Please make me choose Time Format

[Mayhem1134]

I just noticed that time in 7 Days to die, doesnt go 4 am 4 pm, but 04:00 - 16:00, which i really do not like, or use even in real life.

So the best for game too, that in options I can choose which format I want from those two.
It will affect my gameplay :D

[Ashtaroph]

How does this actually affect your gameplay ?

[308]

You're a soldier of the apocalypse now and this is how soldiers read the time :P

Just - 12 from the time once it gets to 1300

[LORDROACH]

Hello Citizen Mayhem
24 hour time is more accurate than 12 hour cycle time. If you say lets meet at 04:00 you know its four in the morning. So when its 22:00 you know its 10 at night.
Some people do actually have difficulties in reading time this way and it is perfectly understandable for you and many, many others to dislike it.

But over time you will get used to it. : )

Maybe this will help:
1:00 AM equals 01:00
2:00 AM equals 02:00
3:00 AM equals 03:00
4:00 AM equals 04:00
5:00 AM equals 05:00
6:00 AM equals 06:00
7:00 AM equals 07:00
8:00 AM equals 08:00
9:00 AM equals 09:00
10:00 AM equals 10:00
11:00 AM equals 11:00
12:00 PM equals 12:00
1:00 PM equals 13:00
2:00 PM equals 14:00
3:00 PM equals 15:00
4:00 PM equals 16:00
5:00 PM equals 17:00
6:00 PM equals 18:00
7:00 PM equals 19:00
8:00 PM equals 20:00
9:00 PM equals 21:00
10:00 PM equals 22:00
11:00 PM equals 23:00
12:00 AM equals 00:00

[Ashtaroph]

I dont know if its differant countries schooling methods or what but in the UK 24 hour time is taught as a standard, all digital time pieces are 24 hour format, unless the OP is over 60 I suspect the OP is conversant with the format but is making a choice to ignore its existance

[Vardis]

I'd prefer to see am/pm times as well.

And the OP didn't say they didn't know what time it was or how to add 12 to PM times, just that it's not how they usually see time.

I dont know if its differant countries schooling methods or what but in the UK 24 hour time is taught as a standard

In the US, the standard is am/pm. As is miles instead of km, and a different date format standard, not to mention our temperature scale. Knowing how to convert it isn't the issue.

[noodles]

hey lordroach can you put up the 7x table aswell so say if im on day 86 i know if death is coming for me or not thanks

[RelmDrifter]

24 hour clocks are just fine. Be home by 1800 or risk being out in the dark.
Military uses it EVERYWHERE, because there is no need to question am or pm.
I do not use 24hr clocks in my life, but I like the use of them in games like this.
I understand if its not your flavor, but I don't see how: "It will affect my gameplay" though. :/
So at that point it's just a flavor, and they are still working out what flavor vanillia will be lol

[Plazmic Flame]

It would be a nice option to have that would be client side adjustable for the user.

[Ashtaroph]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Vardis:

I'd prefer to see am/pm times as well.

And the OP didn't say they didn't know what time it was or how to add 12 to PM times, just that it's not how they usually see time.

I dont know if its differant countries schooling methods or what but in the UK 24 hour time is taught as a standard

In the US, the standard is am/pm. As is miles instead of km, and a different date format standard, not to mention our temperature scale. Knowing how to convert it isn't the issue.

Hence why I also put but you chose to ignore
"unless the OP is over 60 I suspect the OP is conversant with the format but is making a choice to ignore its existance"

In the UK the standard is AM/PM but all children are taught 24HOUR format as a standard, I didnt say other countries didnt, I stated I didnt know if it was differant :)

[Spill]

The numbers are simply hours since the day started. I am sure OP knows that. But I cant see why your bothered by it. If it where the other way around I could see why as AM/PM can be confusing

[LORDROACH]

Hi noodles sorry lolz if I seem too basic to people im an ex school teacher hehe. But are you aware that people do have difficulties understanding certain things?. Class is out....

[Stiuck007]

When underground mining you don't know if its dark or light but the time will tell you clearly. If you change time to old clock then you can't tell if its day or night. Unless you keep track of that.

[Spill]

Guess its just hard to relate to how it was to first learn the hours by number. 14 became my lucky number since it was when school ended for the day.

Suppose it would not take two much for them to add AM/PM

[gnorf73]

I think it's funny how a lot of people say using am/pm time will only cause confusion . Not true because all you have to do is have it say am/pm. The simple fact is that either time works just fine. It isn't as easy for me in particular though to translate exact time instantly (not like it really matters.. gets dark at 20:00 and light around 7:00ish and that's all I need to know) because i'm not from europe, or in the military so I've never gotten the repitition needed to memorize it completely... And I think that's true for a lot of the people that play this game, maybe even the majority.

That being said I really couldn't care less which they use, especially at this point in the game. The clock works and that's all that matters. If they added it as an option towards the end of developement I'd be fine with that though.

[Ashtaroph]

I've commented a couple of timers on this and I think I may be seen as being argumentative so just to change the OPs question a little, this game uses 24 hour format, OP would like it to have an option to use AM/PM format, I have been trying to think of any modern game, lets say upto 5 years old that uses AM/PM format, I cant think of any, and I've played an awful lot of games, from 4X's to 1st person shooters, to pure open world, ie:- Skyrim, partial open world, ie:- dragon age series, all of the games that I've played that use time, use 24hour format, can anyone think of any game released in the last 5 years that either uses AM/PM format or has an option to change the format?