Conventions and definitions
Server Time
The server time is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Unique Identifiers
The system constructs unique identifiers according to the
Example | c18f0c17-9971-40e6-8e5b-10df05d422f0 |
|---|
standard.
Dates and Times
The API requires dates and time arguments in the
and returns all dates and times in the same format. The syntax of this format is
<yyyy>-<mm>-<dd>T<HH>:<MM>:<SS>.<sss>Z
where
<yyyy>
is the year,
<mm>
is the month,
<dd>
is the day,
<HH>
is the hour,
<MM>
is the minute,
<SS>
is the second and
<sss>
is the millisecond. When provided as an argument,
<sss>
is optional.
Z
Examples | |
|---|---|
| 2016-02-26T12:09:38.830Z |
| 2016-02-26T12:09:38Z |
denotes that the datetime is in UTC.
Symbols
Example Symbols | Description |
|---|---|
xbt | Bitcoin |
xrp | Ripple XRP |
fi_xbtusd | Bitcoin-Dollar Derivatives Margin Account |
fi_xrpusd | Ripple-Dollar Derivatives Margin Account |
fi_xbtusd_180615 | Bitcoin-Dollar Derivatives, maturing at 16:00 London time on 15 June 2018 |
fi_xrpusd_180615 | Ripple-Dollar Derivatives, maturing at 16:00 London time on 15 June 2018 |
fi_xrpxbt_180615 | Ripple-Bitcoin Derivatives, maturing at 16:00 London time on 15 June 2018 |
in_xbtusd | Bitcoin-Dollar Real-Time Index |
rr_xbtusd | Bitcoin-Dollar Reference Rate |
in_xrpusd | Ripple-Dollar Real-Time Index |
The system identifies cash accounts, margin accounts, derivatives contracts and indices through ticker symbols. Please refer to the platform documentation for details on the ticker symbol syntax. The following shows some sample ticker symbols.