{{Quickfixn}} Server / Local Time

[Mike Gatny]

There are definitely ECNs that use local time and have skewed clocks.
Don't rule it out.
On Mar 21, 2014 9:50 AM, "Grant Birchmeier" <gbirchmeier at connamara.com>
wrote:

> Actually, I think FIX spec mandates use of UTC.  Of course, some providers
> don't exactly follow spec.
>
> xmoon, how does the ECN's SendingTime compare to the current sync'd time?
>  Is it possible that *their* clock is off?
>
> It might help if you shared a short sequence of messages (attaching a
> short file might be best, so as to preserve the non-printable field
> separator characters).
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Fernando Furukawa <ferfurukawa at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> As far as I know, most of QuickFix Applications will use UTC timestamp,
>> but this is not mandatory.
>>
>> The difference between sending time, etc. probably will mean that the
>> different servers involved are not sync in the same point. For me, it's
>> quite normal.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:50 AM, xmoon 2000 <xmoon2000 at googlemail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am getting data from a Mainstream ECN.
>>>
>>> When I look at QuickFixn message logs I notice that the local time (left
>>> most on each row) is EARLIER than ECN message time.
>>>
>>> As ECN is in NY and I am in UK. That is very odd.
>>>
>>> If I assume ECN message time is accurate, what else might problem be?
>>>
>>> PS: I synch my clock every minute to pool.ntp.org
>>>
>>>
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