how to use generic csv file

[Devinderjeet Singh]

hello,
my CSV file date format is 13-12-2016 09:15, and it show error while uploading file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_cy3mMpatfZSi1NMUFWME9ZMHc/view

please help

[backtrader]

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@Devinderjeet-Singh said in how to use generic csv file:

please help

it is usually helpful to show what one has tried (the code, at least the part that loads the data) and what Python told you (the error)

The GenericCSVData is documented. See Docs - Data Feeds Reference

Quoting from it:

  - dtformat: Format used to parse the datetime CSV field. See the python strptime/strftime documentation for the format.

    If a numeric value is specified, it will be interpreted as follows

      1: The value is a Unix timestamp of type int representing the number of seconds since Jan 1st, 1970
      2: The value is a Unix timestamp of type float
      If a callable is passed

         it will accept a string and return a datetime.datetime python instance

An example which already includes the solution for the no timeframe specified

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[Devinderjeet Singh]

here is the error picture. it just simple adding data to any strategy
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_cy3mMpatfZVmxYcU5uVjB2bjQ

it's 10 day's - minute data
where am I getting wrong?

[backtrader]

Pictures are nice, but if you use the facilities of a forum (like pasting text and quoting it to highlight it, as pointed out above) it could help more.

It will also be of no help to future users, when you remove the picture from your google drive share. Your post has been edited to add the figure for future reference.

In any case it seems you are pretty new to Python. Your error has nothing to do with backtrader. See

• Python - Docs - 8.1. datetime — Basic date and time types