# Market Start and End

## Market Start

This allows one to set up the bond market in advance for review and not have the auction initialize.

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* Market Start can only take a value in the future
* Time value displayed is in your local time. The dApp will convert this value into its UTC equivalent time at the contract level.

{% hint style="info" %}
Leave Market Start blank for the bond market to start immediately upon deployment
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
The value cannot be deleted if you change your mind to have the bond market start immediately. You will need to select RESET to re-setup the bond market.
{% endhint %}

* **How to reset**

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## Market End

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* **Length**: Specify the number of days for the market to conclude

* **Date**: Specify a specific date and time for the market to conclude&#x20;

{% hint style="danger" %}
Market End date needs to end earlier than vesting end date for Fixed Expiry bonds i.e. if you have selected Vesting via Date
{% endhint %}


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