MT4 Dates Problem

I'm having problems with the code below, it's not giving the results I expect and I cannot see what I'm doing wrong. Any help greatly appreciated.

If I put the EA on a chart with the External Strings as ...
extern string EntryDate = "D'01.01.2009'";
extern string ExitDate = "D'31.12.2009'";

The comment shows ...
EntryDay = 1 (correct)
ExitDay = 335 (wrong)


If I use ...
extern string EntryDate = "D'01.06.2009'";
extern string ExitDate = "D'02.06.2009'";

Comments are ...
EntryDay = 152
ExitDay = 152

I'm stuck here, can anyone help please?

rgds mcdirt


Test EA Code ....

extern string EntryDate = "D'01.01.2009'";
extern string ExitDate = "D'31.12.2009'";

int EntryDay, ExitDay;

int init(){
EntryDay = TimeDayOfYear(StrToTime(EntryDate));
ExitDay = TimeDayOfYear(StrToTime(ExitDate));
return(0);
}

int deinit() {
return(0);
}

int start(){
Comment (""
+ "\nEntry Date : " + EntryDate + " (day " + EntryDay + ")"
+ "\nExit Date : " + ExitDate + " (day " + ExitDay + ")"
);
}

datetime StrToTime( string value)
Converts string in the format "yyyy.mm.dd hh:mi" to datetime type (the amount of seconds that have passed since 1 Jan., 1970).


your date format is incorrect. You should have the year then month then date.

2009.4.1 for example.

Thanks MF - have tried that and get exactly the same results.
I believe that MT4 can read dates either way ....

D'19.07.1980 12' //equal to D'1980.07.19 12:00:00'