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 BERN Algos 
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Just a memo. Here below the link of the correct procedure to realign data during daylight time on and off. Literally a life-saver, especially for anybody working from a different time zone then CME.

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/platform-technical-support-aa/1037528-time-zone-daylight-savings-time?p=1109971


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Just a memo. Here below the link of the correct procedure to realign data during daylight time on and off. Literally a life-saver, especially for anybody working from a different time zone then CME.

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/platform-technical-support-aa/1037528-time-zone-daylight-savings-time?p=1109971

I don't get it.

I live in UTC +4 with no daylight savings obsevered or adjusted.

I have ninja set to Eastern UTC 5


I didn't notice any kind of problem.


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I don't get it.

I live in UTC +4 with no daylight savings obsevered or adjusted.

I have ninja set to Eastern UTC 5


I didn't notice any kind of problem.

There's absolutely nothing to do regarding daylight saving times.
Unless you have a parameter in a strategy which is using your local time, and you're in a time zone with a different start date than the country of your instrument's exchange (a strategy with in European time zone trading CME instruments for example, as the US goes in summer time on March 12, vs March 26 in Europe).


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 johnnymustard 
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Just a memo. Here below the link of the correct procedure to realign data during daylight time on and off. Literally a life-saver, especially for anybody working from a different time zone then CME.

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/platform-technical-support-aa/1037528-time-zone-daylight-savings-time?p=1109971

I've been with NT for years and never had an issue with this.
What problems have you had related to changing the time?


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I've been with NT for years and never had an issue with this.
What problems have you had related to changing the time?


sam028
Unless you have a parameter in a strategy which is using your local time, and you're in a time zone with a different start date than the country of your instrument's exchange (a strategy with in European time zone trading CME instruments for example, as the US goes in summer time on March 12, vs March 26 in Europe).

My issue is exactly the one pointed out by sam028. I had started developing on a PC set for local time in Italy, my time-related strategies are all affected by this annoying glitch. Being the topic quite popular on NT forums, I was convinced I'm not the only one.

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 johnnymustard 
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My issue is exactly the one pointed out by sam028. I had started developing on a PC set for local time in Italy, my time-related strategies are all affected by this annoying glitch. Being the topic quite popular on NT forums, I was convinced I'm not the only one.

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Glad you got it resolved. I was wondering if I was missing
some horrible thing that was happening.
Best of luck to you in the future.


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