--- name: "Date" type: topic source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Date revid: 379096 updated: 2026-09-29T13:44:23Z --- # Date **Default Mission Editor Terrains dates** | Game | Terrain | DateTime | |---|---|---| | OFP | Everon | 1985-05-10 07:30 | | OFP | Malden | 1985-05-10 07:30 | | OFP | Kolgujev | 1985-05-10 07:30 | | OFP | Desert Island | 1985-05-10 07:30 | | OFP:R | Nogova | 1985(?)-05-10 07:30 | | ArmA | Sahrani | 2007-06-07 08:30 | | ArmA | Southern Sahrani | 2007-06-07 08:30 | | ArmA | Rahmadi | 2007-06-07 08:30 | | Arma:QG | United Sahrani | 2008-06-24 15:30 | | Arma:QG | Porto | 2008-06-24 15:30 | | Arma 2 | Utes | 2008-10-11 14:20 | | Arma 2 | Chernarus | 2008-10-11 14:20 | | Arma 2:OA | Takistan | 2009-05-28 16:20 | | Arma 2:OA | Zargabad | 2009-05-29 11:30 | | Arma 2:OA | Desert | 2012-06-24 07:30 | | Arma 2:BAF | Shapur | 2012-07-24 10:00 | | Arma 2:PMC | Proving Grounds | 2012-06-24 13:00 | | Arma 2:ACR | Bukovina | 2008-10-11 09:20 | | Arma 2:ACR | Takistan (cut out) | 2009-05-28 16:20 | | Arma 2:ACR | Bystrica | 2010-07-06 10:00 | | Arma 3 | [Stratis](../topics/Stratis.md) | 2035-06-06 12:00 | | Arma 3 | [Altis](../topics/Altis.md) | 2035-06-24 12:00 | | Arma 3 | [Malden 2035](../topics/Malden_2035.md) | 2035-06-24 12:00 | | Arma 3 | [Virtual Reality](../topics/Virtual_Reality.md) | 2035-05-28 13:37 | | Arma 3 Apex | [Tanoa](../topics/Tanoa.md) | 2035-06-06 12:00 | | Arma 3 Contact | [Livonia](../topics/Livonia.md) | 2035-06-24 10:00 | | Global
Mobilization | Weferlingen | 1983-08-03 09:15 | | Global
Mobilization | Weferlingen (Winter) | 1984-01-19 10:45 | | TKOH | Oil Rig | 2011-01-04 09:20 | | TKOH | Seattle | 2013-05-08 11:20 | | TKOH | South Asia | 2012-06-01 10:20 | **Format:** [year, month, day, hour, minute] > [!IMPORTANT] > Please note that this array format does not contain seconds. See [daytime examples](../commands/dayTime.md#examples) for an alternative. **Description:** all values are [Numbers](../topics/Number.md). *month* and *day* start at 1: - year - year set in the game (see side table) - month - a number from 1 to 12 - day - a number from 1 to 31 - hour - a number from 0 to 23 - minute - a number from 0 to 59 | | | |---|---| | **Commands**
- [date](../commands/date.md)
- [setDate](../commands/setDate.md)
- [dateToNumber](../commands/dateToNumber.md)
- [numberToDate](../commands/numberToDate.md) | **Functions**
- [BIS_fnc_setDate](../functions/BIS_fnc_setDate.md)
- [BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime](../functions/BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime.md)
- [BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime](../functions/BIS_fnc_calculateDateTime.md)
- [BIS_fnc_compareDateTimes](../functions/BIS_fnc_compareDateTimes.md)
- [BIS_fnc_fixDate](../functions/BIS_fnc_fixDate.md)
- [BIS_fnc_isDateTimeNewer](../functions/BIS_fnc_isDateTimeNewer.md)
- [BIS_fnc_isLeapYear](../functions/BIS_fnc_isLeapYear.md)
- [BIS_fnc_monthDays](../functions/BIS_fnc_monthDays.md)
- [BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime](../functions/BIS_fnc_sunriseSunsetTime.md) | Source: [BI Community Wiki — Date](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Date) (revision 379096).