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/*
* QUANTCONNECT.COM - Democratizing Finance, Empowering Individuals.
* Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine v2.0. Copyright 2014 QuantConnect Corporation.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Globalization;
using NodaTime;
using QuantConnect.Logging;
using QuantConnect.Securities;
using static QuantConnect.StringExtensions;
namespace QuantConnect
{
/// <summary>
/// Time helper class collection for working with trading dates
/// </summary>
public static class Time
{
/// <summary>
/// Provides a value far enough in the future the current computer hardware will have decayed :)
/// </summary>
/// <value>
/// new DateTime(2050, 12, 31)
/// </value>
public static readonly DateTime EndOfTime = new DateTime(2050, 12, 31);
/// <summary>
/// Provides a time span based on <see cref="EndOfTime"/>
/// </summary>
public static TimeSpan EndOfTimeTimeSpan = new TimeSpan(EndOfTime.Ticks);
/// <summary>
/// Provides a value far enough in the past that can be used as a lower bound on dates
/// </summary>
/// <value>
/// DateTime.FromOADate(0)
/// </value>
public static readonly DateTime BeginningOfTime = DateTime.FromOADate(0);
/// <summary>
/// Provides a value large enough that we won't hit the limit, while small enough
/// we can still do math against it without checking everywhere for <see cref="TimeSpan.MaxValue"/>
/// </summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan MaxTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromDays(1000*365);
/// <summary>
/// One Year TimeSpan Period Constant
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>365 days</remarks>
public static readonly TimeSpan OneYear = TimeSpan.FromDays(365);
/// <summary>
/// One Day TimeSpan Period Constant
/// </summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan OneDay = TimeSpan.FromDays(1);
/// <summary>
/// One Hour TimeSpan Period Constant
/// </summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan OneHour = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
/// <summary>
/// One Minute TimeSpan Period Constant
/// </summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan OneMinute = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
/// <summary>
/// One Second TimeSpan Period Constant
/// </summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan OneSecond = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
/// <summary>
/// One Millisecond TimeSpan Period Constant
/// </summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan OneMillisecond = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1);
/// <summary>
/// Live charting is sensitive to timezone so need to convert the local system time to a UTC and display in browser as UTC.
/// </summary>
public struct DateTimeWithZone
{
private readonly DateTime utcDateTime;
private readonly TimeZoneInfo timeZone;
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="QuantConnect.Time.DateTimeWithZone"/> struct.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateTime">Date time.</param>
/// <param name="timeZone">Time zone.</param>
public DateTimeWithZone(DateTime dateTime, TimeZoneInfo timeZone)
{
utcDateTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(dateTime, timeZone);
this.timeZone = timeZone;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the universal time.
/// </summary>
/// <value>The universal time.</value>
public DateTime UniversalTime { get { return utcDateTime; } }
/// <summary>
/// Gets the time zone.
/// </summary>
/// <value>The time zone.</value>
public TimeZoneInfo TimeZone { get { return timeZone; } }
/// <summary>
/// Gets the local time.
/// </summary>
/// <value>The local time.</value>
public DateTime LocalTime
{
get
{
return TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(utcDateTime, timeZone);
}
}
}
private static readonly DateTime EpochTime = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
/// <summary>
/// Create a C# DateTime from a UnixTimestamp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="unixTimeStamp">Double unix timestamp (Time since Midnight Jan 1 1970)</param>
/// <returns>C# date timeobject</returns>
public static DateTime UnixTimeStampToDateTime(double unixTimeStamp)
{
DateTime time;
try
{
var ticks = unixTimeStamp * TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond;
time = EpochTime.AddTicks((long)ticks);
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err, Invariant($"UnixTimeStamp: {unixTimeStamp}"));
time = DateTime.Now;
}
return time;
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a C# DateTime from a UnixTimestamp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="unixTimeStamp">Double unix timestamp (Time since Midnight Jan 1 1970) in milliseconds</param>
/// <returns>C# date timeobject</returns>
public static DateTime UnixMillisecondTimeStampToDateTime(decimal unixTimeStamp)
{
DateTime time;
try
{
// Any residual decimal numbers that remain are nanoseconds from [0, 100) nanoseconds.
