Request: provide fiuction to read GMT

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Hi,
while LocalTime() - ie PC time - and CurTime() - ie server time - are available in MT4, this does nothing to help timed EAs, eg execute orders at 00:00 GMT, or only operate during European session.

Can I suggest that a GMTtime() function is added to MT4? This would either need to refer to the timezone defined by the broker, or could use the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation
 
See script
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                    LocalTime.mq4 |
//|                      Copyright © 2006, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                        http://www.metaquotes.net |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2006, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link      "http://www.metaquotes.net"

#import "kernel32.dll"
void GetLocalTime(int& TimeArray[]);
void GetSystemTime(int& TimeArray[]);
int  GetTimeZoneInformation(int& TZInfoArray[]);
#import

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  {
   int    TimeArray[4];
   int    TZInfoArray[43];
   int    nYear,nMonth,nDay,nHour,nMin,nSec,nMilliSec;
   string sMilliSec;
//----
   GetSystemTime(TimeArray);
//---- parse date and time from array
   nYear=TimeArray[0]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMonth=TimeArray[0]>>16;
   nDay=TimeArray[1]>>16;
   nHour=TimeArray[2]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMin=TimeArray[2]>>16;
   nSec=TimeArray[3]&0x0000FFFF;
//---- format date and time items
   string time_string=FormatDateTime(nYear,nMonth,nDay,nHour,nMin,nSec);
   Print("System time is: ",time_string);
//----
   GetLocalTime(TimeArray);
//---- parse date and time from array
   nYear=TimeArray[0]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMonth=TimeArray[0]>>16;
   nDay=TimeArray[1]>>16;
   nHour=TimeArray[2]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMin=TimeArray[2]>>16;
   nSec=TimeArray[3]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMilliSec=TimeArray[3]>>16;
//---- format date and time items
   sMilliSec=1000+nMilliSec;
   sMilliSec=StringSubstr(sMilliSec,1);
   time_string=FormatDateTime(nYear,nMonth,nDay,nHour,nMin,nSec);
   Print("Local time is: ",time_string,":",sMilliSec);
//---- shift with daylight savings
   int gmt_shift=0;
   int ret=GetTimeZoneInformation(TZInfoArray);
   if(ret!=0) gmt_shift=TZInfoArray[0];
   Print("Difference between your local time and GMT is: ",gmt_shift," minutes");
   if(ret==2) gmt_shift+=TZInfoArray[42];
   Print("Current difference between your local time and GMT is: ",gmt_shift," minutes");
//---- GMT
   datetime local_time=StrToTime(time_string);
   Print("Greenwich mean time is: ",TimeToStr(local_time+gmt_shift*60,TIME_DATE|TIME_SECONDS));
//---- winter time (nYear remains the current)
   nYear=TimeArray[17]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMonth=TZInfoArray[17]>>16;
   nDay=TZInfoArray[18]>>16;
   nHour=TZInfoArray[19]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMin=TZInfoArray[19]>>16;
   nSec=TZInfoArray[20]&0x0000FFFF;
   time_string=FormatDateTime(nYear,nMonth,nDay,nHour,nMin,nSec);
   Print("Standard time is: ",time_string);
//---- summer time (nYear remains the current)
   nYear=TimeArray[38]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMonth=TZInfoArray[38]>>16;
   nDay=TZInfoArray[39]>>16;
   nHour=TZInfoArray[40]&0x0000FFFF;
   nMin=TZInfoArray[40]>>16;
   nSec=TZInfoArray[41]&0x0000FFFF;
   time_string=FormatDateTime(nYear,nMonth,nDay,nHour,nMin,nSec);
   Print("Daylight savings time is: ",time_string);
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
string FormatDateTime(int nYear,int nMonth,int nDay,int nHour,int nMin,int nSec)
  {
   string sMonth,sDay,sHour,sMin,sSec;
//----
   sMonth=100+nMonth;
   sMonth=StringSubstr(sMonth,1);
   sDay=100+nDay;
   sDay=StringSubstr(sDay,1);
   sHour=100+nHour;
   sHour=StringSubstr(sHour,1);
   sMin=100+nMin;
   sMin=StringSubstr(sMin,1);
   sSec=100+nSec;
   sSec=StringSubstr(sSec,1);
//----
   return(StringConcatenate(nYear,".",sMonth,".",sDay," ",sHour,":",sMin,":",sSec));
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
I am using the text file holding broker/account profile, where GMT to server offset time is stored here among many other parameters.
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