Mariner Backtesting - service.time_to_string()

service.time_to_string()

service. (method) Overview: Interface:

 time_to_string(muts,
               format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")

Sample - Calling Method

 service.time_to_string( service.system_time )

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Information
muts	muts	required	timestamp
format	string	"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f"	A valid strftime format string that will be used when converting the 'muts' input to a valid time string.

Returns:

Return time as a string

Working Example:

Print the market close time the day after Thanksgiving 2015.

from cloudquant.interfaces import Strategy


class TimeToStringExample(Strategy):
    @classmethod
    def is_symbol_qualified(cls, symbol, md, service, account):
        return symbol == "AAL"

    def on_start(self, md, order, service, account):
        #print the symbol
        print(self.symbol+"\n")

        print ("Human readable timestamp:")
        #print the timestamp using the time_to_string() to convert the timestamp to human readable
        print(service.time_to_string(service.system_time))

        print("\nThis is what a timestamp looks like if you don't use time_to_string()")
        #a direct print of the system_time
        print(service.system_time)

        service.terminate()

Console

AAL

Human readable timestamp:
2016-08-15 09:25:00.000000

This is what a timestamp looks like if you don't use time_to_string()
1471267500000000