More often than not, it can feel like the day flies by, but how many minutes actually pass during that time? Today, we answer that very question and more. How long is a Minecraft day and night in standard gameplay?
How Long Is a Minecraft Day?
A single Minecraft day, including both daylight and night, is 24,000 ticks or twenty minutes on standard settings. Daytime takes up exactly half that time at 12,000 ticks or ten minutes, followed by sunset, which lasts for 1000 more ticks or fifty seconds. From there, night lasts for 10,000 ticks, or about eight minutes and twenty seconds, before ending with a sunrise that once again lasts 1000 ticks, or fifty seconds. The cycle then resets as a new day begins.
How to Disable the Daylight Cycle
For those who may prefer a world where the sun never sets, the daylight cycle can be disabled without needing any plugins or mods. All that’s required is sufficient permissions in the form of operator status on servers or commands being enabled in single player. Once either has been obtained, simply enter the command below during the day:
- /gamerule doDaylightCycle false
Later, if desired, time can be resumed by using the same command, but with false instead set to true, like in the example below.
- /gamerule doDaylightCycle true
Manually Adjusting Time
Time can also be manually set using commands. To do so, the “/time set” command below must be used in conjunction with a desired time of day. For example, this command would make it night:
- /time set night
All compatible times are as follows:
- day
- noon
- sunset
- night
- midnight
- sunrise
Simply swap out “night” in the command for the time that is preferred. However, like with the game rule, commands need to be enabled if in single player and operator permissions are required on a server.
