Re: [amibroker] Day of the month.

["David Holzgrefe" <dtholz@xxxx>]

this should be what your after from the help menu 
you may have to specify each month for your test period 
 

Buy = ( <FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Month<FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>() == <FONT face="Courier New" color=#ff00ff 
size=2>1 ) AND <FONT 
size=2>(<FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff 
size=2>Day() == <FONT color=#ff00ff 
size=2>1) OR
( <FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff 
size=2>Month() == <FONT 
color=#ff00ff size=2>2 ) AND 
(Day<FONT 
face="Courier New" size=2>() == <FONT face="Courier New" 
color=#ff00ff size=2>1) <FONT 
size=2>OR
( <FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff 
size=2>Month() == <FONT 
color=#ff00ff size=2>3 ) AND 
(Day<FONT 
face="Courier New" size=2>() == <FONT face="Courier New" 
color=#ff00ff size=2>1) <FONT 
size=2>OR
( <FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff 
size=2>Month() == <FONT 
color=#ff00ff size=2>4 ) <FONT 
size=2>AND (<FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Day<FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>() == <FONT face="Courier New" color=#ff00ff 
size=2>1) <FONT 
size=2>;
Sell = 0<FONT 
size=2>;
 
 

DATENUM (AFL 1.4) 



SYNTAX 
datenum()

RETURNS
ARRAY

FUNCTION 
Returns the array with numbers that represent quotation 
dates coded as follows: 10000 * (year - 1900) + 100 * month + day, so 
2001-12-31 becomes 1011231 and 1995-12-31 becomes 951231 

EXAMPLE
datenum();
 
or
 

<FONT  
color=#ffffff>MONTH (AFL 1.4) 



SYNTAX 
<FONT  
color=#ffffff>month()

RETURNS
ARRAY

FUNCTION 
Returns the array with <FONT 
 color=#ffffff>months(1-12) 

EXAMPLE
buy = ( <FONT  
color=#ffffff>month() == 1 ) and day < 3; // buy in 
January
 
 

DAY (AFL 1.4) 



SYNTAX 
day()

RETURNS
ARRAY

FUNCTION 
Returns the array with days (1-31) 

EXAMPLE
writeif( day() < 3, "Beginning of the month", "The rest 
of the month" );
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To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxx 
href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 1:07 
PM
Subject: [amibroker] Day of the 
month.
Hi Group,Can anyone advise me how to code the 
condition - Buy on the first day of the month.In Metastock it 
would be "DayOfMonth()=1".  Can anyone advise the equivalent in 
AB.Thanks and regards,Keith
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