EndTime format?

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

You want to use the right tool for the right job. In this case DateTime is the best format for the job. ToTime has limitations that make it not able to use here and is a basic format in general that I suggest you graduate into using DateTime if possible as they have features(Like the one I just showed you) that make it the superior format for Date and Time manipulation.


-Brett

[kenb2004]

No need to use a sledge hammer when a finishing hammer is the proper tool for the job. Graduating to DateTime would be a good thing when necessary, but it seems to me that all you did was make the Year, Month, and Date basically useless in this context, with only the hhmmss remaining. So then why use it in THIS application. NinjaTrader has obviouly designed Drawing Object syntax to be flexible for different programming needs. The DateTime "one size fits all" approach seems to be at odds with NinjaTrader's own flexibility standard.

Thanks again for all your input

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

No problem.

[koganam]

No need to use a sledge hammer when a finishing hammer is the proper tool for the job. Graduating to DateTime would be a good thing when necessary, but it seems to me that all you did was make the Year, Month, and Date basically useless in this context, with only the hhmmss remaining. So then why use it in THIS application. NinjaTrader has obviouly designed Drawing Object syntax to be flexible for different programming needs. The DateTime "one size fits all" approach seems to be at odds with NinjaTrader's own flexibility standard.

Thanks again for all your input

Actually for what you want to do, you are going to have to access the DataTime() structure at some point as it is the only way you are going to get the value to differentiate different days: ToTime() is limited to returning an int, derived from the time component only.

The point is then moot. If you are going to have to use the more powerful construct anyway, then just use it for everything in this particular instance.

[kenb2004]

koganam

As always thanks for your expertise.