Input Date and Time, Use GetYYYYMMDD and GetTime as default possible?

[windowshopr]

The pseudo-code that I'd like to work is:

input signalDate = GetYYYYMMDD();
input signalTime = GetTime();

...however it says invalid statement for these inputs. You aren't allowed to use the Get functions for inputs. I'd like to have default values load into these inputs with the current date and time.

You CAN do:

def signalDate = GetYYYYMMDD();
def signalTime = GetTime();

...however those values don't remain constant, they change with time. You CAN also do:

input signalDate = 20220727;
input signalTime = 1300;

...however I'd like to NOT have to enter the current date and time manually every time.

Can we set a default value for date/time inputs to the current date/time, or how can I define them as def's and make sure they remain static/don't change once the script is added to a chart?

 

[halcyonguy]

The pseudo-code that I'd like to work is:

input signalDate = GetYYYYMMDD();
input signalTime = GetTime();

...however it says invalid statement for these inputs. You aren't allowed to use the Get functions for inputs. I'd like to have default values load into these inputs with the current date and time.

You CAN do:

def signalDate = GetYYYYMMDD();
def signalTime = GetTime();

...however those values don't remain constant, they change with time. You CAN also do:

input signalDate = 20220727;
input signalTime = 1300;

...however I'd like to NOT have to enter the current date and time manually every time.

Can we set a default value for date/time inputs to the current date/time, or how can I define them as def's and make sure they remain static/don't change once the script is added to a chart?

is this what you are looking for?
this will let the user enter a date and time.
if the date is 0 then it reads the current values for them.

input date = 0;
input time = 0;

def signalDate;
def signalTime;
if date == 0 then {
def signalDate = GetYYYYMMDD(); 
def signalTime = GetTime();
} else {
def signalDate = date; 
def signalTime = time;
}

 

[windowshopr]

Thanks for the reply. No this doesn't work because when you add a label to inspect the time value, like so:

AddLabel(visible=yes, text=signalTime);

...and throw that script on, say, the EUR/USD, 1-minute chart, you'll see that signalTime changes with each passing minute, because the GetYYYYMMDD and GetTime are called each time the minute changes.

Essentially what I'm trying to do is store the current date and time into static variables as soon as the study is added to a chart. That way, I can monitor BarNumbers() from when I added the script to a chart, through to the current bar. I could do this by manually defining date and time variables as inputs, but I'd rather just have it as an automatic thing, where the date/times do not change as time goes on.

Hope that helps?

 

[halcyonguy]

Thanks for the reply. No this doesn't work because when you add a label to inspect the time value, like so:

AddLabel(visible=yes, text=signalTime);

...and throw that script on, say, the EUR/USD, 1-minute chart, you'll see that signalTime changes with each passing minute, because the GetYYYYMMDD and GetTime are called each time the minute changes.

Essentially what I'm trying to do is store the current date and time into static variables as soon as the study is added to a chart. That way, I can monitor BarNumbers() from when I added the script to a chart, through to the current bar. I could do this by manually defining date and time variables as inputs, but I'd rather just have it as an automatic thing, where the date/times do not change as time goes on.

Hope that helps?

can't do that.
there are no study file attributes , nothing for thinkscript to read, to tell when a study was created or modified ( like dos has).