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I cannot get the correct day of the week to return from backtesting. I have previously printed Debug() dates with no problem. However, the code below returns today's actual date, not the date of the simulated day in backtesting.
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int day = (int)DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek;
Debug(DateTime.Now.Date.ToShortDateString() + ": " + day);
Has anyone seen this? Do you have a workaround?
Thanks
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Douglas Stridsberg
"DateTime.Now" is meant to return the current date. To return the date of the simulation, you need to use the "Time" property of the main algorithm object. As an example, see this algo.
Matthew Martin
Thank you, Douglas.
Matthew Martin
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