Re: "change function"

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Posted by Mark on August 24, 2006 at 10:05:43:

In Reply to: Re: "change function" posted by steves on August 23, 2006 at 21:10:41:

: : : hello. when i am in the PORTFOLIO EDITOR screen and wish to customize the columns and add the column CHANGE, i am gettng a 0 value.

: : : Ex. Stock abc was 19 yesterday and closed at 20 today, yet the CHANGE column list this as 0.00.

: : : thanks again Mark.

: :
: : Hi Steve,

: : Can you confirm you're using the latest version (7.7)?

: : The Change column shows the change in price from the current date (as set on your computer) to the prior day. Please double check your computer's date, and then use the Data Register with the Prices data type to look at the price recorded on the current date and also on the day before. If your computer's date were set incorrectly, that could also cause some confusion.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
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: : Fund Manager - Portfolio Management Software

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: hey mark. yes, i am using 7.7 version. i am a manager from the philippines were the time difference is 12 hrs advanced (of the US quote server). my computer's date is correct in my time zone. how to i fix this? for example: it is now 10am on the 24th of august (10pm on the 23rd eastern standard time). so if the CHANGE function takes the difference of today(philippines time, aug 24th),were there is yet no closing price, and yesterday's prices aug 23, the change would be zero. is this correct?

: how do i reconcile for this. i don't think i should move my computer clock back half-a-day. thanks for your support.

Hi Steve,

I see the problem... Maybe we need an option to allow you a time offset, so you could offset the date/time data is displayed in the Portfolio Editor from where your computer clock is set. I can see this being useful when you're in a time zone significantly different than the market you're investing in.

The other choice you have now is to create a custom report with this change field. You can set the report date to anything you'd like.

Thanks,
Mark
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Fund Manager - Portfolio Management Software

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