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Date at Event
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{ Date at event signals - v2.0 }

{ ©Copyright 2005 Jose Silva
  For personal use only.
  http://www.metastocktools.com }

{ User inputs }
plot:=Input("Event:  [1]Date,  [2]Signals,  [3]Date+Signals",1,3,1);
format:=Input("Date format:  [1]0.yymmdd,  [2]ymmdd,  [3]ddmmyy",1,3,1);

{ Event example }
event:=Cross(Mov(C,5,E),Mov(C,20,E));

{ Date components }
y:=If(Year()<2000,Year()-1900,Year()-2000);
m:=Month();
d:=DayOfMonth();

{ Date in selected format }
yymmdd:=y*10000+m*100+d;
ptyymmdd:=yymmdd/1000000;
ddmmyy:=y+m*100+d*10000;
date:=If(format=1,ptyymmdd,
 If(format=2,yymmdd,ddmmyy));

{ Extend date from last event }
xtDate:=ValueWhen(1,event,date);

{ Plot in own window }
If(plot=1,xtDate,If(plot=2,event,event*date))

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