Is there a way to have bots use cTrader's current "user time" programmatically without parameters?

PanagiotisChar
24 May 2023, 08:58

Hi firemyst,

Unfortunately this info is not available through the API.

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firemyst
24 May 2023, 09:14

RE:

PanagiotisChar said:

Hi firemyst,

Unfortunately this info is not available through the API.

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Thank you for the confirmation @PanagiotisChar . That's a bummer, but oh well... at least I didn't overlook something that's stupidly simple :-)

pick
24 May 2023, 11:54

I don't believe you can set the default for the indicator, but you can access the users current offset:

protected override void Initialize()
{
	TimeSpan t = this.Application.UserTimeOffset;
	Print("User time offset = " + t.TotalHours);
	this.Application.UserTimeOffsetChanged += Application_UserTimeOffsetChanged;

}

private void Application_UserTimeOffsetChanged(UserTimeOffsetChangedEventArgs obj)
{
	TimeSpan t = this.Application.UserTimeOffset;
	Print("User time offset changed = " + t.TotalHours);
}

From there, it's easy to just combine the utc time with the offset for user time.

firemyst
24 May 2023, 16:06

RE:

pick said:

I don't believe you can set the default for the indicator, but you can access the users current offset:

protected override void Initialize()
{
	TimeSpan t = this.Application.UserTimeOffset;
	Print("User time offset = " + t.TotalHours);
	this.Application.UserTimeOffsetChanged += Application_UserTimeOffsetChanged;

}

private void Application_UserTimeOffsetChanged(UserTimeOffsetChangedEventArgs obj)
{
	TimeSpan t = this.Application.UserTimeOffset;
	Print("User time offset changed = " + t.TotalHours);
}

From there, it's easy to just combine the utc time with the offset for user time.

Thank you for this. Appreciate your time! I'll give it a try. :-)