Ultimate Daycount

A lightweight Paper plugin that tracks the number of in-game days on your Minecraft server.

What does it do?

Ever wanted to know how many days your server has survived? Just type /daycount and you'll see it instantly. The plugin is smart enough to pause time when nobody's online, so the counter stays meaningful and accurate.

Features

• Day tracking — Counts total days based on in-game world time
• Smart pause — Freezes the daylight cycle when no players are online
• Multilingual — Full support for English and French
• Auto-updating config — New config keys are added automatically on update, without losing your settings
• Hot reload — Reload the config in-game with /daycount reload

Commands

| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
| /daycount | Displays the total number of days passed | Everyone |
| /dc | Alias for /daycount | Everyone |
| /daycount reload | Reloads the configuration | OP only |

Configuration

A config.yml is generated in plugins/UltimateDaycount/ on first launch. Here's what you can customize:

| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| language | en | Plugin language (en or fr) |
| debug | false | Enable debug logging |
| pause-time-when-empty | true | Pause daylight cycle when no players are online |
| messages.en.format | ... | Customizable message format for English |
| messages.fr.format | ... | Customizable message format for French |

You can use {days} as a placeholder and & for color codes.

Quick Start

1. Download the JAR and drop it in your plugins/ folder
2. Start your server
3. Type /daycount in chat — done!

Requirements

• Paper 1.21+
• Java 21+

Planned Features

• Per-world day tracking
• Scoreboard integration
• PlaceholderAPI support
• Custom date format (e.g. "Year 2, Day 45")
• Join message showing current day