I asked the same question and got this reply from a kind soul before wasting too much time.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/97297 (quote) I asked this question of AB support some time ago. This is the response I got: "This is due to the fact that AmiBroker uses its own 32-bit datestamp that has resolution of 5 seconds but spans years of 1900-2155. Standard C-language 32-bit timestamp that has resolution of 1-second is limited to dates from 1970-2023 and therefore can not be used (year range is to narrow). However this does not really affect anything as all ticks are imported, order of ticks is maintaned and all charts look correct and all analysis is accurate." Note that I only have the standard version of AB so I am unsure if it is different for the professional version. (unquote) --- In [email protected], "derkobals" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > After hesitating a little bit, I would like to ask a little help from > the Experts: > I would like to import ASCII Tick Data files, the format is: > BBB,0,20060907,161950,28.70,40 > BBB,0,20060907,161952,28.75,30 > BBB,0,20060907,162000,28.75,130 > BBB,0,20060907,162000,28.75,500 > and so on. > Amibroker can not handle, when to sales belongs to an exact time, see > the last two rows. I have read the manual and I found a solution for a > similar problem > ,but the given format, what I modified, did not work for me. > $FORMAT Ticker, Skip, Date_YMD, Close, Volume > $SKIPLINES 1 > $SEPARATOR , > $CONT 1 > $GROUP 255 > $AUTOADD 1 > $DEBUG 1 > $TICKMODE 1 > It reads the whole intraday data, but it gives only tick sings with time > stamp ending 5, or for example 161955, but sometimes they are false. So > it is a mess. > Can you help me? > In the Quote Editor Window I found data rows, but they from Aliens, > because it is not identical with original tick data file(txt) > The database is set to tick. > > Can you help me? > > Thanks. > Derkobals > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
