Time Zones & Timestamps

darwintIQ can display timestamps in different time bases so traders can work in the clock that is most useful for them.

Where to change it

Open the Account menu (top right) and use Time Settings:

Time zone: your preferred display timezone (defaults to your browser timezone)
Trading timestamps:
- User Time
- Broker (NY Close)
- UTC

What the modes mean

Shows timestamps converted to your selected timezone (for example Europe/Berlin, America/New_York, or UTC).

Use this if you want all visible times mapped to your local workflow.

Shows trading-related timestamps in the broker chart clock used for NY-close aligned candles.

This is useful if you compare darwintIQ data with MT4/MT5 charts and want candle/trade times to match the broker chart time.

Shows timestamps in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

This is useful for debugging, API work, or comparing timestamps across systems.

darwintIQ combines multiple timestamp sources:

Market / candle / trade times are based on broker chart time (NY Close)
Server-generated timestamps (for example backtest snapshot/history times) are stored as UTC

The app uses your selected display mode to present these consistently in the frontend.

Darwinex/MT4/MT5 chart time is optimized for trading and daily candle alignment, not for local city time.

In practice, the broker chart clock follows the NY-close convention
This typically behaves like UTC+2 (winter) / UTC+3 (summer), depending on daylight saving transitions

This is expected and not a timestamp error.

It is a display preference only.

Last updated: 4/29/2026