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The Timezone Bug

Medium · Code Analysis · Quant Trader interview question · timezones, market-data, data-integrity, bug-analysis

Your trading system stores timestamps in local time without any timezone information. This system is deployed across two servers: one in UTC and one in EST (Eastern Standard Time). Both servers are processing market data and logging timestamps. What critical problem will arise due to this setup, and how will it manifest in your trading strategies?