This indicator allows you to display Japanese time on your chartwithout anydiscomfort.You can trade with only Japanese time displayed.The design has been kept as it was in the original, so it does not interfere with the original design. Of course, the indicator reflects summer and winter time exactly from the past to the present. Round numbers and the three major market hours can also be displayed. In addition, the time axis zoom can be fine-tuned.

It is somewhat wasteful in terms of space to use a sub-window just to display Japanese time. It would be best if the original display time could be rewritten, but this seems difficult at the indicator level, so the interval between tick marks with date is left as the original with this specification. It is also possible to hide the date and display only the time, or to display hourly intervals for 5-minute or shorter.

version upgrade

Version up 2.769 (2022.10.09)
- Fixed a bug that prevented the chart from scrolling if the shift key was released before the end of measurement at cursor time.
- Fixed a problem in which Japanese time could not be displayed at startup in some environments.

Version up 2.768 (2022.10.05)
- Added the ability to start with Japan time and market time hidden. (Default is display)
- Allows setting of overlapping colors for Australia/Asia and Europe time when market time is set to Japan time background.
- Fixed a problem in the market time display that caused the color of Australian and Asian time to be different from the setting.
- Fixed a bug in the market hours display where a bar was not present at the market close time, eliminating a gap that occurred when the server changed the date.

Version up 2.763 (2022.03.13)
- GMT+3 has been added to the broker GMT.
  Please be sure to reset the GMT for your broker as it will also be reset when upgrading. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
- The specification has been changed to specify daylight saving time for each broker. Please choose from "U.S. Standard", "European Standard", or "None". Please be sure to set the time according to your broker. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
- The batch setting parameter for market hour colors has been moved to the top of the market hour block.
- The default text color for Japan time has been changed to match the foreground color.

Version up 2.732 (2021.11.08)
- Fixed a bug that caused winter time for brokers employing GMT 0 to be off by one hour.
- The function is almost the same as the MT5 standard crosshair cursor. The cursor time can now be shown/hidden by key input, allowing for more casual measurement.
- Added the ability to change the color, line type, and thickness of MT5 period separator lines (lines separating days, weeks, months, and years)The following is a list of the changes made. If you set the "Set Japan time as the period break for 1 hour or less" to false and the "MT5 period break display color" to other than None, it will be replaced. I had always thought that this line stood out oddly, but I couldn't change it because I was using the foreground color and if I changed it, the price and time text would also change. Now it doesn't bother me anymore. You can change it to any style you like.This is the MT5 period dividing line. It is not a period dividing line in Japan time.

Version up 2.69 (2021.11.01)
- We now support brokers that are on winter time from the last Sunday in October.If you are using a GMT +2/+3 broker and Japan time is off by 1 hour between November 1 and 6, 2021,please set the bottom parameter to true since you are using a broker that is on winter time from the last Sunday in October. Please set the bottom parameter to true. We are not sure if this is the correct way to handle this issue, but it is a quick temporary fix for those who may already be having trouble starting today .
- The state memory process has been reviewed and optimized.

Version up 2.67 (2021.10.25)
- Cursor time and vertical line text positions have been readjusted when the font size is increased on Windows systems.
- If you are using a GMT 0 broker, please set "Broker GMT" to "GMT -1/0" at the bottom of the parameters. Brokers that display the time period (00:00 in MetaTrader) at 10:00 AM or 9:00 AM (Daylight Saving Time) are GMT 0 bro kers. (GMT +2/+3 brokers are displayed at 7:00 a.m. or 6:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time (DST)).

