DateTime() for sig.IsEntry() during Custom Backtest

AFL Programming
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Hello! Is there a way to get the DateTime() of a signal if there is a sig.IsEntry() in a Custom Backtest? I know there is EntryDateTime, but this works only after a trade happens for GetFirstTrade() for example as per https://www.amibroker.com/guide/a_custombacktest.html

SetCustomBacktestProc("");
if (Status("action") == actionPortfolio)
{
    bo = GetBacktesterObject();    
    bo.PreProcess();    
    for (i = 0; i < BarCount; i++)    
    {
        for (sig = bo.GetFirstSignal(i); sig; sig = bo.GetNextSignal(i))
        {    
            if (sig.IsEntry())    
            {
            
				symbol = sig.Symbol;
				entry_price = sig.Price;
				//DateTime???
				
            }            
        }    
        bo.ProcessTradeSignals(i);    
    }    
    bo.PostProcess();    
}
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Exists already

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In your example code, you are looping through all the bars with your first for() loop. The date and time can be determined from the current bar. For example, add this before the loop:

dt = DateTime();

And then in your loop you can simply do this:

sigDateTime = dt[i]
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