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Best practices for dealing with Time Zones for automated ACSIL trading

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[2015-09-19 20:16:13]
User44052 - Posts: 34
Hi.

I'm working on an automated trading algorithm in ACSIL which I hope to eventually share with people in different time zones. What would be the best practices for dealing with time zones in SierraChart?

My friends live in different parts of the world, and they'd have their Sierra Chart installations configured to their local time zones. My algorithm is time-sensitive. For example, trading the DAX futures contract depends on the price at the open. If I send the DLL to someone in New York or Singapore, how do I make sure that the "open" price is as per the exchange time?

Can you please guide me to reading material - some links to specific pages in SC's online documentation would be great. I've tried searching but I can't find specific details.

Thanks in advance.
[2015-09-21 10:47:42]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
We have to write up documentation for this and this will be done before the end of the day.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service:
Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing
[2015-09-22 05:33:29]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Here is the documentation that you require:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_ACSILProgrammingConcepts.html#ConvertingBetweenTimeZones

What you want to do is very easy and supported.
Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level

Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy:
https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation

For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service:
Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

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