urgent... update to time settings changing my robot's run time

Created at 10 Jun 2013, 19:39

Balena

Joined 17.12.2012

urgent... update to time settings changing my robot's run time
10 Jun 2013, 19:39

Hi,

my robots use the following...

with the new update my robots are not running the same length of time they were.

What time settings do I need to use to run the same (open to close) as before?

startTime = Server.Time.Date;
activeTime = startTime.AddHours(0);
stopTime = startTime.AddHours(24);

@Balena

Replies

cAlgo_Development
10 Jun 2013, 20:53

Server time method returns UTC time now. Before that it was in your broker's server time zone. The simplest way is to add server time offset to the time you got from Server.Now. For example if my broker's server is located in UTC+3 time-zone I can do following:

	DateTime serverLocalTime = Server.Time.AddHours(3);
	
	startTime = serverLocalTime.Date;
	activeTime = startTime.AddHours(0);
	stopTime = startTime.AddHours(24);

But when you use activateTime and stopTime later you can compare them only with local (adjust) server time.

Another solution is to count activate and stop time in UTC, i.e. I can activate my your robot in 21:00 UTC instead of 00:00 local server time (if my broker's time offset was UTC+3).

@cAlgo_Development

Balena
24 Jul 2013, 03:55

RE:

cAlgo_Development said:

Server time method returns UTC time now. Before that it was in your broker's server time zone. The simplest way is to add server time offset to the time you got from Server.Now. For example if my broker's server is located in UTC+3 time-zone I can do following:
	DateTime serverLocalTime = Server.Time.AddHours(3);
	
	startTime = serverLocalTime.Date;
	activeTime = startTime.AddHours(0);
	stopTime = startTime.AddHours(24);
But when you use activateTime and stopTime later you can compare them only with local (adjust) server time.

Another solution is to count activate and stop time in UTC, i.e. I can activate my your robot in 21:00 UTC instead of 00:00 local server time (if my broker's time offset was UTC+3).

Hi... I used my code above with 21:00 UTC for activate... this works fine for backtest... but when I click to live forward the robot doesn't start

help please...

@Balena

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