Setting items

Show Japan Time and Start The date on the far left can be used as a Show/Hide button for Japan Time and Market Time, and you can hide Japan Time and Market Time by clicking on the date on the far left, but you can hide it at the start. If you want to hide it at the start, please set it to false.
- Change the display position - you can choose to display it at the top or bottom of the chart.
- MetaTrader Hiding the original time area - Hides the server time and displays only Japan time. Hiding the original time area will disable the "First Navigation Box" which allows you to change currency pairs and search for time .
- Display Japan time in the bottom sub-window - If "Bottom" is selected, Japan time is displayed in the bottom sub-window of the main window as in the previous version. If false, it will be displayed in the main window as before.
- The date on the far left becomes a show/hide button for Japan time and market time. If set to false, it becomes a show/hide button for cursor time.
Shift Left
Shifts the starting position of the left display to the right by the number of ticks entered. 0 means the display starts from the left edge. If Left Shift is set to "2"
Display the date*To prevent overlapping of characters, the dateis omitted when the character size is set to 9 or larger.
Date format in order of year, month, and day
- Date separator - choose from . (dot) / (slash) - (hyphen)
Display in 1-hour segments of 5 minutes or less. The time notation is double-digit for 5 minutes or less, and a dividing line is displayed every hour. Only the bar at the left end of the chart displays the date.
- Hourly Separator Type Select whether the separator should be displayed as a line or a marker.
- Change color of hourly divider line This is the line color when the divider is displayed as a line. For markers, the text color is applied.
- Marker display minutes You can specify the number of minutes to display a marker from "0 minutes only, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and 30 minutes".
- left shift (bitwise, arithmetic)Only for one-hour time. When I open a one-click panel with the Japan time display position set to top, the date on the left side of the panel is hidden. In this case, you can adjust the date display position. Specify the position in pixels from the left edge.
Set the period break to Japan time for 1 hour or less Display the date line in Japan time. 2 hour (MT5) or more, or 4 hour (MT4) bars may not exist at 0:00 Japan time, so only 1 hour or less is supported.
- Line type for period delimitation
- Color of period delimiter line
- MT5 Color of period break display If you set "Set period break to Japan time under 1 hour" to "false" and choose your favorite color, the color will replace the original one. If you want to return to the original, please set the color to None, and then select ✓ in the Chart Properties (F8 key) for "Period Separator".
- MT5 Line type for period break display
- MT5 Boldness of period break display
Font size change Max 16. not reflected in price ruler and cursor time.
Change text color (Foreground color with None) Selecting None automatically applies the chart foreground color.
Zoom can be adjusted in multiple steps (32 steps)MT4 / 5 zoom is coarse with only 6 steps (1 ⇔ 2 ⇔ 4 ⇔ 8 ⇔ 16 ⇔ 32), but the MT4 / 5 internal zoom range of 1 to 32 steps can now be zoomed in one step (beta) The changed zoom value is displayed in the comments for 10 seconds. You can also check the current zoom value by moving the cursor to the top of the chart. * Please be careful when using this function on a chart where EA is running. This function is implemented using MT4 / 5 canned charts. If you apply the canned chart from the indicator, the permission for automatic trading of EA will be removed. This is a specification of MT4 / 5.After using this function ona chart to which an EA has been applied, please check the following checkboxes in the EA to re-permit auto-trading. (The best way to prevent this is to not use this function on charts where the EA is running.) Please do not use this function on the chart where EA is running .
Please note that the automatic trading permission will not be unchecked simply by applying ShowJapanTime. Please be careful only when using the multi-step zoom function.
- Zoom in key (shift + key)
- Reduce key (shift + key) You can change to the key of your choice.
- The current zoom value is displayed when the cursor is moved to the center of the upper part of the chart The current value of the multi-step zoom can be checked at any time. You can choose between comment display and text display. If the zoom button is displayed in text display, you can zoom in multi-step by clicking.
- Zoom values are displayed in text instead of using comments. The load is higher than the comment. The default is changed to text display because comments may be used for other indicators.
- Display multi-step zoom buttons (keys are disabled) "+" and "-" buttons are displayed on both sides of the zoom value text, which can be clicked for multi-step zooming. The current zoom value is displayed when the cursor is moved to the center of the upper part of the chart, the zoom value is displayed in text, and the multi-step zoom button is displayed (the key is disabled ). When the multi-step zoom button is displayed, the zoom in and zoom out keys are disabled.
Always display Japan time at the cursor position You can also display the date in Japan time by clicking on the date in Japan time at the left end.
- Display line at cursor time
- Key to display curs or time You can display or hide the cursor time by key input. You can also display the date by clicking on the date text at the left end of Japan time.
- Cursor Line Type Choose between vertical and crosshairs.
- Line type of cursor line
- Cursor line color
- Measured text size You can measure the difference between pips and time by dragging the chart while holding down the shift key while the cursor time is displayed. The shift key is required only at the start of dragging.
- Color of measurement text
- Display price/number in measurement textDisplays the price or number at the crosshair cursor position on the outermost side of the measurement text.
- Measurement text is displayed with a subscript of the crosshair cursor
- Paint the crosshair cursor with a color (white with None)
Show Price Ruler Displays the cut-off price on the left side of the chart. The round number price (round number) can be bolded.
