High-Performance Time Functions (TimeUtils) - library for MetaTrader 5

The function names should be self-explanatory; also, you can find a short description for a specific function in the TimeUtils.mqh file.

//+==================================================================+
//| Create datetime From Components                                  |
//+==================================================================+
datetime CreateDateTime(
   const int year,           // Year
   const int mon,            // Month
   const int day,            // Day
   const int hour = 0,       // Hour
   const int min = 0,        // Minutes
   const int sec = 0         // Seconds
   )
datetime CreateDateTime(MqlDateTime&  dt_struct);  // fast alternative to StructToTime()

//+==================================================================+
//| Break datetime To Components                                     |
//+==================================================================+
bool TimeToStructFast(
   datetime      dt,         // Date value to convert
   MqlDateTime&  dt_struct   // structure for the adoption of values
   )

//+==================================================================+
//| Extract Components of datetime: Sunday, yyyy.mm.dd hh:mm:ss      |
//| Get() Units                                                      |
//+==================================================================+
int GetSecond(datetime t)
int GetMinute(datetime t)
int GetHour(datetime t)
int GetDay(datetime t)
int GetMonth(datetime t)
int GetYear(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| Day() Number                                                     |
//+==================================================================+
int DayOfWeek(datetime t)
int DayOfYear(datetime t)
int DayIndex(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| Week() Number                                                    |
//+==================================================================+
int WeekOfMonth(const datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
int WeekOfYear(const datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
int WeekIndex(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)

//+==================================================================+
//| StartOf() Units                                                  |
//+==================================================================+
datetime StartOfMinute(datetime t)
datetime StartOfHour(datetime t)
datetime StartOfDay(datetime t)
datetime StartOfWeek(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
datetime StartOfMonth(datetime t)
datetime StartOfYear(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| EndOf() Units                                                    |
//+==================================================================+
datetime EndOfMinute(datetime t)
datetime EndOfHour(datetime t)
datetime EndOfDay(datetime t)
datetime EndOfWeek(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
datetime EndOfMonth(datetime t)
datetime EndOfYear(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| SecsElapsedOf() Units                                            |
//+==================================================================+
int SecsElapsedOfMinute(datetime t)
int SecsElapsedOfHour(datetime t)
int SecsElapsedOfDay(datetime t)
int SecsElapsedOfWeek(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
int SecsElapsedOfMonth(datetime t)
int SecsElapsedOfYear(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| RoundTo() / Nearest() Units                                      |
//+==================================================================+
datetime RoundToMinute(datetime t)
datetime RoundToHour(datetime t)
datetime RoundToDay(datetime t)
datetime RoundToWeek(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)

//+==================================================================+
//| CeilTo() / Next() Units                                          |
//+==================================================================+
datetime CeilToMinute(datetime t)
datetime CeilToHour(datetime t)
datetime CeilToDay(datetime t)
datetime CeilToWeek(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)

//+==================================================================+
//| Next() Weekday                                                   |
//+==================================================================+
datetime NextWeekday(datetime t, ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK weekday = SUNDAY)
datetime NextSunday(datetime t)
datetime NextMonday(datetime t)
datetime NextTuesday(datetime t)
datetime NextWednesday(datetime t)
datetime NextThursday(datetime t)
datetime NextFriday(datetime t)
datetime NextSaturday(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| Previous() Weekday                                               |
//+==================================================================+
datetime PreviousWeekday(datetime t, ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK weekday = SUNDAY)
datetime PreviousSunday(datetime t)
datetime PreviousMonday(datetime t)
datetime PreviousTuesday(datetime t)
datetime PreviousWednesday(datetime t)
datetime PreviousThursday(datetime t)
datetime PreviousFriday(datetime t)
datetime PreviousSaturday(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| Nth() Weekday Of The Month                                       |
//+==================================================================+
datetime FirstWeekdayOfTheMonth(datetime t, ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK weekday = SUNDAY)
datetime LastWeekdayOfTheMonth(datetime t, ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK weekday = SUNDAY)
datetime NthWeekdayOfTheMonth(datetime t, int Nth, ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK weekday = SUNDAY)

//+==================================================================+
//| Add() Units                                                      |
//+==================================================================+
datetime AddSeconds(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddMinutes(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddHours(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddDays(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddBusinessDays(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddWeeks(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddMonths(datetime t, int amount)
datetime AddYears(datetime t, int amount)

//+==================================================================+
//| Sub() Units                                                      |
//+==================================================================+
datetime SubSeconds(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubMinutes(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubHours(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubDays(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubBusinessDays(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubWeeks(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubMonths(datetime t, int amount)
datetime SubYears(datetime t, int amount)

