Downloaded History format

 

Does anyone know the format of the downloaded history files located in the <MetaTrader>/history/downloads folder? These are not the usual .hst files but are .dat files. They are put there when you use the "Download" button in the history center. Since they are already grouped by month/year, I would like to write a program to convert them directly to .csv.


Does anyone know what format they are in?



 

Hello,


Try attaching one and we could have a look! :-)


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yona22:

Hello,


Try attaching one and we could have a look! :-)


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Ok, here's one for EUR/USD August 2009

Files:
eurusd_dat.zip  149 kb
 

Sorry for the late answer. Unfortunately I cannot be of much help! The file is total giberish!


Has somebody developped a tool to read these .dat files?

 

yes i have a tool for them but must search, pm me later so i dont forget it. I can give you details.



Btw its also possible to read hst from source. I also have a code for that somewhere i must also find. so pm me

 
So, what about a tool to read .DAt files? Or any idea about this file format?
 
kivvi:
So, what about a tool to read .DAt files? Or any idea about this file format?

How about you stop double posting and listen to what you are told . . . 

https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/120153/page2#769369 

 
Has the binary format issue with the dat file been resolved?