Time

This article describes the units of time used on our.

Ticks
Ticks are the basic interval of time in which things in the Minecraft world change. A second has 20 ticks.

Seconds
Seconds, sometimes also called minutes, are as long as real-life seconds. An hour has 50 seconds.

Hours
One day has 24 hours, each 1000 ticks long. A day starts with the end of sunrise (00:00).

Sunset begins at 12:00 and ends at 13:40, and sunrise starts at 23:10. Sleeping is possible from 12:27 to 23:22.

Days
One month has eight days, mostly named after some of the friendly animals. The night of each weekday has a unique moon phase:

A Minecraft day is 20 real-life minutes long.

Months
One Minecraft year consists of the nine months, sometimes also called weeks. They span eight days, which is equivalent to a full moon cycle, and are named after other mobs:

Years
A year, when unaffected by things like lag or players skipping the night by sleeping, is exactly one real-life day long.