Server Time in Server List

[Machiavelli (DayZ) 0]

Hello,

maybe it's just, i really love to play this game, day and night, but then there are these really pretty busy dayz, and playing then at night makes me crazy.

So i actually don't know if its possible,

but maybe you'll add the current time on the server at the server list, so you can see it before you connect.

[mooncabbage 2]

Even just knowing the timezone the server is set for would be beneficial. Most people can work things out relative to their own timezone, so just knowing that X server is GMT+3 and Y server is GMT+10 would be helpful.

[Machiavelli (DayZ) 0]

exactly,

would be a good solution,

already seen some us servers doing it in the tag

[nicowaves 24]

Yes, a general information about the timezone would be cool.

[Land Squid 22]

Also is there any explanation regarding the time discrepencies on some servers? Was on a Dallas server last night, it was about 0100 in the GMT-6 (CST) but the server was broad daylight at the time. What gives?

[Finch (DayZ) 0]

I think I know which Dallas server you were on. I always play there as I can only play at night, so getting some sun in game is a nice change. I think they have their time offset by about 8 hours from normal Dallas time.

Ideally id like EVERY server in the world to run the exact same time but with something like 4hr daytime and 4hr nighttime. Playing through a sunrise or sunset is epic, but right now its hard to catch. Plus it would be nice to always know what your getting yourself into when you log in. IE: what time is best for raiding a town or exploring and when to hop in to meet your friends before it gets light and dangerous to be out in the open.

[Land Squid 22]

From what I understand the devs are pretty keen on keeping a "realistic" day/night cycle, but here's a thought for all those folks who can really only play at one particular time of the day: Why not have the game running a 23 or 25 hour day? The result of it is that through-out the month the day/night cycle on the server will slowly progress or regress, fully reversing day/night approximately every 2 weeks. That way players who can only ever play at X time of day will slowly see a change in the playing conditions on their preferred server as the days pass (lets face it, playing on a server on the other side of the world just to get some daylight doesn't really work ala latency).