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  • #121
  • Jun 14, 2013 4:11pm Jun 14, 2013 4:11pm
Quoting v.thodda
Sorry pips, it looks like I have messed up with the file I have uploaded. Here's the correct one. Sry again about that. {file}
Hi v.thodda,

I appreciate your effort to share the "market" hours for various world zones. However, first off, the stock market hours and primary-local "FX" trading hours are not usually the same thing. For example, NY stock exchanges open at 9:30A ET, but FX is certainly rocking by 8AM. (There is no definitive start time for any FX market, because it's obviously traded nearly non-stop 24x5.

I will keep in mind your suggestions the next time I do a release, but unless there are major bugs or problems, or significant changes, the P4L Clock is pretty much in maintenance mode for now.
  • #122
  • Jun 20, 2013 4:31pm Jun 20, 2013 4:31pm
Hi,


I want to know how I can add minutes into the P4L clock / file , because for instance Newyork has opening times from 9:30 - 4pm.
Now we can only set whole hours not with minutes behind it.

Is there a way to get that fixed ? can you maybe add it to the P4L file as update

Thx in advance
alifar
  • #123
  • Jun 23, 2013 3:31am Jun 23, 2013 3:31am
Great Indicator I use it on every chart.

Was wondering if there is any chance to add a countdown to key times - Option Expiry + Currency Fix?

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=433955
  • #124
  • Jul 23, 2013 2:10am Jul 23, 2013 2:10am
The P4 clock is no longer working.

It seems that the URL it gets the time from has changed from www.worldtimezone.net/index24.php

to www.worldtimezone.com/index24.php

It is currently 4:09 pm in Tokyo but the clock says 7:09 pm.

Same with the other times zones.

Tried changing the URL in both the inputs and the code to no avail.

Too bad, this was a great little clock.
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  • #125
  • Jul 23, 2013 11:18am Jul 23, 2013 11:18am
Quoting Pinbar
The P4 clock is no longer working. It seems that the URL it gets the time from has changed from www.worldtimezone.net/index24.php to www.worldtimezone.com/index24.php It is currently 4:09 pm in Tokyo but the clock says 7:09 pm. Same with the other times zones. Tried changing the URL in both the inputs and the code to no avail. Too bad, this was a great little clock. {image}
"P4L Clock" is still working fine for me, so I don't know what problem you are encountering.
The URL is for information purposes only, for the user to type into their own browser to
double-check the times. The code doesn't call that URL at all. Rather, it calls Windows
functions that rely upon your computer to return the accurate times for each timezone.

There is perhaps something strange about your computer settings that is causing
you the trouble. I'm not having any problems with either Windows 7 or Win XP, using
MT4 version 4.00 Build 509.

If you change your computer system clock to the other timezone(s), does it show the correct
time? That is, temporarily set your computer to be Tokyo timezone, and see if it shows
the correct time as per the URL. If not, it's your computer at fault.
  • #126
  • Jul 23, 2013 11:34am Jul 23, 2013 11:34am
Quoting Pinbar
The P4 clock is no longer working. It seems that the URL it gets the time from has changed from www.worldtimezone.net/index24.php to www.worldtimezone.com/index24.php It is currently 4:09 pm in Tokyo but the clock says 7:09 pm. Same with the other times zones. Tried changing the URL in both the inputs and the code to no avail. Too bad, this was a great little clock. {image}
P.S.

Your description has a typo that adds confusion, because you said it's 4:09 pm in Tokyo but the clock says "7:09 pm", when in fact the picture shows "7:09 am".

I observe that Tokyo is correctly 8 hours later than London, and New York is 5 hours earlier.

Your picture says "Frankfurt" but my code posted in post #1 only uses the name "Berlin". A simple spelling change would of course not matter at all, but you should try an unmodified official version to see if your modified version has other things changed in it that could be responsible for the problem.
  • #127
  • Jul 23, 2013 12:00pm Jul 23, 2013 12:00pm
Hi P4L,

How do I set the CandleTime text to be displayed in bold and italic ?

Thanks
Lets make some green pips
  • #128
  • Jul 23, 2013 3:26pm Jul 23, 2013 3:26pm
Quoting 4rx
Hi P4L, How do I set the CandleTime text to be displayed in bold and italic ? Thanks
You can play with the two variables:
extern int FontSize = 10;
extern string FontName = "Lucida Console";

I doubt you will find a suitable *fixed-width* font name that is both bold and italic, but that is up to you. As I haven't looked, I really don't know how easy or hard it will be to find such a font. A fixed-width font is necessary because all MT4 texts have the anchor at the upper-center of the text, and the leading spaces are essential for correct placement of the text. In variable width fonts, the leading spaces usually get squished too much, hence I use fixed-width fonts only.
  • #129
  • Jul 23, 2013 11:47pm Jul 23, 2013 11:47pm
hahaa... it works.... I use :

extern string FontName = "Arial Bold Italic";

now the text is much clearer.

thanks
Lets make some green pips
  • #130
  • Jul 24, 2013 3:56am Jul 24, 2013 3:56am
Quoting pips4life
{quote} P.S. Your description has a typo that adds confusion, because you said it's 4:09 pm in Tokyo but the clock says "7:09 pm", when in fact the picture shows "7:09 am". I observe that Tokyo is correctly 8 hours later than London, and New York is 5 hours earlier. Your picture says "Frankfurt" but my code posted in post #1 only uses the name "Berlin". A simple spelling change would of course not matter at all, but you should try an unmodified official version to see if your modified version has other things changed in it that could be...

