CustomTime

A Minecraft Paper/Spigot plugin to customize the day/night cycle with multiple time modes.

Features

• VANILLA – Default Minecraft behavior
• SIMPLE – Set custom day and night durations
• ADVANCED – Control 4 phases: Sunrise, Day, Sunset, Night
• REALTIME – Sync in-game time with real-world time

Installation

1. Download CustomTime
2. Place the JAR in your server's plugins/ folder
3. Restart or reload your server
4. Edit plugins/CustomTime/config.yml to configure

Commands

Command	Description	Permission
/ct help	Show available commands	Everyone
/ct currenttime	Show current in-game time	Everyone
/ct status	Show plugin status	OP
/ct set <mode>	Change time mode	OP
/ct setoffset <hours>	Set timezone offset (UTC)	OP
/ct reload	Reload configuration	OP

Permissions

Permission	Description	Default
customtime.command.help	View help	true
customtime.command.currenttime	View current time	true
customtime.command.status	View status	op
customtime.command.set	Change mode	op
customtime.command.setoffset	Set timezone	op
customtime.command.reload	Reload config	op

Configuration

# Active mode: VANILLA, SIMPLE, ADVANCED, REALTIME
active-mode: SIMPLE

# SIMPLE mode: Set day and night durations
simple:
  day-duration: 10m # e.g. 10m, 30s, 1h
  night-duration: 5m

# ADVANCED mode: Set 4 phase durations
advanced:
  sunrise-duration: 1m
  day-duration: 8m
  sunset-duration: 1m
  night-duration: 5m

# REALTIME mode: Sync with real time (UTC-based)
realtime:
  timezone-offset: 1 # UTC offset in hours (e.g. 1 for CET, 2 for CEST)

Requirements

• Paper/Spigot 1.21+
• Java 21+