mq4 using Day() Month() Year()

[credetarud]

Hi,

I'm trying to use these functions. For example this one:

https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime/day

// This will take broker time and turn it into format DD.MM.YYY
string GetTime()
{
   int nday = Day();
   int nmonth = Month();
   int nyear = Year();
   string sdate = IntegerToString(nday) + "." + IntegerToString(nmonth) + "." + IntegerToString(nyear);
   return sdate;    
}

But somehow when this runs I get 0.1.1900 every time. Not the real broker time. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[Fernando Carreiro]

Please, always use the CODE button (Alt-S) when inserting code.

[Marco vd Heijden]

Hello you can maybe use this:

MqlDateTime

The date type structure contains eight fields of the int type:

struct MqlDateTime   {    int year;           // Year    int mon;            // Month    int day;            // Day    int hour;           // Hour    int min;            // Minutes    int sec;            // Seconds    int day_of_week;    // Day of week (0-Sunday, 1-Monday, ... ,6-Saturday)    int day_of_year;    // Day number of the year (January 1st is assigned the number value of zero)   };

Note

The day number of the year day_of_year for the leap year, since March, will differ from a number of the corresponding day for a non-leap year.

Example:

void OnStart()   { //---    datetime date1=D'2008.03.01';    datetime date2=D'2009.03.01';    MqlDateTime str1,str2;    TimeToStruct(date1,str1);    TimeToStruct(date2,str2);    printf("%02d.%02d.%4d, day of year = %d",str1.day,str1.mon,           str1.year,str1.day_of_year);    printf("%02d.%02d.%4d, day of year = %d",str2.day,str2.mon,           str2.year,str2.day_of_year);   } /*  Result:    01.03.2008, day of year = 60    01.03.2009, day of year = 59 */

See also

TimeToStruct, Structures and Classes

[William Roeder]

1. void OnStart(){ 
   Print(GetTime()); //  24.5.2023
   }

   Works fine for me. You are doing something else.

   credetarud: But somehow when this runs I get 0.1.1900 every time. 

   Probably not connected to a broker.
   

2. You want the leading zeros. Simplify, generalize.
   

   string GetTime(datetime when=0)
   {
      if( when==0) when=TimeCurrent();
      return StringFormat("%02d.%02d.%04d", TimeDay(when), TimeMonth(when), TimeYear(when) );
   }
   void OnStart(){ 
   Print(GetTime()); //   24.05.2023
   }