Re: Offset from datafeed

["Andrew Nazarov" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Absolutely. The storing in UTC (GMT without daylightsavings) makes data time stamp "normalized".
To allow for example to share data using XPO.

Best regards,
Andrew Nazarov
RT Soft Ltd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Riley Robertson" <rileyrobertson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: Offset from datafeed


> Andrew & List:
>
> I did not know GS stores in GMT time for historical data.Thanks for pointing
> it out.
>
> Is it same for both its own real time recorded data and imported historical
> data?
>
>
> Riley
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Andrew Nazarov" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: "Riley Robertson" <rileyrobertson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: Offset from datafeed
> >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 20:23:49 +0300
> >
> >It is not right (as far as I understood you of course).
> >
> >* Though eSignal has many servers, the time stamp for both real-time and
> >historical data is GMT
> >(without switching to daylight saving).
> >* GlobalServer takes local time for every real time tick and converts to
> >GMT (without switching
> >to daylight saving).
> >* To make synchronisation between two GlobalServer you need just to make
> >sure that the same time
> >zone is selected on both PCs and both are synchronized with for example
> >atomic clock.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Andrew Nazarov
> >RT Soft Ltd.
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Riley Robertson" <rileyrobertson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:07 PM
> >Subject: Offset from datafeed
> >
> >
> > > Hi List:
> > >
> > > eSignal said they have different servers.
> > >
> > > All the servers will be receiving from different exchanges and sent to
> >us
> > > immediately.
> > > All the servers may be in different time zones.
> > >
> > > Our same pc each time we signed on may be connected with a different
> >server.
> > >
> > > The data sent to us will bear the LOCAL pc time stamp.
> > >
> > > Therefore TS2ki's online GS server bear pc's local time stamp.
> > > To synchronize with GS offline server, everytime one imports data,
> >answer
> > > LOCAL.
> > >
> > > To avoid confusion, one does NOT need to OFFSET from datafeed; ie one
> >does
> > > NOT need to watch the GMT time.
> > > If you change that to zero, you will find all the TS chart showing local
> > > time (GMTno more witha number here).
> > >
> > > I have not tried importing any data to see if Session time will work
> >right
> > > but if it follows LOCAL time, it should be ok.
> > >
> > >
> > > Riley