Excel issue with tick export time stamp

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TradeBuilder
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Excel issue with tick export time stamp

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I exported AUDCAD ticks for two days to see the format TickStory produces. I used date, time, ask and bid price. The confusing field is time. It starts at 00:00.1 — which seems fine until I see 59:59:0 at the end of the day.

What am I looking at for time and why not a 24 hour per day time?

tickstory
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Re: Please explain tick export time stamp

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Hi TraderBuilder,

That doesn't sound right. Are you sure you are not inadvertently using the "mm" specifier for the hour instead of 24-hour "HH"?
If you send us a screenshot of the format you are using we can assist further.

Thanks.

TradeBuilder
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Re: Please explain tick export time stamp

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This is the setup and the result in An Excel spreadsheet:
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ZIP file with export attached

Thanks for having a look.
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EURUSD_TicksTest.zip
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tickstory
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Re: Please explain tick export time stamp

Post by tickstory »

Hi TradeBuilder,

Looking at the raw file you provided in a text editor, here are the actual last entries for the 29/6/20:

20200629 23:59:44,23:59:44.010,1.1238,1.12377
20200629 23:59:44,23:59:44.782,1.12381,1.12377
20200629 23:59:46,23:59:46.814,1.1238,1.12377
20200629 23:59:48,23:59:48.635,1.12381,1.12377
20200630 00:00:04,00:00:04.615,1.12381,1.12379
20200630 00:00:04,00:00:04.716,1.12382,1.1238

From this, it appears that there is some formatting issue in your Excel spreadsheet that you will need to fix.

Thanks.

TradeBuilder
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Re: Please explain tick export time stamp

Post by TradeBuilder »

OMG! Thank you. My earlier file was too big to see in a text editor so I loaded it into Excel. Thank you.

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Re: Please explain tick export time stamp

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You're welcome! ;)

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