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Re: DTB Exchange and GMT Offset



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GMT never changes - i.e. has no SUMMER or WINTER time - 

NOW, these days we have GMT +0200 time here in Germany (see also my 
mailers time header), during "Wintertime" this shrinks to GMT +0100

hope that helped

rgds hans


> I have an obscure question about the GMT offset for the DTB (i.e., where
> the DAX trades).  Here's a URL noting why you might care about this:
> 
> http://www.fimatusa.com/kinder/spdax.htm
> 
> -    When I looked at the exchange universe setup for the DTB and pressed
> the Daylight Savings Time button the value for "Offset from GMT when not
> under daylight savings" is equal to "60" minutes.
> 
> -    But look at:  http://www.exchange.de/dtb/daxfuture.html and
> http://www.exchange.de/cgi-bin/clock.cgi
> 
>     it would appear that there is a 2 hour difference between the exchange
> time and GMT.
> 
> What's going on here?  Is the "60" minute value in the exchange universe
> for DTB wrong or am I misunderstanding the implication of the
> Frankfurt/GMT offset?  Or what?
> 
> I'm going time-zone/daylight-savings-time-crazy!!!!
> 
> Steven Buss
> Walnut Creek, CA
> sbuss@xxxxxxxxxxx
> "There's nothing more practical than good theory."
>