---
id: "M:cAlgo.API.BacktestingMinMaxTime.#ctor(System.DateTime,System.DateTime)"
kind: "constructor"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.BacktestingMinMaxTime"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Plugin/Backtesting/DataSource/BacktestingMinMaxTime/Constructor/"
---

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# BacktestingMinMaxTime constructor

Member of [BacktestingMinMaxTime](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Plugin/Backtesting/DataSource/BacktestingMinMaxTime/index.md).

## BacktestingMinMaxTime(DateTime MinTime, DateTime MaxTime)

Represents minimum and maximum time of available data for a TimeFrame Symbol on a back testing data source.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Available to plugins only, and plugins cannot run in the CLI.
- Cloud: Available to plugins only, and plugins cannot run in the cloud.

C#:

```csharp
public BacktestingMinMaxTime(DateTime MinTime, DateTime MaxTime)
```

Python:

```python
BacktestingMinMaxTime(MinTime: DateTime, MaxTime: DateTime)
```

### Parameters

- `MinTime` (`DateTime`, Python `DateTime`): Minimum Time
- `MaxTime` (`DateTime`, Python `DateTime`): Maximum Time

Available since cAlgo.API 5.3.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var minMaxTime = new BacktestingMinMaxTime(new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc), Server.Time);
Print("Data available from {0} to {1}", minMaxTime.MinTime, minMaxTime.MaxTime);
```

Python:

```python
from System import DateTime, DateTimeKind
minMaxTime = BacktestingMinMaxTime(DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc), api.Server.Time)
api.Print(f"Data available from {minMaxTime.MinTime} to {minMaxTime.MaxTime}")
```