Sorry for the confusion.

You were right, the system time in the bios had got screwed up after a power outage.
Works great again.

Many thanks again for this wonderful clock.
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  • #131
  • Aug 22, 2013 1:53am Aug 22, 2013 1:53am
Thanks for coding the indicator. The indicator for the timing to close the candle is very beautifully done. thanks any latest you created please post it.
  • #132
  • Oct 14, 2013 9:57am Oct 14, 2013 9:57am
@pips4life:
Thanks for this beautiful indi which I am using since my beginning of trading live ...
May I like to come up with some helpful addition for this indi in case someone has the same need as I have.
I find it very useful to mark the important News with ARROWS in the chart to make my backtests easier.
I think this will help to save some time for everyone here.
It also helps to see where your system is undercut through important News as in my case my system works very fine if I stay out at important News.
Maybe with an additional LOOKBACK feature to make the backtests more handy.

If you have the time to make this additonal coding for this indi it would be very fine.
Thanks for any feedback and info regarding this.
Greeds zack
  • #133
  • Nov 24, 2013 8:24am Nov 24, 2013 8:24am
@pips4life, i tried to install and i got this error message can you help me on how to fix it?
2013.11.24 21:23:36 P4L CandleTime AUDUSD,Daily: removed
2013.11.24 21:23:36 P4L CandleTime AUDUSD,Daily: uninit reason 1
2013.11.24 21:23:36 P4L CandleTime AUDUSD,Daily: deinitialized
2013.11.24 21:23:36 P4L CandleTime AUDUSD,Daily: initialized
2013.11.24 21:23:34 P4L CandleTime AUDUSD,Daily: loaded successfully

thx
  • #134
  • Jan 30, 2014 1:09pm Jan 30, 2014 1:09pm
2014-01-30: New "P4L Clock.mq4" v2_11
Changes:

* Made code changes to make it compatible with upcoming new MT4 (>build 579). The changes, however, still compile and work on current 509 build, and the 509 .ex4 that you make is also forward compatible, should there be any need to do so.
* Note: (Beta?) 579 is still new and has many bugs. For example, a 579 compiled "P4L CandleTime.ex4" loses track of the font name upon MT4 restart, but they say it's fixed in the next version. A 509 compiled version appears to work fine. Of course there could be other problems that come up when they finally settle on a production MT4 release, so we'll see what happens.




You can always download the latest versions in post #1
  • #135
  • Jan 30, 2014 1:18pm Jan 30, 2014 1:18pm
BIG THANK YOU PIPS4LIFE.

Any updates for CandleTime ?

Yourself and Hanover are my resources for indicators. Thanks for the updates.
  • #136
  • Jan 30, 2014 6:28pm Jan 30, 2014 6:28pm
Quoting fxworldwide
BIG THANK YOU PIPS4LIFE. Any updates for CandleTime ? Yourself and Hanover are my resources for indicators. Thanks for the updates.
You're welcome. I'm glad it's useful to you and many others. I don't have tons of time for such things, but I can do updates for the things I use myself. Hanover had indeed written a lot of great programs, and I thank him for sharing, but he says... which I am sad for... that he's putting Forex and MT4 aside. If that stays true, I thank him too, and wish him all the best.

Regarding "P4L CandleTime", it works both ways: as a forward-compatible ex4; and if re-compiled in NewMT4(>=582), so no need for a new version there.

Kent (pips4life)
  • #137
  • Feb 11, 2014 12:08am Feb 11, 2014 12:08am
the lasted MT4 update(600) seems to have interfered with the real time updating

The behavior now is that the times are only updated on a TF change or the open of a new candle.
  • #138
  • Feb 11, 2014 3:15pm Feb 11, 2014 3:15pm
Yep After the lasted MT4 update(600) there are compilation errors and coz of that its not getting attached to the chart.
And if its already added to a template then the positioning is a bit messed up.

Btw this is the error:
'TimeToString' - override system function P4L Clock Rev1.mq4 1463 8

Best Regards.
/Vibhash.
  • #139
  • Edited 5:09pm Feb 12, 2014 12:09pm | Edited 5:09pm
This compiles with out error - appears to be working (have not tested extensively).

  1. Place in MT4 / Indicators folder. Rename if required.
  2. Check if you are missing this file - stdlib.mgh.
  3. Place stdlib.mgh in MT4 / Include folder. Do not Rename.

Added after initial post: The below files were downloaded on 12-Feb-14 from #post 1, compiled and renamed to fit in with my file organization. No code was altered. Problems may be due to missing stdlib.mgh. The object of the post was to show recent downloads working with Build 604 - somehow got lost along the way and included my files.

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File Type: mq4 0 - P4L Clock.mq4   101 KB | 965 downloads
File Type: ex4 0 - P4L Clock.ex4   141 KB | 746 downloads
File Type: mqh stdlib.mqh   < 1 KB | 782 downloads
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  • #140
  • Feb 12, 2014 1:14pm Feb 12, 2014 1:14pm
Quoting Phylo
This compiles with out error - appears to be working (have not tested extensively). Place in MT4 / Indicators folder. Rename if required. Check if you are missing this file - stdlib.mgh. Place stdlib.mgh in MT4 / Include folder. Do not Rename. {image} {file} {file} {file}
Thanks will install them 2moro.

I want to ask btw how do you guys make make multiple quotes in one single reply?
I've tried severally and not succeeded.
thanks
Let it turn and find your entry.
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