ConvertServerTime - MetaTrader 5 Library | MT5 EA Download

This is a simplified function for converting the server time (which also stores the time of the bar, tick or economic calendar event) from one broker's time zone to another.

 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|Convert server time from one broker's time zone to another.      |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
DateTime Convert Server Time (
constant datetime once, // source server time conversion constant integer source offset UTC = 0 , // source server standard (winter) UTC offset in seconds) constant integer destination offset UTC = 0 , // destination server standard (winter) UTC offset in seconds ENUM_RULE_DST sourceRuleDST = DST_NONE, // source server daylight saving time schedule ENUM_RULE_DST destinationRuleDST = DST_NONE // Target server daylight saving time schedule )

To be able to identify the DST schedule (US, EU or no schedule) of the source and destination servers, you can use this script https://www.mql5.com/en/code/48650

This function adopts the standard offset notation used in most programming languages ​​such as JavaScript. In this context, positive time zones (e.g. GMT +3 ) correspond to positive offsets (e.g., +10800 ), although negative time zones correspond to negative offsets .

Please note that this is the inverse time GMT offset() function built into MQL5 , which represents positive time zones and negative offsets (eg. -10800 ) and negative time zones and positive offsets .

Here's an example of running the function:

The complete library ( timezoneinfo.mqh ) with more features can be found here. https://www.mql5.com/en/code/48419

Attachment download

📎 ConvertServerTime.mqh (14.39 KB)

📎 Test.mq5 (0.09 KB)

Source: MQL5 #65102

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