How to get today date ? , even backtest history still know today date.

[Siwakon Poonsawat]

l have tried many code , but still can't find way to get today date.

Example Today = 10-Sep-2017

When l doing backtest on = 1-Jan-2015

How to get today date?

Thank you.

Best regards.

[Carl Schreiber]

An indi, EA or script in mt4 you can get today's date by Time[0] - which is the time-stamp of the most recent bar. During a weekend it is the timestamp of the last bar from Friday!

In the tester Time[0] is the actual time-stamp of the last bar of the pointer of the tester.

Or do you want to know how to compose the date formate a string: 1-Jan-2017?

Use TimeDay(), TimeMonth() (you have to convert:1="Jan",2=..) , TimeYear().

[Siwakon Poonsawat]

Carl Schreiber:

An indi, EA or script in mt4 you can get today's date by Time[0] - which is the time-stamp of the most recent bar. During a weekend it is the timestamp of the last bar from Friday!

In the tester Time[0] is the actual time-stamp of the last bar of the pointer of the tester.

Or do you want to know how to compose the date formate a string: 1-Jan-2017?

Use TimeDay(), TimeMonth() (you have to convert:1="Jan",2=..) , TimeYear().

That method got time from last candle on backtest , not get today date.

but thanks , l want to get real today date ,like check from broker.

Regards

[Fernando Carreiro]

Siwakon Poonsawat: That method got time from last candle on backtest , not get today date. but thanks , l want to get real today date ,like check from broker. Regards

Your questions is confusing and unclear!

• You either want today's date/time irrespective of Broker time, using TimeLocal() or TimeGMT(),
• or you want the brokers current time, using TimeCurrent() (or Time[0] and equivalents).

During testing in the Strategy Tester, TimeLocal() is always equal to TimeCurrent() simulated server time.

[William Roeder]

Can't be done, except using DLL/Windows call.

During testing in the Strategy Tester, TimeGMT() is always equal to TimeCurrent() simulated server time.
          TimeGMT - Date and Time - MQL4 Reference

During testing in the Strategy Tester, TimeLocal() is always equal to TimeCurrent() simulated server time.
          TimeLocal - Date and Time - MQL4 Reference

[Siwakon Poonsawat]

Not work. 

Tested TimeCurrent() and  Time[0] no way to get real today date.

[Taras Slobodyanik]

whroeder1:

Can't be done.

it can be done)

[Siwakon Poonsawat]

Taras Slobodyanik:

it can be done)

Excuse me how to do that?

Thank you.

[Fernando Carreiro]

Siwakon Poonsawat:

1. Not work. Tested TimeCurrent() and  Time[0] no way to get real today date.
2. Excuse me how to do that?

1. As already stated TimeCurrent() and Time[0] returns Broker Time, not Local time and also during testing in the Strategy Tester, TimeLocal() is always equal to TimeCurrent() simulated server time.
2. However, you can use Win32 API functions ( eg. GetSystemTime() ) to get the real current local time, circumventing the limitations of the Strategy Tester.
   EDIT: See the following related posts:
   
   • Does anyone know how to use the GetSystemTime() function from kernel32.dll?
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[Stanislav Korotky]

You can get current local time without DLL. But since you're asking about broker time - this is not possible.

[Fernando Carreiro]

Stanislav Korotky: You can get current local time without DLL. But since you're asking about broker time - this is not possible.

OP wants to get local time while using the Strategy Tester, hence why the Win32 API suggestion.

Obviously, when not using the Strategy Tester, but on a Live chart, you don't need to use the Win32 API.