MarketWatch Clock - Where is this set?!

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Hello,

Sorry if this is a silly question but I really am confused with the time on my chart (candles) and on the Marketwatch.

If it is 7:45 am in London, and 16:45 in Brisbane Australia, my clock says in MetaTrader has 8:45 ..

Does anyone know where this is set.. I imagine it is the server but then I would have expected it to be on New York time or something.

I just can't figure out which country and where this time comes from.

Thanks

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Sounds like your broker's server (like many including Alpari UK) works on CET (Central European Time) wihich is GMT+1.


CB

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Ok that makes sense then.
Thank you very much
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All Oz-based brokers I have seen feeds for use one of three European timezones (GMT, GMT+1 or GMT+2)
Often without any summer/winter changes

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KevinHorizon:

Hello,

Sorry if this is a silly question but I really am confused with the time on my chart (candles) and on the Marketwatch.

If it is 7:45 am in London, and 16:45 in Brisbane Australia, my clock says in MetaTrader has 8:45 ..

Does anyone know where this is set.. I imagine it is the server but then I would have expected it to be on New York time or something.

I just can't figure out which country and where this time comes from.

Thanksi

G'day KevinHorizon


Yours is NOT a silly question. I have the same annoying problem, and I live at GMT-4h only. It's a real nuisance to be looking at different time references at the same "time": the time on my watch/computer and the times displayed on both the MT4's charts and on my account's history as displayed on the platform. I find myself forced to be doing mental time conversions, getting confused and wasting precious time! The MT4 people should urgently come up with a solution, which I think is not complicated at all. It could be as follows: always use & keep track of the server's time as the "official time", but permit the user the activation of an option to add/subtract a certain number of hours from the GMT for display and local record keeping/reporting purposes only. Is that so terribly complicated?


MT4 is a great platform to trade, so why not get to work and perfect it even further?


Cheers

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Mario wrote >>

G'day KevinHorizon

Yours is NOT a silly question. I have the same annoying problem, and I live at GMT-4h only. It's a real nuisance to be looking at different time references at the same "time": the time on my watch/computer and the times displayed on both the MT4's charts and on my account's history as displayed on the platform. I find myself forced to be doing mental time conversions, getting confused and wasting precious time! The MT4 people should urgently come up with a solution, which I think is not complicated at all. It could be as follows: always use & keep track of the server's time as the "official time", but permit the user the activation of an option to add/subtract a certain number of hours from the GMT for display and local record keeping/reporting purposes only. Is that so terribly complicated?

MT4 is a great platform to trade, so why not get to work and perfect it even further?

Cheers

Mario,

I actually went looking for a clock indicator on the website. I found ' cloq ' which I will need to modify.

Maybe that could help you.

Thanks everyone.

 
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Mario,

I actually went looking for a clock indicator on the website. I found ' cloq ' which I will need to modify.

Maybe that could help you.

Thanks everyone.

 A clock indicator? lol that sounds funny but Im gonna give it a try :D have the same annoying problem
 
Jasmine:
 A clock indicator? lol that sounds funny but Im gonna give it a try :D have the same annoying problem
You just replied to a 12 year old post by somebody that has been banned. Surely deserves a badge or something 😁