self.options_expiry_to_datetime_date

strategies.strategy.Strategy.options_expiry_to_datetime_date(self, date)

Converts an IB Options expiry to datetime.date.

Parameters:

date (str) – String in the format of ‘YYYYMMDD’

Return type:

datetime.date

Example

>>> # Will return the date for the expiry
>>> date = "20200101"
>>> expiry_date = self.options_expiry_to_datetime_date(date)
>>> self.log_message(f"Expiry date for {date} is {expiry_date}")