{{Quickfixn}} Server / Local Time

[xmoon 2000]

Grant,

I set it on fire.

Clock is not working at all now...




On 21 March 2014 15:12, Grant Birchmeier <gbirchmeier at connamara.com> wrote:

> For your own clock, once a minute should be good enough.  Heck, once an
> hour should be more than sufficient.
>
> If your clock is drifting significantly after only one minute, I would set
> that computer on fire and get a new one.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:08 AM, xmoon 2000 <xmoon2000 at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes. It seem it might be an issue with data from their test environment.
>>
>> Also I have changed my own clocks sync to be more frequent.
>>
>>
>> On 21 March 2014 14:56, Mike Gatny <mgatny at connamara.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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