Looks like they changed it and changed it back once again...i downloaded this aqh file around 1am EST sunday monday morning
$NAME AACC 2007-01-19,15.51,15.66,15.33,15.63,78000,15.63 2007-01-18,15.73,15.86,15.54,15.60,67500,15.60 2007-01-17,15.57,16.13,15.56,15.72,68500,15.72 2007-01-16,16.39,16.68,15.60,15.67,125700,15.67 and about half an hour later downloaded this aqh file: $NAME AACC 19-Jan-07,15.51,15.66,15.33,15.63,78000,15.63 18-Jan-07,15.73,15.86,15.54,15.60,67500,15.60 17-Jan-07,15.57,16.13,15.56,15.72,68500,15.72 16-Jan-07,16.39,16.68,15.60,15.67,125700,15.67 --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > See previous response ... they apparently changed it and reversed the change quickly today. > > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Graham > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:44 PM > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Amiquote Import does not import a few symbols > > > Interesting because I did a history download yesteday and the data did not appear in AB. > my aqh files show 2007-01-18, > > 10 days ago the data format was 8-Jan-07 > > -- > Cheers > Graham > AB-Write >< Professional AFL Writing Service > Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements > http://www.aflwriting.com > > > > On 20/01/07, Mark Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just another issue with Yahoo. The date format DEFINITELY changed as I opened the *.aqh files and checked. If it's back to d-m-y, I'll change the format file back. > > > > On 20/01/07, giggollo99 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also don't think its a date issue, Mark, although I am also having > trouble with yahoo data lately. Yesterday while trying to > download using Amiquote from Yahoo, I got "Failed" for many symbols > in my 3000 stock database. It was around 4am so maybe there was some > kind of maintenance downtime going on..In addition to that and for > several weeks, i have noticed that some symbols which used to have > historical data available for them have no data available for them or > their data disappears and reappears briefly then disappears. Examples: > > http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp? > a=00&b=1&c=2006&d=00&e=19&f=2007&g=d&s=vsth > > http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp? > a=00&b=1&c=2006&d=00&e=19&f=2007&g=d&s=whit > > http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp? > a=00&b=1&c=2006&d=00&e=19&f=2007&g=d&s=qcom > > VSTH and WHIT do not work for me, i get the following message: > > "Historical quote data is unavailable for the specified date range." > > but QCOM works, and its the exact same link. VSTH and WHIT are valid > US stocks and there are others but i am giving a couple of examples > only. > > I contacted Yahoo about this problem but they referred me to CSI data > and did not indicate they would be addressing the problem. I > contacted CSI data but got no response from them. Is anyone else > noticing this? > > --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> > > > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > That's interesting - I just tried to download now and the date > format is still DD-MMM-YY ! > > You should really double check this because it does not look as > there was ANY change in the format of Yahoo Historical. > > > > Example MSFT: > > $NAME MSFT > > 18-Jan-07,31.15,31.37,30.80,31.00,56364300,31.00 > > 17-Jan-07,31.26,31.44,31.01,31.10,58519600,31.10 > > 16-Jan-07,31.26,31.45,31.03,31.16,62379600,31.16 > > 12-Jan-07,30.65,31.39,30.64,31.21,103972496,31.21 > > 11-Jan-07,29.76,30.75,29.65,30.70,99464304,30.70 > > 10-Jan-07,29.80,29.89,29.43,29.66,55017400,29.66 > > 9-Jan-07,30.00,30.18,29.73,29.96,44636600,29.96 > > 8-Jan-07,29.65,30.10,29.53,29.93,50220200,29.93 > > 5-Jan-07,29.63,29.75,29.45,29.64,44607200,29.64 > > 4-Jan-07,29.70,29.97,29.44,29.81,45774500,29.81 > > > > Best regards, > > Tomasz Janeczko > > amibroker.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mark Jarvis > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Amiquote Import does not import a few > symbols > > > > > > I had a problem with Amiquote tonight. Yahoo have changed the > date format from dd-mm-yy to yy-mm-dd. Changing the *.AQH format > file in c:\program files\amibroker\formats fixed the problem.. > > > > > > > On 19/01/07, giggollo99 <giggollo@> wrote: > > Using Amiquote 1.92, Amibroker 4.89, i do a historical download > of 3000 > > symbols with "Automatic Import" unchecked. Then i do "Tools- > >Import > > into Amibroker". When I do this I notice that a few symbols are > not > > imported, but the vast majority of symbols are imported fine. > When I > > redownload the data for those few symbols using Amiquote and > then > > do "Tools->Import into Amibroker" for the second time, they are > > imported correctly. To identify which symbols had not been > imported, I > > used filter=1 and "N last days, n=1" in AA settings, did an > exploration > > then sorted by date to see which symbols did not have today's > date. > > Because only a few symbols are not imported, I guess this is > something > > that normally wouldn't be noticed by the user, unless youre > updating a > > large database (thousands of symbols) and really analyse the > data to > > see what has been imported and what hasnt. > > >
