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Re: EasyLanguage date format



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Today in TS4, CurrentDate returns 1020503.00


"Schedlbauer, Joseph E." wrote:

> I wrote an external program because I could not code a certain system in
> EasyLanguage, and I have the program output a file similar to the line
> below. I then paste the file into the PowerEditor so TradeStation can show
> me the entries as a system.
>
> IF CURRENTDATE = 20011212 THEN BUY NEXT BAR AT 55.00 STOP ;
>
> Could someone please tell me why this piece of code does not work?  It will
> verify, but it does not generate a trade entry.  I'm using TS4.  I think
> it's a problem with the date format.
>
> It's for use with ASCII daily data formatted as follows:
>
> 20011212,54.00,56.00,52.00,53.00,10000,10000
>
> Thanks for your help.