How can I get the server time in Minecraft?

Question

Is there a plugin to tell what time it is in my SMP server (time in game) without changing the time? I'm hoping for a plugin, and not a mod like Single Player Commands that I have to compile into the server .jar. My other idea is to parse the logs for the last time someone used /time and figure it out from there.

Answer 1

Figured it out. The data is in the level.dat file. Assuming you're using Python, here's a code snippet that should get the current time (run "sudo pip install nbt" first):

import nbt
def get_time():
    n = nbt.NBTFile('%s/%s/level.dat' % (minecraft_dir, session_name))
    if n == None:
        return None
    else:
        return n[0]["Time"].value % 24000

For bonus points, you can change the modulo to a division sign and get how many days it has been since you started.

Answer 2

What you are looking for is Dynmap. We have it on our server to provide multiple features such as:

The current version of Dynmap provides an in-browser map, like Google Maps, of your Minecraft world. It updates the map in realtime while you have your browser opened and shows the current players, regions and in-game messages on top of the map. It also allows viewers of the map to chat from within their browser with players in-game.

This mod does show in game realtime on the server. See here for more more details, download URL, and installation instructions.

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Answer 3

There are probably simpler plugins which achieve the same thing, but with the bukkit plugin essentials, there is the command /time, which gives the time in the world. coupled with a script such as https://github.com/iman1000000/minecraft-cgi (this example only works if server is running command-line inside the linux program screen) it could be possible to output the time into a web browser.

Answer 4

Dynmap can do this as Foxtrot said. However you can get something to show everything, such as Most kills/users online. Everything.

Statistician v2 can do that for you.