- You can choose between automatic and fixedprice intervals. In the case of Automatic, the intermediate price will be divided into 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 pips intervals, depending on the density of the market. For Fixed, the "Interval between intermediate prices" at the bottom of the parameter is set in pips for each time period.
- Display the price ruler in the forefront
- Bold the round number (in 100 pips increments)
- Display lines on round numbers
- Line type of round number line
- Round number line thickness
- Round number line color
- Label intermediate prices other than round numbers
  - Show a line on the mid-price
  - Line type of intermediate price line
  - Thickness of intermediate price line
  - Color of mid-price line
- Bid and Ask labels are also displayed on the left side
Display the world market time * Less than 1 hour / Default value false Displays the time zones of the world's three major markets in a fill color. Simply enter the daylight saving time of each region in Japan time, and winter time will automatically be applied.
- Display market hours on a Japan time text backgroundDisplay only the time of day in a fill on a Japan time background, not reflecting highs and lows.
- Display the price range (pips) for each market hour Display the price range in pips only when the market hour is displayed as a bar background (reflecting the high and low prices).
  - Value width character size
  - Value Range Text Color
  - Display position of value range
- Display flags of major countries at each market hour
  - Location of flag display
- Batch setting of market time colors
  - Auto - The default dark pattern is applied only when the chart background color is Black, and the default light pattern is applied for colors other than Black. To customize the colors to your liking, select either of the following
  - Customize (dark color) - change to the color entered in the "dark color" for each region
  - Customize (light color) - change to the color entered in the "light color" for each region
- Showing Australia and Asia Market Time - This is the market time in Australia and New Zealand (plus Asia). Summer and winter time are reversed from the Northern Hemisphere. The New Zealand daylight saving time period is used because New Zealand's daylight saving time starts earlier and ends later than Australia's. For open and close times, please enter summer time (winter time in the southern hemisphere) in Japan time.
  - Australian/Asian Market Open Time - Enter in 4 half-width digits (e.g. 0700, 2230, etc.) Do not enter a colon :. It's easier that way, isn't it?
  - Australian and Asian market close time - Enter 4 single-byte digits
  - Dark colors for Australian and Asian time zones - Dark colors for customization. The darker color is used for resetting the color, as it sometimes becomes confusing after repeated changes.
  - Bright colors for Australian and Asian market time zones - Bright colors for customization
  - The dark color of the overlapping time between Australia/Asia and Europe (for customization ) is applied only when "Customize" is selected in the "Market Time Colors" batch setting. The European market may start before the Australian/Asian market closes depending on the set time, so the color is specified from the opening of the European time to the close of the Australian/Asian time only when the text background is used. When setting a high/low price, it is not necessary to specify the color.
  - Light color for overlapping time of Australia/Asia-Europe market on text background (for customization ) This is reflected only when customization is selected in the batch setting of market time color.
- Display of Japan market time - same time throughout the year, unaffected by daylight saving time or winter time.
  - Japan market open time - enter 4 half-width digits
  - Japan market close time - enter 4 single-byte digits
  - Dark color during Japanese market hours
  - Bright colors during Japanese market hours
- European market time display
  - European Market Open Time - Enter 4 single-byte digits
  - European market close time - enter 4 single-byte digits
  - Dark colors during European market hours
  - Bright colors during European market hours
- Display of U.S. Market Time
  - U.S. market open time - enter 4 single-byte digits
  - U.S. market close time - enter 4 single-byte digits
  - Dark colors during U.S. market hours
  - Bright colors during U.S. market hours
  - If you select "Auto", the default color will be applied. Since the U.S. and European time overlap and the European market closes first, the color is specified from the U.S. market open to the European market close. In the high-low method, the colors can be blended, so there is no need to specify the color.
  - Europe at Text Background - U.S. Market Duplicate TimeLight ColorThis is reflected only when Customize is selected in the Market Time Color Bulk Settings.
  - US-Australia market overlap time dark color for text background Since Australian summer time overlaps with US winter time, specify the color from the open of Australian time to the close of US time. This setting is applied only when Customize is selected in the Batch Settings for Market Time Colors.
  - This is reflected only when Customize is selected in the Batch Settings for Market Time Colors .
Interval pips for intermediate price (M1 ) Specify the interval in pips for each time leg when "Fixed" is selected for the price interval. 100 multiples (except 300, 600, and 900) will not display the intermediate price, only the round number.
- Intermediate price interval pips (M2)
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- Intermediate price interval pips (MN1)
Broker GMT This is the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) setting used by your FX account. If the correct GMT is not selected, Japanese time will be displayed out of date. Most accounts use GMT +2/+3, so there is no need to change it. If you are using an account that uses GMT 0, you will need to change to GMT -1/0. An easy way to distinguish GMT 0 accounts is that the period breaker (0:00 on MT4/MT5) is displayed at 10:00 AM or 9:00 AM (daylight saving time) in Japan time. The accounts whose GMT is displayed at 7:00 a.m. or 6:00 a.m. (Daylight Saving Time) are the accounts that adopt the default GMT +2/+3. We have abandoned the automatic determination of broker GMT.
Daylight Saving Time Standard Varies depending on the broker. Choose from "US Standard", "European Standard", or "None". Most brokers use the U.S. standard.

