They've done something inconvenient, that's for sure. I get a historical download (US) for Friday, but no import. Format is:
$NAME ^GSPC 2007-01-19,1426.35,1431.57,1425.19,1430.50,2777480000,1430.50 Yuki Monday, January 22, 2007, 3:26:57 PM, you wrote: g> Looks like they changed it and changed it back once again...i g> downloaded this aqh file around 1am EST sunday monday morning g> $NAME AACC g> 2007-01-19,15.51,15.66,15.33,15.63,78000,15.63 g> 2007-01-18,15.73,15.86,15.54,15.60,67500,15.60 g> 2007-01-17,15.57,16.13,15.56,15.72,68500,15.72 g> 2007-01-16,16.39,16.68,15.60,15.67,125700,15.67 g> and about half an hour later downloaded this aqh file: g> $NAME AACC g> 19-Jan-07,15.51,15.66,15.33,15.63,78000,15.63 g> 18-Jan-07,15.73,15.86,15.54,15.60,67500,15.60 g> 17-Jan-07,15.57,16.13,15.56,15.72,68500,15.72 g> 16-Jan-07,16.39,16.68,15.60,15.67,125700,15.67 g> --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> See previous response ... they apparently changed it and reversed g> the change quickly today. >> >> >> Best regards, >> Tomasz Janeczko >> amibroker.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Graham >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:44 PM >> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Amiquote Import does not import a few g> symbols >> >> >> Interesting because I did a history download yesteday and the data g> did not appear in AB. >> my aqh files show 2007-01-18, >> >> 10 days ago the data format was 8-Jan-07 >> >> -- >> Cheers >> Graham >> AB-Write >< Professional AFL Writing Service >> Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements >> http://www.aflwriting.com >> >> >> >> On 20/01/07, Mark Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Just another issue with Yahoo. The date format DEFINITELY g> changed as I opened the *.aqh files and checked. If it's back to g> d-m-y, I'll change the format file back. >> >> >> >> On 20/01/07, giggollo99 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I also don't think its a date issue, Mark, although I am also g> having >> trouble with yahoo data lately. Yesterday while trying to >> download using Amiquote from Yahoo, I got "Failed" for many g> symbols >> in my 3000 stock database. It was around 4am so maybe there g> was some >> kind of maintenance downtime going on..In addition to that and g> for >> several weeks, i have noticed that some symbols which used to g> have >> historical data available for them have no data available for g> them or >> their data disappears and reappears briefly then disappears. g> Examples: >> >> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp? >> a=00&b=1&c=2006&d=00&e=19&f=2007&g=d&s=vsth >> >> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp? >> a=00&b=1&c=2006&d=00&e=19&f=2007&g=d&s=whit >> >> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp? >> a=00&b=1&c=2006&d=00&e=19&f=2007&g=d&s=qcom >> >> VSTH and WHIT do not work for me, i get the following message: >> >> "Historical quote data is unavailable for the specified date g> range." >> >> but QCOM works, and its the exact same link. VSTH and WHIT are g> valid >> US stocks and there are others but i am giving a couple of g> examples >> only. >> >> I contacted Yahoo about this problem but they referred me to g> CSI data >> and did not indicate they would be addressing the problem. I >> contacted CSI data but got no response from them. Is anyone else >> noticing this? >> >> --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> >> >> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > That's interesting - I just tried to download now and the date >> format is still DD-MMM-YY ! >> > You should really double check this because it does not look as >> there was ANY change in the format of Yahoo Historical. >> > >> > Example MSFT: >> > $NAME MSFT >> > 18-Jan-07,31.15,31.37,30.80,31.00,56364300,31.00 >> > 17-Jan-07,31.26,31.44,31.01,31.10,58519600,31.10 >> > 16-Jan-07,31.26,31.45,31.03,31.16,62379600,31.16 >> > 12-Jan-07,30.65,31.39,30.64,31.21,103972496,31.21 >> > 11-Jan-07,29.76,30.75,29.65,30.70,99464304,30.70 >> > 10-Jan-07,29.80,29.89,29.43,29.66,55017400,29.66 >> > 9-Jan-07,30.00,30.18,29.73,29.96,44636600,29.96 >> > 8-Jan-07,29.65,30.10,29.53,29.93,50220200,29.93 >> > 5-Jan-07,29.63,29.75,29.45,29.64,44607200,29.64 >> > 4-Jan-07,29.70,29.97,29.44,29.81,45774500,29.81 >> > >> > Best regards, >> > Tomasz Janeczko >> > amibroker.com >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Mark Jarvis >> > To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:16 PM >> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Amiquote Import does not import a few >> symbols >> > >> > >> > I had a problem with Amiquote tonight. Yahoo have changed the >> date format from dd-mm-yy to yy-mm-dd. Changing the *.AQH format >> file in c:\program files\amibroker\formats fixed the problem.. >> > >> > >> >> > On 19/01/07, giggollo99 <giggollo@> wrote: >> > Using Amiquote 1.92, Amibroker 4.89, i do a historical download >> of 3000 >> > symbols with "Automatic Import" unchecked. Then i do "Tools- >> >Import >> > into Amibroker". When I do this I notice that a few symbols are >> not >> > imported, but the vast majority of symbols are imported fine. >> When I >> > redownload the data for those few symbols using Amiquote and >> then >> > do "Tools->Import into Amibroker" for the second time, they are >> > imported correctly. To identify which symbols had not been >> imported, I >> > used filter=1 and "N last days, n=1" in AA settings, did an >> exploration >> > then sorted by date to see which symbols did not have today's >> date. >> > Because only a few symbols are not imported, I guess this is >> something >> > that normally wouldn't be noticed by the user, unless youre >> updating a >> > large database (thousands of symbols) and really analyse the >> data to >> > see what has been imported and what hasnt.
