@fintrading Got it! Thanks...

@ab_trader Definitely a step in the right direction! I've updated my code:

data = btfeeds.GenericCSVData(
    dataname='ada.csv',
    fromdate=datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1),
    todate=datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 31),
    timeframe=bt.TimeFrame.Minutes, compression=240,
    nullvalue=0.0,
    dtformat=('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
    datetime=0,
    high=1,
    low=2,
    open=3,
    close=4,
    volume=-1,
    openinterest=-1
)

and now, my buy creates/buy executes are acting as expected (the timing seemed to be "off" before). However, the printout remains unchanged; backtrader still seems to ignore my hours at least in the cosmetic sense. Is there another setting that I need to add to make sure the time component gets printed out?

Thanks!

Hi,

I'm just getting used to Backtrader and I'm trying to use the Quick Start guide just slightly tweaked. Basically, my data is in 4 hour intervals, but I can't quite see how to get Backtrader to keep things at the 4 hour level. In particular, I'm using:

data = btfeeds.GenericCSVData(
dataname='my.csv',
fromdate=datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1),
todate=datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 31),
nullvalue=0.0,
dtformat=('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
datetime=0,
high=1,
low=2,
open=3,
close=4,
volume=-1,
openinterest=-1
)

Then, I'm using:

def log(self, txt, dt=None):
''' Logging function for this strategy'''
dt = dt or self.datas[0].datetime.date(0)
print('%s, %s' % (dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'), txt))

However, my print out is looking like:

2017-12-06 00:00:00, Close, 0.00000994
2017-12-06 00:00:00, Close, 0.00001009
2017-12-06 00:00:00, Close, 0.00000940

i.e. the hours are all 00:00:00. Any help would be appreciated.