How can I set Hours and Minutes as input parameters and use it in my function.

[tradefy]

Hy guys, new to mql5 and trying hard to understand it. Please help me with the following issue, I am trying to find a solution since 2 days without success. 

//Global paramters//
input parameter opentime = "12:00" (??)

//Get the local time//

   datetime time = TimeLocal();

   

//format the time and create a string//

string hoursAndMinutes = TimeToString(time,TIME_MINUTES);

if ((StringSubstr(hoursAndMinutes, 0, 5) == "07:00")
How can I replace 07:00 with an input parameter?

{//Buy Trade logic}//


Thank you very much!

[William Roeder]

tradefy: input parameter opentime = "12:00" (??)

When dealing with time, a lot of people use strings; they can not be optimized. Using (int) seconds or (double) hours and fraction can be inputs.

[Yashar Seyyedin]

input string opentime = "12:00";
...
{
   datetime time = TimeLocal();
   string hoursAndMinutes = TimeToString(time,TIME_MINUTES);
   if (hoursAndMinutes == opentime)
    //do what you want here
}
...

simply define time as a string... Just you need to make sure entries are double digit format.(hh & mm)

[Vladislav Boyko]

William Roeder #:

When dealing with time, a lot of people use strings; they can not be optimized. Using (int) seconds or (double) hours and fraction can be inputs.

Strings are nice in settings. I use strings in the settings, and in OnInit I convert them to an integer format, which allows me to maintain high performance.