//+==================================================================+
//| DifferenceIn() Units                                             |
//+==================================================================+
int DifferenceInCalendarDays(datetime beginTime, datetime endTime)
int DifferenceInBusinessDays(datetime beginTime, datetime endTime)
int DifferenceInCalendarWeeks(datetime beginTime, datetime endTime, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
int DifferenceInCalendarMonths(datetime beginTime, datetime endTime)

//+==================================================================+
//| IsSame() Units                                                   |
//+==================================================================+
bool IsSameMinute(datetime t1, datetime t2)
bool IsSameHour(datetime t1, datetime t2)
bool IsSameDay(datetime t1, datetime t2)
bool IsSameWeek(datetime t1, datetime t2, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
bool IsSameMonth(datetime t1, datetime t2)
bool IsSameYear(datetime t1, datetime t2)

//+==================================================================+
//| IsCurrent() Units                                                |
//+==================================================================+
bool IsCurrentMinute(datetime t)
bool IsCurrentHour(datetime t)
bool IsCurrentWeek(datetime t, bool StartsOnMonday = false)
bool IsCurrentMonth(datetime t)
bool IsCurrentYear(datetime t)
bool IsToday(datetime t)
bool IsTomorrow(datetime t)
bool IsYesterday(datetime t)

//+==================================================================+
//| Misc                                                             |
//+==================================================================+
bool IsLeapYear(int year)
int  DaysInMonth(int year, int month)
datetime GetNthWeekdayInYearMonth(iYear, iMonth, Nth, weekday = SUNDAY)
datetime GetNthSundayInYearMonth(iYear, iMonth, Nth)

//+==================================================================+
//| Formating Time to String                                         |
//+==================================================================+
string t2s(datetime t, const int mode = TIME_DATE | TIME_MINUTES)
string SecondsToString(int seconds)
string TimeFormat(datetime t, string format = "YYYY.MM.DD hh:mm")

List of all available time formats:

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Get the formatted time according to the passed string of tokens. |
//| List of all available formats:                                   |
//| Format  Output            Description                            |
//| ------  ----------------  -------------------------------------  |
//| YY      18                Two-digit year                         |
//| YYYY    2018              Four-digit year                        |
//| M       1-12              The month, beginning at 1              |
//| MM      01-12             The month, 2-digits                    |
//| MMM     Jan-Dec           The abbreviated month name, 3-letters  |
//| MMMM    January-December  The full month name                    |
//| D       1-31              The day of the month                   |
//| DD      01-31             The day of the month, 2-digits         |
//| DDD     Sun-Sat           The short name of the day of the week  |
//| DDDD    Sunday-Saturday   The name of the day of the week        |
//| h       0-23              The hour                               |
//| hh      00-23             The hour, 2-digits                     |
//| H       1-12              The hour, 12-hour clock                |
//| HH      01-12             The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits      |
//| m       0-59              The minute                             |
//| mm      00-59             The minute, 2-digits                   |
//| s       0-59              The second                             |
//| ss      00-59             The second, 2-digits                   |
//| A       AM PM                                                    |
//| a       am pm                                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Sample formats:                                                  |
//| "YYYY.MM.DD hh:mm"           // "2024.12.08 22:05"  (default)    |
//| "DDD, YYYY.MM.DD hh:mm:ss"   // "Sun, 2024.12.08 22:05:21"       |
//| "D MMMM YYYY, HH:mm a"       // "8 December 2024, 10:05 pm"      |
//| "DD/MM/YYYY"                 // "08/12/2024"                     |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
string TimeFormat(const datetime t, const string format = "YYYY.MM.DD hh:mm");

2024.12.03 - v.1.10 : Initial release.

2024.12.05 - v.1.15 : Added functions for business days and for Nth() weekday of the month. Optimized calculations in DaysInMonth() function.

2024.12.09 - v.1.20 : Added TimeFormat() function to format the time according to the passed string of tokens.

2024.12.09 - v.1.25 : Optimized calculations in TimeToStructFast() function.

2024.12.10 - v.1.30 : Optimized TimeFormat(), StartOfYear() and EndOfYear() functions. Updated descriptions of some functions.

2024.12.15 - v.1.35 : Optimized GetNthWeekdayInYearMonth() function.

2024.12.18 - v.1.40 : Added IsCurrentXXX(), IsToday(), IsTomorrow() and IsYesterday() functions.

2024.12.19 - v.1.45 : Optimized AddMonths() and GetNthWeekdayInYearMonth() functions.

2024.12.20 - v.1.50 : More code clean-up.

2024.12.21 - v.1.55 : Simplified calculations in AddMonths(): replaced the complex logic of adjusting months and years with a simpler total months calculation.