From 899bcc0bf7cd635a90f46ad54bb0b33ec822ec40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moshferatu <moshferatu@moshferatu.dev>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 10:47:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Convert the time to the time zone of the chart and add
 formatting

---
 indicators/News.cs | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/indicators/News.cs b/indicators/News.cs
index d16ff48..677aa2a 100644
--- a/indicators/News.cs
+++ b/indicators/News.cs
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
                         // Remove any extraneous HTML tags from the time string
                         time = Regex.Replace(time, "<.*?>", string.Empty);
 
+                        // Convert the time to the user's time zone
+                        time = ConvertToUserTimeZone(time);
+
                         newsEvents.Add(new NewsEvent { Time = time, Currency = currency, Title = title });
                     }
                 }
@@ -136,6 +139,26 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
             }
         }
 
+        private string ConvertToUserTimeZone(string time)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // Assumed to be in US Eastern Time
+                DateTime easternTime = DateTime.ParseExact(time, "h:mmtt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                TimeZoneInfo easternTimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time");
+
+                DateTime userTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(easternTime, easternTimeZone, Core.Globals.GeneralOptions.TimeZoneInfo);
+
+                // Format the time as "hh:mmtt" (e.g., "06:30am")
+                return userTime.ToString("hh:mmtt").ToLower();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Print("Error converting time: " + ex.Message);
+                return time; // Return original time if conversion fails
+            }
+        }
+
         protected override void OnBarUpdate() { }
 
         protected override void OnRender(ChartControl chartControl, ChartScale chartScale)