Get current time Hour and Minutes, onEachTick Real, Simulation and Playback

[Quanto]

Hello Devs!

I have a strategy that runs within the OnBarUpdate method and Calculate OnEachTick. I want to know how to obtain the current time each time the OnBarUpdate is executed. I know that by using DateTime.Now I can get the current time of the machine, which is perfect, but I need an equivalent for when the connection is Playback. I have tried using Time[0], but it only shows the date and time when the current candle will close.

Any ideas on how to do this?

[NinjaTrader_Emily]

Hello Quanto,

Thank you for your post.

Although it is not documented in the help guide, the following code is used in the BarTimer indicator to obtain the current time depending on whether it is playback or not:

now = (Cbi.Connection.PlaybackConnection != null ? Cbi.Connection.PlaybackConnection.Now : Core.Globals.Now);

If the connection is Playback, the current time would be Cbi.Connection.PlaybackConnection.Now. If you are not in playback, you could use Core.Globals.Now.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.