American Truck Simulator

American Truck Simulator

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Actual Day-/Night times
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Actual Day-/Night times

Description
The US is currently in daylight saving time again, remove any winter timezones mod you may have.
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This mod changes the day/night cycle to real world times. This affects the time the sun will rise or set.

It works by changing the defined day from midsummer to the Wednesday of the current week. So in winter you will have long nights and short days, and in summer the reverse.

I will try to keep it updated every weekend.

This only changes the time the sun rises and sets: I cannot change anything else like adding snow in winter.

Should be compatible* with every other mod, just make sure to place this one above (higher priority than) any graphics, map, or weather mods.
As long as the mod places roads and cities where they are supposed to be on the map sun times will be automatically correctly applied for where you're driving.

Recommended additional mods: the season mods by Grimes (https://grimesmods.wordpress.com/)

Please note that the game is on permanent daylight saving/summertime, even in winter.
I recommend playing with timezones disabled while summertime is not active OR use this mod to change the default to winter time: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2890044398

This mod for ETS2: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1400412725

Original idea by Viss Valdyr.

STATIC VARIANTS:
* Longest day (summer solstice) / ~14 ½ hour day: don't use a mod, that's what the game uses by default.
* Shortest day (winter solstice) / ~10 hour day: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1261282201
* Equal day/night (vernal equinox) / ~12 hour day: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1261314345

Use only one day mod, so either this dynamic mod or one of the static ones.
Popular Discussions View All (3)
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9 Oct, 2023 @ 1:51am
PINNED: Why real time passing (1 hour = 1 hour) is impossible
Erbkaiser
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24 Mar, 2023 @ 4:18am
PINNED: Why is there light in the sky before sunrise and after sunset?
Erbkaiser
400 Comments
Legendkiller456 22 Apr @ 9:54am 
Thanks!
Erbkaiser  [author] 21 Apr @ 11:13pm 
It should work with any map, and as long as cities are at the right coordinates on the world map (ie. not displaced) it will work right.
Legendkiller456 21 Apr @ 9:48am 
Hey! Is this mod compatible with Coast to Coast so long as I put it above that mod?
飞雪落孤城 31 Mar @ 1:36am 
OK!Thank you very much!:steamhappy:
Erbkaiser  [author] 31 Mar @ 1:24am 
Yeah, his mod should do the same as mine.
飞雪落孤城 30 Mar @ 10:32pm 
If I use your mod together with the "Winter Time Zones" mod of tkk7406, can I activate the "Display Full Time Zone Information" feature in the game? Thank you:steamthumbsup:
Erbkaiser  [author] 25 Mar @ 12:15am 
Except for the frequency of thunder storms, this mod will not affect weather.
RobertMcBride 24 Mar @ 9:28pm 
i will use this mod with brutal weather and let´s see
Erbkaiser  [author] 5 Dec, 2024 @ 8:31am 
Mod image changed
allenbooking8 2 Nov, 2024 @ 8:58am 
Right, so for example we can see here https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/los-angeles in LA the sun will reach 41 degree angle today, which it looks like exactly without reforma. When I activate reforma, I can clearly see the sun is higher in the sky and shadows are shorter, which takes away from the immersion of real day/night time as it looks like a late summer day, not a day in november.. Of course I understand its a game and cant be perfect, thank you for your work in any case. with ETS2 this doesnt happen