// If we cast to (long), only the integer component of the decimal is taken, and can
// potentially result in look-ahead bias in increments of 100 nanoseconds, i.e. 1 DateTime tick.
var ticks = Math.Ceiling(unixTimeStamp * TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond);
time = EpochTime.AddTicks((long)ticks);
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err, Invariant($"UnixTimeStamp: {unixTimeStamp}"));
time = DateTime.Now;
}
return time;
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a C# DateTime from a UnixTimestamp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="unixTimeStamp">Int64 unix timestamp (Time since Midnight Jan 1 1970) in nanoseconds</param>
/// <returns>C# date timeobject</returns>
public static DateTime UnixNanosecondTimeStampToDateTime(long unixTimeStamp)
{
DateTime time;
try
{
var ticks = unixTimeStamp / 100;
time = EpochTime.AddTicks(ticks);
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err, Invariant($"UnixTimeStamp: {unixTimeStamp}"));
time = DateTime.Now;
}
return time;
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert a Datetime to Unix Timestamp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="time">C# datetime object</param>
/// <returns>Double unix timestamp</returns>
public static double DateTimeToUnixTimeStamp(DateTime time)
{
double timestamp = 0;
try
{
timestamp = (time - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).TotalSeconds;
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err, Invariant($"{time:o}"));
}
return timestamp;
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert a Datetime to Unix Timestamp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="time">C# datetime object</param>
/// <returns>Double unix timestamp</returns>
public static double DateTimeToUnixTimeStampMilliseconds(DateTime time)
{
double timestamp = 0;
try
{
timestamp = (time - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).TotalMilliseconds;
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err, Invariant($"{time:o}"));
}
return timestamp;
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert a Datetime to Unix Timestamp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="time">C# datetime object</param>
/// <returns>Int64 unix timestamp</returns>
public static long DateTimeToUnixTimeStampNanoseconds(DateTime time)
{
long timestamp = 0;
try
{
timestamp = (time - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).Ticks * 100;
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err, Invariant($"{time:o}"));
}
return timestamp;
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the current time as a unix timestamp
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Double value of the unix as UTC timestamp</returns>
public static double TimeStamp()
{
return DateTimeToUnixTimeStamp(DateTime.UtcNow);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the timespan with the larger value
/// </summary>
public static TimeSpan Max(TimeSpan one, TimeSpan two)
{
return TimeSpan.FromTicks(Math.Max(one.Ticks, two.Ticks));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the timespan with the smaller value
/// </summary>
public static TimeSpan Min(TimeSpan one, TimeSpan two)
{
return TimeSpan.FromTicks(Math.Min(one.Ticks, two.Ticks));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the larger of two date times
/// </summary>
public static DateTime Max(DateTime one, DateTime two)
{
return one > two ? one : two;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the smaller of two date times
/// </summary>
public static DateTime Min(DateTime one, DateTime two)
{
return one < two ? one : two;
}
/// <summary>
/// Multiplies the specified interval by the multiplier
/// </summary>
/// <param name="interval">The interval to be multiplied, such as TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)</param>
/// <param name="multiplier">The number of times to multiply the interval</param>
/// <returns>The multiplied interval, such as 1s*5 = 5s</returns>
public static TimeSpan Multiply(this TimeSpan interval, double multiplier)
{
return TimeSpan.FromTicks((long) (interval.Ticks * multiplier));
}
/// <summary>
/// Parse a standard YY MM DD date into a DateTime. Attempt common date formats
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateToParse">String date time to parse</param>
/// <returns>Date time</returns>
public static DateTime ParseDate(string dateToParse)
{
try
{
//First try the exact options:
DateTime date;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.SixCharacter, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.EightCharacter, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.TwelveCharacter, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse.SafeSubstring(0, 19), DateFormat.JsonFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.USShort, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.USShortDateOnly, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.US, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.USDateOnly, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateToParse, out date))
{
return date;
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err);
}
return DateTime.Now;
}
/// <summary>
/// Parse a standard YY MM DD date into a DateTime. Attempt common date formats
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateToParse">String date time to parse</param>
/// <returns>Date time</returns>
public static DateTime ParseFIXUtcTimestamp(string dateToParse)
{
try
{
//First try the exact options:
DateTime date;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.FIX, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateToParse, DateFormat.FIXWithMillisecond, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
return date;
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err);
}
return DateTime.UtcNow;
}
/// <summary>
/// Define an enumerable date range and return each date as a datetime object in the date range
/// </summary>
/// <param name="from">DateTime start date</param>
/// <param name="thru">DateTime end date</param>
/// <returns>Enumerable date range</returns>
public static IEnumerable<DateTime> EachDay(DateTime from, DateTime thru)
{
for (var day = from.Date; day.Date <= thru.Date; day = day.AddDays(1))
yield return day;
}
/// <summary>
/// Define an enumerable date range of tradeable dates - skip the holidays and weekends when securities in this algorithm don't trade.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="securities">Securities we have in portfolio</param>
