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»Forums Index »Archive (2017 and earlier) »DTN.IQ Client Software Support »DDE 'Time' function.

Author	Topic: DDE 'Time' function. (3 messages, Page 1 of 1)
AMA -DTN Evangelist- Posts: 183 Joined: Aug 1, 2007	Posted: Aug 4, 2011 06:27 PM Msg. 1 of 3 Hi - in the help file for DDE usage: http://www.dtniq.com/product/help/v2.4/dde/index.cfm?product=DTN_IQ&loginid=NA&version=2.4.1.4 There are many 'Time' functions available, but they all reference specific securities, such as stocks and options. I'm looking for a DDE value that will report the system time for the stock exchange itself. The time values currently available all report on the last occurrence of something - last sale, last time Ask Price was updated, etc. I'm looking for stock market time, so that I can have an eye catcher in my spreadsheet that shows the current time of day value at the stock exchange and doesn't rely on some sort of trigger. Any ideas??
DTN_Jay_Froscheiser -VP, Product Operations- Posts: 1746 Joined: May 3, 2004 DTN IQFeed/DTN.IQ/DTN NxCore	Posted: Aug 9, 2011 10:35 AM Msg. 2 of 3 We don't provide any ongoing exchange time field since it technically would just be the time on your machine offset by the timezone for the exchange (assuming you are atomically synced). Jay Froscheiser Telvent DTN
AMA -DTN Evangelist- Posts: 183 Joined: Aug 1, 2007	Posted: Aug 10, 2011 01:24 PM Msg. 3 of 3 Ok, Jay, thanks for responding. I think what I'll try is track a highly active stock and use the last trade/tick time as a reference. Some stocks out there trade so frequently, that for practical purposes, last trade would report very close to the current time on the floor of the exchange. I don't need an exact time stamp; just looking for something that updates frequently to use as an eye-catcher on my spreadsheet. Kind of like an eye-catcher in the 'puter world, for those who've processed computer dumps.