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Ara, Terry
Thanks very much for the suggestions...
Andy
Ara Kaloustian wrote:
> Andy
>
> You are on the right track... but need some additional arithmetic.
>
> The datetime() function returns a format that is rather hard to work with.
>
> Try using DateNumber() and TimeNumber() functions. They are simpler because
> thay only deal with date or time.
>
> You have to watch out for exceeding the permitted values when adding the
> additional time you compute.
>
> Example:
>
> Timenum() = 105345 for 10:53:45 (AM). If you add 15 minutes to this (1500,
> based on format used by TimeNum()) you will get 106845 which is bad because
> it represents 10 hrs 68 min 45 sec. The 68 min term is obviously bad, but
> some arithmetic can correct it to be 110845.
>
> You may actually want to use the Now() function to get actual current time,
> or the hour(), Minute(), Seconds() functions as they may make the arithmetic
> a bit easier.
>
> Study these function and understand the formats for the function you want to
> use. The task is a bit messy, but pretty straight forward.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Davidson" <AndyDavidson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Amibroker Yahoo Group" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:03 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] DateTime() and DateTimeToStr question
>
>
>
>> I'm trying to use the DateTime() function in the Title of an indicator
>> to show what the *predicted future date/time* of an event might be.
>> Before anyone groans(!) I'm not a complete novice and aware that my data
>> cannot predict the future... :-)
>> However, I have an indicator which plots, amongst other things, a sine
>> wave and I would like the Title to tell me what the date/time will be
>> when the next peak or trough will occur based on the currently plotted
>> wavelength.
>> Here is the relevant part of the code that I came up with before I hit
>> the brick wall
>> (the "bars" variable is calculated previously in the code as the number
>> of bars beyond the last bar in the chart where the peak or trough will be)
>>
>> nextDateTime = LastValue(DateTime()) + bars*Interval() ; (I am
>> guessing that this gives me a numerical value for the future date & time)
>>
>> Title = ...."some stuff".... + "On " + DateTimeToStr(nextDateTime);
>>
>> Problem seems to be that the functions do not like referencing beyond
>> the last bar. The displayed string is always just the date & time of the
>> most recent bar.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>> TIA
>>
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