/// <param name="from">Start date</param>
/// <param name="thru">End date</param>
/// <returns>Enumerable date range</returns>
public static IEnumerable<DateTime> EachTradeableDay(ICollection<Security> securities, DateTime from, DateTime thru)
{
for (var day = from.Date; day.Date <= thru.Date; day = day.AddDays(1))
{
if (TradableDate(securities, day))
{
yield return day;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Define an enumerable date range of tradeable dates - skip the holidays and weekends when securities in this algorithm don't trade.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="security">The security to get tradeable dates for</param>
/// <param name="from">Start date</param>
/// <param name="thru">End date</param>
/// <returns>Enumerable date range</returns>
public static IEnumerable<DateTime> EachTradeableDay(Security security, DateTime from, DateTime thru)
{
return EachTradeableDay(security.Exchange.Hours, from, thru);
}
/// <summary>
/// Define an enumerable date range of tradeable dates - skip the holidays and weekends when securities in this algorithm don't trade.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exchange">The security to get tradeable dates for</param>
/// <param name="from">Start date</param>
/// <param name="thru">End date</param>
/// <returns>Enumerable date range</returns>
public static IEnumerable<DateTime> EachTradeableDay(SecurityExchangeHours exchange, DateTime from, DateTime thru)
{
for (var day = from.Date; day.Date <= thru.Date; day = day.AddDays(1))
{
if (exchange.IsDateOpen(day))
{
yield return day;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Define an enumerable date range of tradeable dates but expressed in a different time zone.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This is mainly used to bridge the gap between exchange time zone and data time zone for file written to disk. The returned
/// enumerable of dates is gauranteed to be the same size or longer than those generated via <see cref="EachTradeableDay(ICollection{Security},DateTime,DateTime)"/>
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="exchange">The exchange hours</param>
/// <param name="from">The start time in the exchange time zone</param>
/// <param name="thru">The end time in the exchange time zone (inclusive of the final day)</param>
/// <param name="timeZone">The timezone to project the dates into (inclusive of the final day)</param>
/// <param name="includeExtendedMarketHours">True to include extended market hours trading in the search, false otherwise</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<DateTime> EachTradeableDayInTimeZone(SecurityExchangeHours exchange, DateTime from, DateTime thru, DateTimeZone timeZone, bool includeExtendedMarketHours = true)
{
var currentExchangeTime = from;
thru = thru.Date.AddDays(1); // we want to include the full thru date
while (currentExchangeTime < thru)
{
// take steps of max size of one day in the data time zone
var currentInTimeZone = currentExchangeTime.ConvertTo(exchange.TimeZone, timeZone);
var currentInTimeZoneEod = currentInTimeZone.Date.AddDays(1);
var currentExchangeTimeEod = currentInTimeZoneEod.ConvertTo(timeZone, exchange.TimeZone);
// don't pass the end
if (currentExchangeTimeEod > thru)
{
currentExchangeTimeEod = thru;
}
// perform market open checks in the exchange time zone
if (exchange.IsOpen(currentExchangeTime, currentExchangeTimeEod, includeExtendedMarketHours))
{
yield return currentInTimeZone.Date;
}
currentExchangeTime = currentExchangeTimeEod;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Make sure this date is not a holiday, or weekend for the securities in this algorithm.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="securities">Security manager from the algorithm</param>
/// <param name="day">DateTime to check if trade-able.</param>
/// <returns>True if tradeable date</returns>
public static bool TradableDate(IEnumerable<Security> securities, DateTime day)
{
try
{
foreach (var security in securities)
{
if (security.Exchange.DateIsOpen(day.Date)) return true;
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err);
}
return false;
}
/// <summary>
/// Could of the number of tradeable dates within this period.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="securities">Securities we're trading</param>
/// <param name="start">Start of Date Loop</param>
/// <param name="finish">End of Date Loop</param>
/// <returns>Number of dates</returns>
public static int TradeableDates(ICollection<Security> securities, DateTime start, DateTime finish)
{
var count = 0;
Log.Trace(Invariant($"Time.TradeableDates(): Security Count: {securities.Count}"));
try
{
foreach (var day in EachDay(start, finish))
{
if (TradableDate(securities, day))
{
count++;
}
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
Log.Error(err);
}
return count;
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines the start time required to produce the requested number of bars and the given size
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exchangeHours">The exchange hours used to test for market open hours</param>
/// <param name="end">The end time of the last bar over the requested period</param>
/// <param name="barSize">The length of each bar</param>
/// <param name="barCount">The number of bars requested</param>
/// <param name="extendedMarketHours">True to allow extended market hours bars, otherwise false for only normal market hours</param>
/// <param name="dataTimeZone">Timezone for this data</param>
/// <returns>The start time that would provide the specified number of bars ending at the specified end time, rounded down by the requested bar size</returns>
public static DateTime GetStartTimeForTradeBars(SecurityExchangeHours exchangeHours, DateTime end, TimeSpan barSize, int barCount, bool extendedMarketHours, DateTimeZone dataTimeZone)
{
if (barSize <= TimeSpan.Zero)
{
throw new ArgumentException("barSize must be greater than TimeSpan.Zero", nameof(barSize));
}
// need to round down in data timezone because data is stored in this time zone
var current = end.RoundDownInTimeZone(barSize, exchangeHours.TimeZone, dataTimeZone);
for (int i = 0; i < barCount;)
{
var previous = current;
current = current - barSize;
if (exchangeHours.IsOpen(current, previous, extendedMarketHours))
{
i++;
}
}
return current;
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines the end time at which the requested number of bars of the given will have elapsed.
