TimeNewYork() function equivalent?

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Hello,


how can one get the same, actual New York-time all year long, no matter whether it's summer- or winter-time there?


How can this be achieved with MQL5 if one doesn't live in the New York-time zone themselves? Something like the missing TimeNewYork()-function?


Because MQL5 only provides our respective local time and our respective MT5-server time. The problem is that the time difference to New York (of both those time zones) are variable, because New York has a longer summer time than the others. So for three weeks per year, the time difference deviates fom the norm, it's variable and I have no clue how to calculate it with the MQL5 built-in tools (or anything else that also works in the Strategy Tester).


Any ideas?

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Hi

You can also get GMT time – so you can calculate new York time from GMT time. Something like: 

datetime nyTime = TimeGMT() – 4*3600; //gmt time minus 4 hours

Best Regards

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