title: Requesting intraday historical data via Bloomberg API in python
body: <p>I'm wondering if anyone has been able to use the Bloomberg API within python to pull a piece of intraday historical data for a specific time. There are threads about pulling intraday data for given intervals (5,10,15 minute) but I'm looking to reference a specific time and date (e.g. 01/09/19 13:33:42) and pull the data at that time. </p>
  
  <p>This is possible in excel via a formula with overrides like this:</p>
  
  <p>BDH("AAPL US EQUITY","BID",(DATE + TIME)-0.01,(DATE + 
  TIME)-0.0001,"IntrRw=True","points=1","SIZE=S","TYPE=H","DTS=H","TimeZone=new York","cols=2;rows=1")</p>
  
  <p>Appreciate any thoughts or ideas.</p>
  
  <p>I've been trying to use the xbbg on a simple data request just to figure out the syntax with no luck. Below is the date/time format I have when running this in excel but have no luck. Tried with all overrides in the above excel formula but no luck. </p>
  
  <pre><code>from xbbg import blp
  SPXLAST = blp.bdh(tickers='SPX INDEX',flds='PX_LAST',start_date='09-26-18 
  14:30:25',end_date='09-26-18 14:30:25',TimeZone='New York')
  print(SPXLAST)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Have been able to pull only EOD data but nothing for a specific intraday time. </p>