How to give date with variable

[roley]

Hi!

I have a problem what I cannot solve. 

I want to create a variable, which has a datime form and I want to give its value with different variables just like in the excel with date function

var1=2014  (number of year)

var2=3  (number of month)

var3=5  (number of day)

in the excel=date(var1,var2,var3)

How can I do this in Mql4?

Thank in advance,

roley

[Fernando Carreiro]

roley:I have a problem what I cannot solve. 

I want to create a variable, which has a datime form and I want to give its value with different variables just like in the excel with date function

var1=2014  (number of year)

var2=3  (number of month)

var3=5  (number of day)

in the excel=date(var1,var2,var3)

How can I do this in Mql4?

Please take some time to first familiarise yoursef with MQL coding by reading the MQL4 Reference Documentation.

There is a section dedicated to Date and Time functions and there you can focus your attention on the StructToTime() function as well as the MqlDateTime data structure. These to not provide exactly the same functionality as you require, but it is similar and you can then code your own function to accomplish exactly what you need.

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roley:

Hi!

I have a problem what I cannot solve. 

I want to create a variable, which has a datime form and I want to give its value with different variables just like in the excel with date function

var1=2014  (number of year)

var2=3  (number of month)

var3=5  (number of day)

in the excel=date(var1,var2,var3)

How can I do this in Mql4?

Thank in advance,

roley

You can try more ways..

For example: Array

[roley]

I fund the TimeToStruct function but an example would be very helpful in the short run.

 

[Fernando Carreiro]

roley: I fund the TimeToStruct function but an example would be very helpful in the short run.

There is an example and in my post I gave you several links to follow. Please follow-up on the posts and don't just ignore the advice given here.

There is a section dedicated to Date and Time functions and there you can focus your attention on the StructToTime() function as well as the MqlDateTime data structure. These to not provide exactly the same functionality as you require, but it is similar and you can then code your own function to accomplish exactly what you need.

[Jack Thomas]

roley:

Hi!

I have a problem what I cannot solve. 

I want to create a variable, which has a datime form and I want to give its value with different variables just like in the excel with date function

var1=2014  (number of year)

var2=3  (number of month)

var3=5  (number of day)

in the excel=date(var1,var2,var3)

How can I do this in Mql4?

Thank in advance,

roley

There are built in functions to give you what you want, with examples.

Day: https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime/day

Month: https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime/month

Year: https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime/year

In addition, it would be helpful for you to read over the following information for the date and time functions.

https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime

- Jack