/// NOTE: The start time is not discretized by barSize units like is done in <see cref="GetStartTimeForTradeBars"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exchangeHours">The exchange hours used to test for market open hours</param>
/// <param name="start">The end time of the last bar over the requested period</param>
/// <param name="barSize">The length of each bar</param>
/// <param name="barCount">The number of bars requested</param>
/// <param name="extendedMarketHours">True to allow extended market hours bars, otherwise false for only normal market hours</param>
/// <returns>The start time that would provide the specified number of bars ending at the specified end time, rounded down by the requested bar size</returns>
public static DateTime GetEndTimeForTradeBars(SecurityExchangeHours exchangeHours, DateTime start, TimeSpan barSize, int barCount, bool extendedMarketHours)
{
if (barSize <= TimeSpan.Zero)
{
throw new ArgumentException("barSize must be greater than TimeSpan.Zero", nameof(barSize));
}
var current = start;
if (barSize == OneDay)
{
for (int i = 0; i < barCount;)
{
current = current + OneDay;
if (exchangeHours.IsDateOpen(current))
{
i++;
}
}
return current;
}
for (int i = 0; i < barCount;)
{
var previous = current;
current = current + barSize;
if (exchangeHours.IsOpen(previous, current, extendedMarketHours))
{
i++;
}
}
return current;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the number of trade bars of the specified <paramref name="barSize"/> that fit between the <paramref name="start"/> and <paramref name="end"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="exchangeHours">The exchange used to test for market open hours</param>
/// <param name="start">The start time of the interval in the exchange time zone</param>
/// <param name="end">The end time of the interval in the exchange time zone</param>
/// <param name="barSize">The step size used to count number of bars between start and end</param>
/// <returns>The number of bars of the specified size between start and end times</returns>
public static int GetNumberOfTradeBarsInInterval(SecurityExchangeHours exchangeHours, DateTime start, DateTime end, TimeSpan barSize)
{
if (barSize <= TimeSpan.Zero)
{
throw new ArgumentException("barSize must be greater than TimeSpan.Zero", nameof(barSize));
}
var count = 0;
var current = start;
if (barSize == OneDay)
{
while (current < end)
{
if (exchangeHours.IsDateOpen(current))
{
count++;
}
current = current + OneDay;
}
return count;
}
while (current < end)
{
var previous = current;
current = current + barSize;
if (exchangeHours.IsOpen(previous, current, false))
{
count++;
}
}
return count;
}
/// <summary>
/// Normalizes the current time within the specified period
/// time = start => 0
/// time = start + period => 1
/// </summary>
/// <param name="start">The start time of the range</param>
/// <param name="current">The current time we seek to normalize</param>
/// <param name="period">The time span of the range</param>
/// <returns>The normalized time</returns>
public static double NormalizeInstantWithinRange(DateTime start, DateTime current, TimeSpan period)
{
// normalization of a point time only has a value at that specific point
if (period == TimeSpan.Zero)
{
return start == current ? 1 : 0;
}
var delta = (current - start).TotalSeconds;
return delta / period.TotalSeconds;
}
/// <summary>
/// Normalizes the step size as a percentage of the period.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="period">The period to normalize against</param>
/// <param name="stepSize">The step size to be normaized</param>
/// <returns>The normalized step size as a percentage of the period</returns>
public static double NormalizeTimeStep(TimeSpan period, TimeSpan stepSize)
{
// normalization of a time step for an instantaneous period will always be zero
if (period == TimeSpan.Zero)
{
return 0;
}
return stepSize.TotalSeconds / period.TotalSeconds;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the absolute value of the specified time span
/// </summary>
/// <param name="timeSpan">Time span whose absolute value we seek</param>
/// <returns>The absolute value of the specified time span</returns>
public static TimeSpan Abs(this TimeSpan timeSpan)
{
return TimeSpan.FromTicks(Math.Abs(timeSpan.Ticks));
}
}
}