In this guide, you will learn everything there is to know regarding the day and night cycle in Minecraft.
How long does day and night last in Minecraft
A Minecraft Day (the whole 24 hours) lasts for 20 minutes which makes it 72 times faster than real time.
Specifically, the daytime passes in 10 minutes, and the nighttime passes in 7 minutes. In between, there is sunset and sunrise which lasts 90 seconds each.
In terms of Ticks, there are 24000 Ticks in one Minecraft Day. Minecraft runs at a fixed rate of 20 ticks per second. Therefore, each tick takes 0.05 seconds (1/20th of a second). 24,000 ticks * 0.05 seconds/tick = 1200 seconds, which is 20 minutes.
How to change time in Minecraft
You can change time in Minecraft by using console commands. Use a cheat to change from day to night or vice versa in the game. Follow these steps to make it happen:
- Open the Chat window.
- Type in /time set.
- Next, type day or night.
This is how the console command will look like if you want to change to daytime in Minecraft: /time set day
How to set the time of day in Minecraft
In order to change and set the time of day in Minecraft, you need to enter the command /time set and then type the command for the time of day, indicated by the number of Ticks representing the hour and minute. For example, for 7 AM (Day Time), type /time set 1000 and for 7 PM (Night Time), type /time set 13000.
Follow the syntax of /time set <number> to get your desired timing. Follow this table to know the number you have to use to set the day, noon, sunset, night, midnight, and sunrise in Minecraft.
| Time of Day in Minecraft | Command |
| 6:00am | /time set 0 |
| 7:00am (day) | /time set 1000 |
| 8:00am | /time set 2000 |
| 9:00am | /time set 3000 |
| 10:00am | /time set 4000 |
| 11:00am | /time set 5000 |
| 12:00pm (noon/midday) | /time set 6000 |
| 1:00pm | /time set 7000 |
| 2:00pm | /time set 8000 |
| 3:00pm | /time set 9000 |
| 4:00pm | /time set 10000 |
| 5:00pm | /time set 11000 |
| 6:00pm (sunset/dusk) | /time set 12000 |
| 7:00pm (night) | /time set 13000 |
| 8:00pm | /time set 14000 |
| 9:00pm | /time set 15000 |
| 10:00pm | /time set 16000 |
| 11:00pm | /time set 17000 |
| 12:00am (midnight) | /time set 18000 |
| 1:00am | /time set 19000 |
| 2:00am | /time set 20000 |
| 3:00am | /time set 21000 |
| 4:00am | /time set 22000 |
| 5:00am (sunrise/dawn) | /time set 23000 |
Minecraft is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios and released in 2011 for PC, Mac, and Linux.