# Go to a date and time

> Jump the chart to any date and time with Go to (Alt + G), with minute, hour or day precision depending on the timeframe, and back to the latest candle.

Updated: 2026-10-24T23:15:41.000Z · https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/go-to/

## Open Go to

Click **Go to** in the bottom right corner of the chart, where the time axis meets the price axis, or press `Alt` + `G`. The same key closes it again.

The fields start at the time of the candle under the crosshair, or at the latest candle if you are not pointing at one. The header shows the timeframe, for example **15m candles**.

## Enter the target

- **Date** and **Time** are in the time zone of the app, shown next to the fields (for example `UTC` or `UTC+2`). Change it in Settings (`F10`) → Display, see [Time zone](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/time-zone/).
- The date picker does not go beyond today.
- `Enter` or **Go** jumps, `Esc` closes the panel. While you type, the chart's own keyboard shortcuts are paused.

How precise the time is depends on the timeframe:

| Timeframe | You enter |
|---|---|
| below 1 hour (1m to 30m) | date and time to the minute |
| 1 hour to below 1 day (1h to 12h, including 90m) | date and full hour; the panel notes **Hourly precision on this timeframe.** |
| D, W, M | date only |

## Quick shifts

The chips move the entered time:

- **−1h** (not on D, W and M), **−1d**, **−1w**, **−30d** and **+1d** shift relative to the time in the fields. They never go past the current time.
- **Today** sets the start of today in your time zone.

## What Go does

The line above the buttons tells you what will happen, for example "Centers the 15m candle of 2026-03-12 14:30 UTC". The target snaps to the start of the candle that contains it.

When you press **Go**, ChartRider loads the candles around the target, rebuilds the chart with that candle in the middle and highlights it briefly.

- A target in the future shows the latest candle instead ("That is in the future – Go shows the latest candle.").
- If there are no candles at that time, the panel says **No candles at that time – try another date.**

## Back to now

- **Latest ⏭** in the Go to panel returns to the current candle.
- **Go to now** in the [chart menu](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/chart-menu/) (right-click → **Chart**) does the same from anywhere on the chart. If you jumped into the past, it loads the live candles first.

Switching the timeframe after a jump keeps the same time in the middle of the chart, see [Charts](https://chartrider.com/docs/charts/).