Show my available time to trade on chart

[oldhiker]

I am gradually getting to know how to code my indicators, but I am having difficulty with date and time functions, even though I have spent about 3 hrs searching the forums.
My requirement is simple, I would like to change the background colour of a pane to show when I am available to trade= daylight hours in Australia, but I still want to have the data available all day, (24/5.5). I can change the background colour based on price actions, but I cannot code to take account of the time interval.
Available period = time > 0600 and time < 1800; in plain English. My chart date/time is in local time.
Thank you for any help.
I am not too sure if using the session times, that the data flows all day, or only for the session period?

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

oldhiker,

I am happy to assist.

Something like this should work.

if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= ToTime(6, 0, 0) && ToTime(Time[0]) <= ToTime(14, 0, 0))
{
BackColorAll = Color.Green;
}

Please let me know if I may assist further.

[oldhiker]

Hello AdamP,
That is what I wanted. I just deleted the 'All' from the code, as I wanted to show on the main pane only. As I expected, one line of code did the job, but the problem is in the correct syntax.

I will add this snippet to my list of "good tips" for future reference.

As a contribution to others, if you use a general back colour, (like I do) to distinguish each pane, then you have to watch the order of execution of the two back ground colour scripts.

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

Oldhiker,

Please don't hesitate to contact us should you require additional assistance.

Thank you for your suggestion.