Timeframes

timeframe.period        // string: "5", "60", "D", …
timeframe.multiplier    // int:    5,   60, 1, 1, 1

Boolean helpers:

timeframe.isseconds   timeframe.isminutes
timeframe.isintraday  timeframe.isdaily
timeframe.isweekly    timeframe.ismonthly

timeframe.in_seconds("5")  == 300
timeframe.in_seconds("D")  == 86400

timeframe.in_seconds(tf) converts a timeframe string to seconds, letting you build arithmetic comparisons:

higherTf  = "D"
isHigher  = timeframe.in_seconds(higherTf) > timeframe.in_seconds(timeframe.period)

• time(tf) → the bar's bucket start at tf.
• time_close(tf) → the bar's bucket close at tf.

newDay   = ta.change(time("D")) != 0
secondsLeftInHour = (time_close("60") - time) / 1000

See Time.

Force the whole script to compute at a different resolution regardless of the chart's own:

indicator("Weekly RSI (always)", overlay=false, timeframe="W")
plot(ta.rsi(close, 14), "RSI 14")

• The runtime fetches the chart's higher-timeframe bars once and runs the script on those; the chart's native bars are not seen.
• Pair with timeframe_gaps=true to carry the previous value forward on bars where the higher-timeframe hasn't produced a new bar yet.

Use request.security() when only part of the script needs a different timeframe (e.g. a daily RSI shown on a 5-minute chart).

• Time
• Other timeframes and data
• Sessions