version archive

Version up 2.69 (2021.11.01)
- We now support brokers that are on winter time from the last Sunday in October.If you are using a GMT +2/+3 broker and Japan time is off by 1 hour between November 1 and 6, 2021,please set the bottom parameter to true since you are using a broker that is on winter time from the last Sunday in October. Please set the bottom parameter to true. We are not sure if this is the correct way to handle this issue, but it is a quick temporary fix for those who may already be having trouble starting today .
- The state memory process has been reviewed and optimized.

Version up 2.67 (2021.10.25)
- Cursor time and vertical line text positions have been readjusted when the font size is increased on Windows systems.
- If you are using a GMT 0 broker, please set "Broker GMT" to "GMT -1/0" at the bottom of the parameters. Brokers that display the time period (00:00 in MetaTrader) at 10:00 AM or 9:00 AM (Daylight Savings Time) are GMT 0 bro kers. (GMT +2/+3 brokers are displayed at 7:00 a.m. or 6:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time (DST)).

Version up 2.66 (2021.10.24)
- Fixed an issue that caused the Japanese time text to be out of sync when updating the bar.
- Fixed a new bug that occurred when server time stopped on holidays and Japanese time was shifted.
- Fixed readability of text such as multi-level zoom values and cursor times even when the font size is increased on Windows systems.

Version up 2.65 (2021.10.23)
- If you are using a GMT 0 adopting ^broker* and use MetaTrader for verification etc. on holidays, please select [GMT -1/0] at the bottom of the parameter settings. Brokers that display the time period (00:00 in MetaTrader) at 10:00 a.m. or 9:00 a.m. (daylight saving time) in Japan are GMT 0 brokers. (Brokers that use GMT +2/+3 are displayed at 7:00 AM or 6:00 AM (daylight savings time).
- Minor adjustments were made to the market hour gap at the beginning of the week.

Version up 2.64 (2021.10.21)
- Fixed a bug that caused incorrect Australian and Asian market time displays.
- Optimized market time display for GMT 0 adopting brokers.

Version up 2.62 (2021.10.14)
- The behavior of labels displayed on vertical lines has been optimized.
- Adjusted the cursor response range for the multi-step zoom panel.
- Support for overseas brokers that use Greenwich Mean Time 0 (GMT 0). ~~The time is automatically detected, so there is no need to change the settings.~~ Until now, when using ShowJapanTime with overseas brokers that use GMT 0, Japan time was not displayed correctly. Brokers that display the time period (00:00 in MetaTrader) at 10:00 a.m. or 9:00 a.m. (daylight saving time) in Japan time are GMT 0 brokers. (GMT +2/+3 brokers are displayed at 7:00 AM or 6:00 AM (daylight savings time).
- You can now specify GMT 0 when using the Strategy Tester with overseas brokers that use GMT 0. Please specify only if you are using an international broker that uses GMT 0 and wish to use the strategy tester. If you do not use the strategy tester, you do not need to change this setting.
- Fixed a problem in which the price ruler line remained when the vertical axis scale was changed.

Version up 2.60 (2021.10.12)
- The multi-step zoom value display has been made into a panel so that multi-step zooming can be performed by clicking the "+" and "-" buttons. The value is displayed when the cursor is moved to the center of the upper part of the chart.
  The value will be displayed when all of "Display the current zoom value when the cursor is moved to the center of the upper part of the chart," "Display the zoom value as text," and "Display the multi-step zoom button (the key is disabled)" are set to true.

Version up 2.59 (2021.10.06)
- Added the ability to fine-tune the zoom (beta)
  The MT4 / 5 has only 6 zoom levels (1 ⇔ 2 ⇔ 4 ⇔ 8 ⇔ 16 ⇔ 32), which is coarse, but this MT4 / 5 has an internal Zoom range of 1-32 steps can be zoomed in one step at a time.
  Zoom in and out by pressing shift + , (comma) key, shift + . (dot) key to zoom up or down.Changed zoom value displayed in comments for 10 secondsThe current zoom value can also be checked by moving the cursor to the top of the chart. You can also check the current zoom value by moving the cursor to the top of the chart.
  The default setting is false, so please set it to true and try it out. If you encounter any problems, please set it to false. If you encounter any problems, please set it to false. We would greatly appreciate it if you could let us know the details of the problem in the community.
  ** Be careful when using this function on charts where EA is running **.
  This function is implemented using MT4 / 5's canned chart, but if you apply the canned chart from the indicator, the EA's permission for automatic trading will be removed. * Note on the MetaTrader site.
  
  This is a specification of MT4 / 5, so after using this function on a chart to which EA is applied, be sure to return the following checks in EA.( The best way to prevent this is to not use this function on a chart with an EA running.)
  
  On the chart where the EA is running It is not possible to uncheck the automatic trading permission just by applying ShowJapanTime.No, sir.・・・・・Please note that this function is only available when using the multi-step zoom function.
- The interval of the price scale, which has been automatically controlled so far, can now befixed for each time frame. For 5-minute and smaller time frames, vertical lines can also be displayed at hourly intervals, allowing for a grid display that is not possible with MetaTrader alone.

【MT5】チャートに違和感なく日本時間を表示できるインジケーター『ShowJapanTime』