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NextDST( "USD", D'2020.06.21 14:00') // USD: get DST and set next changeī = CopyTime( "EURUSD", PERIOD_H1,nxtSwitch_USD, 1,arrTme) // get time last 1h bar before switch in USAĭateUSD = arrTme // last hour on Friday before the weekend NextDST( "EUR", D'2020.06.21 14:00') // EUR: get DST and set next changeī = CopyTime( "EURUSD", PERIOD_H1,nxtSwitch_EUR, 1,arrTme) // get time last 1h bar before switch in EUĭateEUR = arrTme // last hour on Friday before the weekend Print( "\n2nd half-year 2020 for ", AccountInfoString( ACCOUNT_COMPANY), "DebugMode: ", IS_DEBUG_MODE) We find the changeover weekends: //- AU, EU & US switches to winter time in 2020 if( IS_DEBUG_MODE) NxtSwitch_USD = nxtSwitch_EUR = nxtSwitch_AUD = 0 // reset variables After the variable declaration and the initializations and the zeroing of the relevant global variables: datetime dateEUR,dateUSD,dateAUD,dateNxt, // switch date for EU, AU, & US Like everything else, it is located in the included include file DealingWithTime.mqh which also includes the parts from the first article.
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It is placed at the beginning of code in the attached script after Start() and the function determines the relevant values of the broker for the relevant periods (summer time, winter time, and the intermediate time), which can then be used to determine all other required times via GMT.
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The Central Function to Determine the Time Shifts of the Brokerīy the call of this function: setBokerOffset() Īn EA, indicator or script can determine by itself when the broker handles time changes and how. The global variable is named OffsetBroker, we will meet it several times. We will assign the broker offsets for the three relevant periods and duration of the forex market is open in these periods, for both the actual value and for an easy check set if the values has been assigned. :) struct _OffsetBrokerĪctOffset, // actual time offset of the brokerĪctSecFX // actual duration of FX in sec bool set // are all set? This structure and its global variable is the heart of all. We will consider the Russian situation later in this article.
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They are is mainly needed to know when a new calculation is required in order to save the CPU resources: datetime nxtSwitch_USD, // date of next switch In the winter time which is the normal time they are zero: the time is not shifted at that period.Īfter that we have the variables with the next time the time changeover will take place. They will be updated and set by our functions. will have the actual time shift of the USA, the EU.
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Instead of asking the support of your broker, from whom you will probably receive an insufficient answer (who would be willing to explain a missing hour), we simply look ourselves how they time their prices in the weeks of the time changes - but not cumbersome by hand, we let a program do it - why do we have a PC after all.īefore the functions in the include file DealingWithTime.mqh (and after the macro substitution) the required variables are declared as global variables: //- global variables for time switches int DST_USD= 0, // act time shift USDĭST_RUS= 0 // D'2014.10.26 02:00', -10800,