rectangle end time

[brucelevy]

I want to draw a rectangle from 3am to 4am.

I am currently using the following to draw a rectangle from 3am to 20 bars forward.

if (ToTime(Time[0]) == 30000)
{
DrawRectangle("tag1"+CurrentBar, 0 ,Open[0], -20, Close[0], Color.PaleGreen);
}



I have tried this but nothing shows up on the chart...
if (ToTime(Time[0]) == 30000)
{
DrawRectangle("tag1"+CurrentBar,true, 30000 ,Open[0], 40000, Close[0], Color.PaleGreen,Color.Red,5);
}

[bltdavid]

DrawRectangle("tag1"+CurrentBar,true, 30000 ,Open[0], 40000, Close[0], Color.PaleGreen,Color.Red,5);

Because 30000 and 40000 are not DateTimes.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

To clarify, if you would like to convert a ToTime() compatible time into a DateTime object, you can use this static method

[FONT=Courier New]public static DateTime FromTime(int time)
{
[/FONT][FONT=Courier New]    DateTime outTime = new DateTime (
            DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day
            );
    outTime.Hour   = [/FONT][FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New](time % 1000000) / 10000;
[/FONT]    outTime.Minute = [/FONT][FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New](time % 10000)   / 100;
[/FONT]    outTime.second = [/FONT][FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New](time % 100)     / 1;
    return outTime;
[/FONT]}[/FONT]

[brucelevy]

error says indexer date time hour minute second cannot be assigned - read only

[bltdavid]

error says indexer date time hour minute second cannot be assigned - read only

We can't see your screen.

Simple answer: your code has an error, aka, you're doing something wrong.

Want more help? Throw us a bone and post something more helpful.

Please show us your code and/or post a screenshot of your error.

[bltdavid]

[FONT=Courier New]public static DateTime FromTime(int time)
{
[/FONT][FONT=Courier New]    DateTime outTime = new DateTime (
            DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day
            );
    outTime.Hour   = [/FONT][FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New](time % 1000000) / 10000;
[/FONT]    outTime.Minute = [/FONT][FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New](time % 10000)   / 100;
[/FONT]    outTime.[COLOR=Red][I][B]s[/B][/I][/COLOR]econd = [/FONT][FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New](time % 100)     / 1;
    return outTime;
[/FONT]}[/FONT]

That lowercase 's' should probably be uppercase.

[NinjaTrader_JessicaP]

I apologize, there was a bug in the sample I provided. This should work.

[FONT=Courier New]public static DateTime FromTime(int time)
{
   return new DateTime (
            DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day,
            (time % 1000000) / 10000, (time % 10000) / 100, (time % 100) / 1
            );
}[/FONT]

I am going to leave the earlier, incorrect code up as it makes the meaning of the last 3 arguments clear.

[brucelevy]

I was able to use the following to get rectangle start and end times. Thanks.

//set the start and end time variables for the current day
DateTime startTime = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day, 6, 45, 00);
DateTime endTime = new DateTime(Time[0].Year, Time[0].Month, Time[0].Day, 6, 55, 00);

//get the bar number for those time variables
int startBar = GetBar(startTime);
int endBar = GetBar(endTime);

if (Time[0] >= startTime && Time[0] <= endTime)
{
DrawRectangle("tag", true, startBar, Low[LowestBar(Low, 10)], endBar, High[HighestBar(High, 10)], Color.Cyan, Color.Cyan, 1);
}