Modifying Returned Date
You may also log in to the Trader Workstation and modify this in the Global Configuration under API and then Settings. Here, you will find a modifiable setting labeled “Send instrument-specific attributes for dual-mode API client in” Here you can select one of the following:
- operator timezone: refers to the local timezone you have set in the Trader Workstation or IB Gateway
- instrument timezone: refers to the timezone of the requested exchange. If “SMART” is used, this will use the instrument’s primary exchange.
- UTC format: refers to a standardized return using UTC as the timezone. This will be returned in the format YYYYMMDD-hh:mm:ss


