Can you set a time using iATR?

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I've been searching through the documentation and several forums. Can anyone help me on this, is there a way to calculate the Average True Range at a set time, say 1am EST? It's been driving me nuts for the past couple of days. I am using iATR(..,...,shift), current shift is set at '0' which is the current time you execute the script or AE.

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Andrew
 
use iBarShift to transfer datetime to shift

int iBarShift( string symbol, int timeframe, datetime time, bool exact=false)
Search for bar by open time. The function returns bar shift with the open time specified. If the bar having the specified open time is missing, the function will return -1 or the nearest bar shift depending on the exact.
 
Thank you sooo much DxdCn!! Exactly what I'm looking for. I come from a C background, does metatrader have a function similar to strcpy(). Since the program requires to check Average true range every day at 1am EST, I need to create a string for variable time = "today's date + 1am EST". Or is there an easier way to do this?


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Andrew
 
it's ok I found the answer. For others who are interested, it's StringConcatenate()

Andrew
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