Classes for setting and checking trading time - MetaTrader 5 Library | MT5 EA Download - MetaTrader 5 Resources

The CTimeControl class is included into your EA to easily set and check your own trading times.

Usage example:

#include "timecontrol.mqh"

Default constructor:

CTimeControl time control;

Or a constructor with a number of days:

CTimeControl time control ( wrong , true , true , wrong , wrong , wrong , wrong );

Or a constructor with an array of days settings and an array of trading hours per day:

Boolean value arrDaysSetting[7] = { false , true , true , false , false , false , false };
Integer arrStartHours[7] = {0, 15, 14, 0, 0, 0, 0};
Double arrStartMinutes[7] = {0, 15, 14, 0, 0, 0, 0};
Integer arrStopHours[7] = {23, 13, 21, 23, 23, 23, 23};
Double arrStopMinutes[7] = {0, 15, 14, 0, 0, 0, 0};

CTimeControl timeControl2( arrDaysSetting, arrStartHours, arrStartMinutes, arrStopHours, arrStopMinutes);

For daily get/set parameters, you can use functions with the ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK index to get the date you want to set/get:

Boolean bMonday = timeControl.GetDay( Monday );

timeControl.SetDay( Monday , true ); // enable on Monday
timeControl.EnableDay( Monday );  // enable on Monday
timeControl.DisableDay( Monday ); // disable Monday

Integer iStartHour, iStopHour;
Double d starts minutes, d stops minutes;

timeControl.GetTradingTime( Monday , iStartHour, dStartMinute, iStopHour, dStopMinute);

Or you can check every day using a defined function:

Boolean value bMonday = timeControl.GetMonday();

timeControl.SetMonday( true ); //Enable on Monday
timeControl.EnableMonday(); //Disable Monday
timeControl.DisableMonday(); //Disable Monday

Main function to check if trading time is enabled (using current server time)

if (timeControl.IsTradingTime() == true )

{
//do something
}

{
//do something
}

Or you can check your own datetime:

datetime date = D'24.02.2015 12:30:27' ;

if (timeControl.IsTradingTime(date) == true )
{
//do something
}
Others
{
//do something
}

Attachment download

📎 timecontrol.mqh (19.99 KB)

Source: MQL5 #12484