Sorry, I did not respond... I mentioned that I was only illustrating various lines of code.
The ParamDate function is in line say 10, and the variable it fills is used in several other places in the code before getting to the title statement down at the bottom. Putting the 1 in the format position messes up other statements in the code that are using the "0" format. Yes, I could recode many of the intermediate steps so I could use the "1" format, but have found it easier to go the other way. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amibroker] Re: Date Display in Title - Really Puzzling Argh ... Is there some reason you didn't want to use Format = 1 ? THIS WORKS ... BuyDate = ParamDate("BuyDate","01/03/2006",1); Title = BuyDate; --- In [email protected], Ken Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TJ: I **ALWAYS** look at the help files, and I tried the construction you > suggest, but it did not work. > > My title displays "Invalid Date Time" when I use what you suggested. > > With the help of some other code, I have solved my problem in the following > way but I wonder if there is not another. Why does your suggestion not work? > > Ken > > BuyYear = int(BuyDate/10000) + 1900; > > BuyMonth = int(((BuyDate) - (BuyYear-1900)*10000)/100); > > BuyDay = BuyDate - (BuyYear-1900)*10000 - BuyMonth*100; > > BuyDateDisp = NumToStr(BuyMonth,1.0) + "/" + NumToStr(BuyDay,1.0) + "/" + > NumToStr(BuyYear,1.0); > > ...." BuyDate = " + BuyDateDisp > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Tomasz Janeczko > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Date Display in Title - Really Puzzling > > > Ken, > > Use formatDateTime instead of 1.0 in WriteVal. > Documented here: http://www.amibroker.com/f?writeval > > BuyDate = " + WriteVal(BuyDate,formatDateTime) > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Close <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:41 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Date Display in Title - Really Puzzling > > I set a variable with ParamDate, then later want to display that date in the > Title statement. I get an incorrect date displayed even though the variable > operates correctly and displays correctly as a number. > > So, the code has > > BuyDate = ParamDate("BuyDate","01/03/2006",0); > > Say I set 8/18/2006 in the Parameter box, then later in the code this > partial segment in a Title statement > > .....+ " BuyDate = " + WriteVal(BuyDate,1.0) > > produces this when applied: BuyDate = 1060818 ............. which is > the correct number but not formatted how I would like it. > > Change the code to > BuyDateDisp = DateTimeToStr(BuyDate); > and then > ..... + " BuyDate = " + BuyDateDisp > > produces this when applied: BuyDate = 8/2/1073 12:41:00 AM > > What is going on and how can I get the formatted date display I want in the > Title??? > > Thanks for any insights. > > Ken > 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 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
