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Date constants in scripts or input files can be formatted in any of the following ways:
•m/d/yy (or d/m/yy if DateInput setting is DMY)
•m/d/yyyy (or d/m/yyyy likewise)
•any of the above with dashes (-) or dots (.) instead of the slashes (/)
•yyyy/mm/dd
•yyyy-mm-dd
•yyyy.mm.dd
•yyyymmdd
•dd-mmm-yy (where mmm is the first three letters of the month name)
•dd-mmm-yyyy (ditto)
•Earliest (use the earliest available date as a StartDate)
•Latest (use the latest available date as an EndDate)
Date constants are used in the Import and Settings script sections.
The DateInput setting determines whether x/x/y is interpreted as d/m/y vs. m/d/y.
To override the current DateInput setting for a CSV import and/or EventListFile, add a CSVDateFmt definition.
To override the current DateInput setting for a strategy's imported TradeList, add a TLDateFmt definition.
To specify a literal date within a formula, e.g. EntrySetup: BarDate > 20240101 and other_conditions, if(Date = 20200607), it must be formatted as YYYYMMDD as in this example.
To parse a date string within a formula, use the ToDate function.
To format a numeric date in a non-default way, use the FormatDate function.
To control how dates are displayed by default in the user interface or output files, use the DateDisplay setting.
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