---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.CustomTimeFrame.Description"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.CustomTimeFrame"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Plugin/TimeFrame/Custom/CustomTimeFrame/Description/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# CustomTimeFrame.Description

Member of [CustomTimeFrame](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Plugin/TimeFrame/Custom/CustomTimeFrame/index.md).

## Description

Gets / sets custom time frame description.

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
string Description {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
customTimeFrame.Description: str
```

### Returns

`string` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.3.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var customTimeFrame = TimeFrameManager.Custom.Add("My Custom TF");
customTimeFrame.Description = "Bars built from my data feed";
Print("Description: {0}", customTimeFrame.Description);
```

Python:

```python
customTimeFrame = api.TimeFrameManager.Custom.Add("My Custom TF")
customTimeFrame.Description = "Bars built from my data feed"
api.Print(f"Description: {customTimeFrame.Description}")
```