Rather than hardcoding any times for offline periods (weekends, holidays), I would prefer to retrieve this information dynamically through a function.
Is there a way to retrieve the (upcoming) live operating hours (online/offline times) of the Dukascopy platform as well as the times the margins will get changed through the API?

Thanks for your feedback,
RR.

Hi,
Currently it is not possible in the API.

Could you please consider such a function?

In my opinion it should be sufficient, if we could retrieve the next upcoming "offline"/no-trade time (platform not available for trading...) and the time thereafter when the platform will be available again. This would allow to implement a code that copes with an upcoming offline time of the platform.

Example:
IEngine.getNextOfflineStart();
IEngine.getNextOfflineEnd();

Thanks a lot for considering!
Best, RR.

PS: For convenience, you also could add IEngine.getLastOfflineStart() and IEngine.getLastOfflineEnd() to allow to retrieve the duration since the platform is currently available for trading.

do you have plans to include such a function in the API?

Thanks for your feedback!
RR.

2.6.65

    /** 
     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if specified <tt>time</tt> is within the limits of offline (weekend) period. 
     * @param time time in milliseconds 
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if specified <tt>time</tt> is within the limits of offline (weekend) period, <tt>false</tt> - otherwise 
     */ 
    boolean isOfflineTime(long time); 

     
    /** 
     * Returns either present, current offline (weekend) {@link ITimeDomain time interval} or the next <b>approximate</b> upcoming one.<br/> 
     * The same as {@link #getOfflineTimeDomain(shift)} with shift == 0 
     * @return either present, current offline (weekend) {@link ITimeDomain time interval} or the next <b>approximate</b> upcoming one. 
     * @throws JFException when some error occurs 
     * @see #getOfflineTimeDomain(int) 
     * 
     */ 
    ITimeDomain getOfflineTimeDomain() throws JFException; 
     
    /** 
     * Returns offline (weekend) {@link ITimeDomain time interval} that is shifted back or forward for number of offline intervals specified in <code>shift</code> parameter. 
     * @param shift number of offline intervals back or forward in time staring from current one. E.g.: 
     * <ul> 
     * <li><b>0</b> - current or next <b>approximate</b> offline period, 
     * <li><b>-1</b> - previous offline (last finished one), 
     * <li><b>1</b> - next <b>approximate</b> after current one, etc. 
     * </ul> 
     * @return offline (weekend) {@link ITimeDomain time interval} that is shifted back or forward for number of offline intervals specified in <code>shift</code> parameter 
     * @throws JFException when some error occurs 
     */ 
    ITimeDomain getOfflineTimeDomain(int shift) throws JFException; 
     
    /** 
     * Returns the set of offline (weekend) {@link ITimeDomain time intervals} ascending ordered by time which are within the limits of <tt>from</tt> and <tt>to</tt> parameters. 
     * @param from start of the time interval for which offline periods should be loaded. If <tt>start</tt> time is within the limits of offline period - this period will be returned as first element of resulting set. 
     * @param to end of the time interval for which offline periods should be loaded. If <tt>end</tt> time is within the limits of offline period - this period will be returned as last element of resulting set. 
     * @return the set of offline (weekend) {@link ITimeDomain time intervals} ascending ordered by time which are within the limits of <tt>from</tt> and <tt>to</tt> parameters. 
     * @throws JFException when some error occurs 
     */ 
    Set<ITimeDomain> getOfflineTimeDomains(long from, long to) throws JFException;