Question aboutplatform time and computer system time

[sofortune]

I am not sure if i've got something mixed up here.

I am trying to get currentTimeOfDay in EST. My ninjatrader platform is set to EST, my system clock is UTC +8 which is 12 hours from EST.

TimeZoneInfo estTimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time");
DateTime estCurrentTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(Time[0], estTimeZone);
TimeSpan currentTimeOfDay = estCurrentTime.TimeOfDay;

Print($"Current Time (EST): {estCurrentTime}, Current Time of Day: {currentTimeOfDay}");

The print is giving me the same time for both, this is the result of the print

Current Time (EST): 4/28/2025 12:30:00 AM, Current Time of Day: 00:30:00

Any ideas what i've got wrong here?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

hello sofortune,

The code you are printing is printing the same property twice. estCurrentTime is the DateTime which you created. currentTimeOfDay used estCurrentTime to get the time of day which is the same time.

Do you want the current bar time or the current time when the code is executed based on the selected timezone?

If you want the current bar time you can use Time[0]. In historical that represents the last closed bar time. In realtime it is also that unless OnEachTick or OnPriceChange are being used, in which it will be the building bars close time.

If you are using OnEachTick and want to know the offset PC time you can use NinjaTrader.Core.Globals.Now to get the current platform DateTime.

[sofortune]

Oh my you are right.

I just want to check if a time parameter is greater than for example the current platform time.

So would it look something like this

if(NinjaTrader.Core.Globals.Now.Time > tradeStartTime)

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello sofortune,

Right, C# lets you compare DateTime objects with greater or lesser operators like that. you can use a print to additionally see what values each have to see how it equates.