Formating Time string

arjfca · Postby **arjfca** » 14 Sep 2011

I need to format a string that represent a time

To create the string i use

TimeExitStr =text(Time));

If time is lower than 10 am, the result will be ( 9:45:12). There is a space before the 9

I want to format my string to be a "0" instead of the (space)

Result should be (09:45:12)

Any idea how I could achieved that?

Martin

SP · Postby SP » 14 Sep 2011

if time_S <100000 then
TimeExitStr = "0"+text(Time)) else TimeExitStr = text(Time));

arjfca · Postby **arjfca** » 14 Sep 2011

Thanks

I just found the function FormatTime("hh:mm:ss", atime);

My time is (Time) that is the value of the ending time of a bar

The return string value for
FormatTime("hh:mm:ss", time) is "12:00:00" for every time (ending bar time) value

If i could have this function to work, it should resolve my problem

Martin

JoshM · Postby **JoshM** » 15 Sep 2011

Thanks

I just found the function FormatTime("hh:mm:ss", atime);

My time is (Time) that is the value of the ending time of a bar

The return string value for
FormatTime("hh:mm:ss", time) is "12:00:00" for every time (ending bar time) value

If i could have this function to work, it should resolve my problem

Martin

I could not replicate your "12:00:00"-problem, but did had wrong values using your code (see below). To summarize, use EL_TimeToDateTime_s(Time_s) as input for the FormatTime() function.

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once cleardebug;



if CurrentBar > 500 and CurrentBar < 550 then begin



	Print("Time of bar: ", time, NewLine, 

		Spaces(2), "With FormatTime(time): ", FormatTime("HH:mm:ss", time), 

		Spaces(2), "With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: ", FormatTime("HH:mm:ss", EL_TimeToDateTime(time)));

		Print(Spaces(3), "With Time_s of bar: ", time_s, " formatTime: ", FormatTime("HH:mm:ss", ELTimeToDateTime_s(time_s)),

			NewLine);

end;

And the output:

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Time of bar: 1004.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:04:00

   With Time_s of bar: 100412.00 formatTime: 10:04:12



Time of bar: 1005.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:05:00

   With Time_s of bar: 100537.00 formatTime: 10:05:37



Time of bar: 1006.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:06:00

   With Time_s of bar: 100621.00 formatTime: 10:06:21



Time of bar: 1009.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:09:00

   With Time_s of bar: 100917.00 formatTime: 10:09:17



Time of bar: 1012.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:12:00

   With Time_s of bar: 101201.00 formatTime: 10:12:01



Time of bar: 1013.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:13:00

   With Time_s of bar: 101346.00 formatTime: 10:13:46



Time of bar: 1016.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:16:00

   With Time_s of bar: 101610.00 formatTime: 10:16:10



Time of bar: 1018.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:18:00

   With Time_s of bar: 101830.00 formatTime: 10:18:30



Time of bar: 1020.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:20:00

   With Time_s of bar: 102053.00 formatTime: 10:20:53



Time of bar: 1022.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:22:00

   With Time_s of bar: 102231.00 formatTime: 10:22:31



Time of bar: 1023.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:23:00

   With Time_s of bar: 102355.00 formatTime: 10:23:55



Time of bar: 1025.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:25:00

   With Time_s of bar: 102525.00 formatTime: 10:25:25



Time of bar: 1025.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:25:00

   With Time_s of bar: 102557.00 formatTime: 10:25:57



Time of bar: 1028.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:28:00

   With Time_s of bar: 102810.00 formatTime: 10:28:10



Time of bar: 1034.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:34:00

   With Time_s of bar: 103401.00 formatTime: 10:34:01



Time of bar: 1036.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:36:00

   With Time_s of bar: 103633.00 formatTime: 10:36:33



Time of bar: 1038.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:38:00

   With Time_s of bar: 103815.00 formatTime: 10:38:15



Time of bar: 1044.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:44:00

   With Time_s of bar: 104435.00 formatTime: 10:44:35



Time of bar: 1044.00

  With FormatTime(time): 00:00:00  With FormatTime(time) with EL_TimeToTimeDate: 10:44:00

   With Time_s of bar: 104444.00 formatTime: 10:44:44

Regards,
Josh

arjfca · Postby **arjfca** » 15 Sep 2011

Josh,
- I see, I see .... said the blind man.....

Thank you very much for the info. Well explain

Martin

TJ · Postby TJ » 15 Sep 2011

this might help to visualize the different time keywords:

Programmer's data box
http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums ... a-box.html

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